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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: HornPorn on July 25, 2010, 08:06:27 AM

Title: Went to the Margaret yesterday
Post by: HornPorn on July 25, 2010, 08:06:27 AM: Did anyone else see the new gates and signs? POSTED NO HUNTING, NO TRESPASSING.
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Post by: piled-up on July 25, 2010, 08:12:32 AM: I got a cow tag for the magaret! Did you see any animals? :drool:
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Post by: HornPorn on July 25, 2010, 08:29:02 AM: :chuckle: I think its going to be a good year.
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Post by: piled-up on July 25, 2010, 08:46:48 AM: Nice!! You got a bull tag? Good luck on your hunt!! ;)
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Post by: Huntbear on July 25, 2010, 09:02:49 AM: What road is that posted on??
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Post by: HornPorn on July 25, 2010, 10:38:39 AM: Yep, I got a bull tag. I seen them up Hwy 504. I thought the gates would be closed, but I didn't expect to see no trespassing signs. I was hoping to hike into the upper part of the unit.
Title: Re: Went to the Margaret yesterday
Post by: Huntbear on July 25, 2010, 10:42:22 AM: Sounds like the new owners of the upper lake area are gonna keep us out. However, what happens if you hike in from a different road?? :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
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Post by: huntaddict on July 25, 2010, 08:07:08 PM: I went up this weekend to do some scouting and saw the gates and signs. To bad it looks like awsome country.
Title: Re: Went to the Margaret yesterday
Post by: guardian on July 26, 2010, 06:34:21 AM: Re: Margaret land sale.
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2010, 10:10:01 AM »

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Here is a link to the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company website which lists the land that was sold. It was labeled "Shultz Creek." It lists it as sold but you can click on the icon to the right which will bring up a PDF document which has the property boundaries overlayed on a WEYCO road map. Access to the Fawn Lake area will be more difficult due to this sale that's for sure. If you have any troubles with the link, contact me and I will send it to you.

http://www.wredcotimberlands.com/AcreageForSale/Washington (http://www.wredcotimberlands.com/AcreageForSale/Washington)
Title: Re: Went to the Margaret yesterday
Post by: lilswab on July 26, 2010, 01:03:33 PM: Any idea who purchased the property? Is is a private party or another timber company?

I watched my uncle about 16years ago kill a good bull in that drainage when I was 13! We also saw 3 more bulls taken that morning by other special permit holders...back in the day when they had a early rifle tag for master hunters. What a treat that tag was. My family started hunting there before the mountain blew. I understand that it was private land that can be sold. I guess I should just be happy to have had that experience. But I am not at all. What an experience driving to Margaret and seeing 100 or more elk. It would be nice if other generations could see that too :dunno:
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Post by: Cascade_Sherpa on July 26, 2010, 02:16:36 PM: I also spent a lot of time up in that area we called the High Lakes growing up. Fawn Lake, Forest Lake, etc. It pains me to think that access to that area is closed now. That is some beautiful remote country.
Title: Re: Went to the Margaret yesterday
Post by: HornPorn on July 26, 2010, 02:17:50 PM: I think the signs said Noble Fir Co. Centralia Wa.
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Post by: Huntbear on July 26, 2010, 02:35:22 PM: Why would a Tree company keep out hunters??????
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Post by: HornPorn on July 26, 2010, 04:54:40 PM: Its not like they get land owner tags in Wa. :dunno:
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Post by: huntaddict on July 26, 2010, 07:29:37 PM: Fish and wildlife sent me a post card saying they are trying to get permision for hunters on private land. This might be the land they are trying for.
Title: Re: Went to the Margaret yesterday
Post by: heavy hauler on July 26, 2010, 07:39:19 PM: saw the gate and the sign. they just put a new gate on marretta creek closer to the road(hwy 504). there was a gate there already, just a round the corner