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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: jstamp on September 10, 2011, 12:35:29 PM

Title: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: jstamp on September 10, 2011, 12:35:29 PM: all the timber co land in the mossyrock unit has closed for fire danger. Port Blakely closed on wed, weyerhaeuser on thur, ORM, and fish and wildlife are also closed. this is the first time i've ever seen all the public land in the unit closed!!! i want a refund on my tag! the only thing open is national forest (which there isn't any in the mossyrock unit), and it's a joke with all the hunters, hikers, and berry pickers.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: bobcat on September 10, 2011, 12:44:29 PM: Well, you've still got late season.

BTW, what is "ORM"?
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: jstamp on September 10, 2011, 12:46:36 PM: Quote from: bobcat on September 10, 2011, 12:44:29 PM
Well, you've still got late season.

BTW, what is "ORM"?
Olympic resource management, they bought most of the ranier land in the unit. and i don't hunt late season. i typically hunt the winston, but it's all closed too. so in other words i'm screwed for early season. there's always montana to look forward to
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on September 10, 2011, 12:57:28 PM: Quote from: jstamp on September 10, 2011, 12:35:29 PM
all the timber co land in the mossyrock unit has closed for fire danger. Port Blakely closed on wed, weyerhaeuser on thur, ORM, and fish and wildlife are also closed. this is the first time i've ever seen all the public land in the unit closed!!! i want a refund on my tag! the only thing open is national forest (which there isn't any in the mossyrock unit), and it's a joke with all the hunters, hikers, and berry pickers.

Port Blakely, Weyerhaeuser, ORM, are Private land open to hunters as a courtesy.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: jstamp on September 10, 2011, 02:10:30 PM: i know, but you get the point.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: HntnFsh on September 11, 2011, 10:48:46 AM: Theres property in there that holds elk.But isnt closed.Its just a little harder to find.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: rebal69972 on September 14, 2011, 04:20:16 PM: who owns the mossyrock area does anyone know? i know it was bought about 3 months ago but i cant find who owns it now?
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Bigshooter on September 14, 2011, 05:16:06 PM: Quote from: rebal69972 on September 14, 2011, 04:20:16 PM
who owns the mossyrock area does anyone know? i know it was bought about 3 months ago but i cant find who owns it now?

If your talking about the piece that borders the winston creek unit off of longbell rd. I heard it was weyerhaeuser.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: rebal69972 on September 14, 2011, 05:38:59 PM: thats where i was asking about. theres nothing on the hotline about it.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Bigshooter on September 14, 2011, 05:43:01 PM: I heard there are weyerhaeuser signs posted now. But I haven't went and looked yet.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: flinger on September 14, 2011, 05:56:10 PM: pretty sure along longbell is DNR and Port Blakley
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Bigshooter on September 14, 2011, 06:05:27 PM: Not the piece we are talking about. The winston creek side is DNR and Port Blakley.
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Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: flinger on September 14, 2011, 07:50:16 PM: sorry not p/b i meant Rayonier also weyco and state/dnr
check the lewis co.asessor/ search parcell" LONGBELL" it will give you complete land ownership,and location along longbell road
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Bigshooter on September 16, 2011, 12:12:15 PM: Quote from: flinger on September 14, 2011, 07:50:16 PM
sorry not p/b i meant Rayonier also weyco and state/dnr
check the lewis co.asessor/ search parcell" LONGBELL" it will give you complete land ownership,and location along longbell road

Did you go look at the parcell's of state land? I'm guessing you didn't. Because if you did you would have seen that every piece that is listed is south of longbell rd. Which is the winston creek unit. Not the Mossyrock unit. And it looks like Weyerhaeuser bought a whole bunch of Rayonier land north of Longbell rd. (which is the mossyrock unit and the area this thread is talking about) on 7-7-11.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Bigshooter on September 16, 2011, 12:22:24 PM: Wait a second there is some state land in the mossryock unit. About 3 arcres right off of Perkins rd.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: peterbilt385 on September 16, 2011, 09:13:13 PM: There is tons of State land in the 505 you just have to learn where to go. Traveling up the winston creek rd pass long bell and keep going over the creek most of the land on both the left and the right is DNR or state land.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Martinhunter on September 17, 2011, 04:19:23 AM: Ya this closure bit me in the butt yesterday morning. I work graveyard and decided to take off work a couple hours early yesterday mornong so that I could get into my honey hole before light and when I got there it was all closed up for fire danger. :bash: :bash: Man I was pissed, I guess it's my fault for not calling the access hotline 1st, but it was open last weekend so I figured I was golden.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: Bigshooter on September 17, 2011, 07:21:44 AM: Quote from: peterbilt385 on September 16, 2011, 09:13:13 PM
There is tons of State land in the 505 you just have to learn where to go. Traveling up the winston creek rd pass long bell and keep going over the creek most of the land on both the left and the right is DNR or state land.

If you are going up winston creek rd and you pass longbell rd your in the Winston creek unit, not the Mossyrock unit. Learn your units.
Title: Re: mossyrock unit closed for fire danger
Post by: rebal69972 on September 17, 2011, 09:47:29 AM: i was up in the mossyrock yesterday, i ran into a guy that said he worked for weyerhaeuser and he was taking the signs down. i was on state land so i dont know if there opening it but i was there all day never heard or seen anything not even any new sign. i did talk to an officer and they caught a guy up there the weekend before season he had a 4 wheeler, a gun and several elk that he had poached. :bash: :bash: :bash: