Post by: noobshooter on November 28, 2011, 09:34:07 PM
Post by: kglacken on November 28, 2011, 09:35:43 PM
Post by: Angus on November 28, 2011, 09:44:24 PM
I'll probably hunt it Saturday and if I have the same results as last week I'll probably spend Sunday in Ryderwood. :twocents:
Post by: Crunchy on November 28, 2011, 09:53:22 PM
Post by: Ripper on November 28, 2011, 09:57:53 PM
Post by: wt on November 28, 2011, 09:59:32 PM
Post by: noobshooter on November 28, 2011, 10:05:37 PM
Post by: Crunchy on November 28, 2011, 10:41:18 PM
Crunchy, I'm a Mt bike hunter for the most part and I was considering the winston unit, but I'm unfamiliar with it, I spent the early season on the peninsula. Do you know any areas that have more locked gates than the others, I thought that whole unit was weyrhauser and open. Are the main lines passable with a passenger car?, I drive a honda civic...yep a civic. Any info would be hugely appreciated PM if you prefer.
The open gates change each year, so I don't have any good info for you. I can dig through my gps from years past, but I am not certain how good it will be for you.
Post by: Yelm hunter on November 28, 2011, 10:41:46 PM
Crunchy, I'm a Mt bike hunter for the most part and I was considering the winston unit, but I'm unfamiliar with it, I spent the early season on the peninsula. Do you know any areas that have more locked gates than the others, I thought that whole unit was weyrhauser and open. Are the main lines passable with a passenger car?, I drive a honda civic...yep a civic. Any info would be hugely appreciated PM if you prefer.
If there is NO SNOW up there like there was during late buck modern then yes the roads should be fine just bumpy cause they haven't graded them... Also be VERY CAREFUL for Logging Trucks as they are coming down and going up!
Post by: wt on November 29, 2011, 07:46:19 AM
Post by: pianoman9701 on November 29, 2011, 08:01:10 AM
Who's goin to be down in 520 this year? I'll be headed down on Thurdsday, wondering how many others might be joining me.
It's a crowded place on Weyerhouser land. The campers are all lined up on the 504 Rd and at the junction of 505. We saw many dozens of vehicles every day last week. Most are driving the roads all day long. Get in the woods and you have a chance.
Post by: Yelm hunter on November 29, 2011, 08:15:10 AM
Post by: Icdeadelk on November 29, 2011, 06:12:09 PM
Post by: throttlejocky20 on November 29, 2011, 07:28:34 PM
Post by: Yelm hunter on November 29, 2011, 07:29:28 PM
Was down in the Winston last 3 days and didn't see any animals. Put a lot of miles on the truck tryin to find something to chase. Got out quite a few times to find fresh track and found minimal. Very slow down there. Good luck to whoever is headed to 520.
Did you happen to go over off of Green Mountain Road?? Get behind the gates and walk about 5 miles you should run into Elk...
Post by: Icdeadelk on November 30, 2011, 04:49:06 PM
Was down in the Winston last 3 days and didn't see any animals. Put a lot of miles on the truck tryin to find something to chase. Got out quite a few times to find fresh track and found minimal. Very slow down there. Good luck to whoever is headed to 520.
Did you happen to go over off of Green Mountain Road?? Get behind the gates and walk about 5 miles you should run into Elk...
Not sure where that is. the 1000 rd was closed so we went all over from the 500 on up. Entered from kid valley area on the 1900. Sure wish we had more time but work will eat up the rest of the season for me. Have friends still tryin to get it done. I will have to live through their reports for the rest of the season. Need to win the lotto some day. :tup:
Post by: bullcanyon on November 30, 2011, 04:52:10 PM
Post by: USAFpj on November 30, 2011, 07:25:46 PM
Post by: prophet on December 01, 2011, 06:19:02 PM
Post by: kglacken on December 02, 2011, 04:05:30 PM
Post by: rebal69972 on December 02, 2011, 04:12:31 PM
Post by: Yelm hunter on December 02, 2011, 04:14:58 PM
27 days and i'll be in the woods = 29 days i'll be hunting!
Post by: Fullabull on December 03, 2011, 11:59:44 AM
On day two I jumped a couple deer in the morning but no elk. After my drive around I found another spot that had so much fresh sign I had to stay there and see what came around as it looked like elk were spending a lot of time in there. About 2:30 I let out a few cow calls and a couple minutes later I heard a cow below me accross one of the many roads in there. We would talk back and forth for a while but they seemed hesitant to cross the road. They seemed to be whining about it. It started getting later and I noticed they had moved up to my left a bit so I decided it was time to go find them. I moved off and started sneeking their direction, then I heard one of them mew and knew where they were. The wind was perfect for me. I spotted the lead cow on the old unused road walking on a path that would put her in from of me. I moved down to about 35 yards from the road where I had a clear shot. Then they turned up into the timber but it was ok, they were still working right to me :IBCOOL:. As the lead cow got closer I realized that she was going to turn on a path that would put her head on or quartering to me :bash:. That is exactly what happened. She came out from behind the last tree 10 yards in front of me and quartering to me. She all of a suden looked up and looked right at me with that oh crap look on her face :yike:. I'm standing there at full draw waiting for her to turn away from me so I can let one go. Then, like they had planned it out, she starts to turn and one of the other cows pulls in right behind her :bash:. It looked like a well planned dance as they turned together still one behind the other and trotted back towards the road. I cow called to stop them but could not get a clean shot through the branches :bash:. There were four cows all together and I thought I had one of them in the freezer. I already had it all figured out, she would drop right there by the road so I would not have to pack the quarters up or down any steep hills. I would just put them right in the back of my truck and head on home...
Oh well such is hunting. I had a great time and will just have to look forward to next year now.
Oh.....here is a couple pictures of something I found out in the woods. Now these were real hunting mountain men!
Hope these pics show well... These two gents were only 10 yards apart on a little ridge in the timber. You could see the ground indented in front of the stones. Pretty cool!
Post by: Arteman on December 03, 2011, 03:55:06 PM
I spent Wednesday and Thursday in the Winston. I did not hunt anywhere near the clear cuts. I found timber and found lots of fresh sign. I have not hunted here before so I hunted the morning in the timber and then drove around to get a lay of the land between 11:30 and 1pm. I found most of the other hunters were all hunting around the clear cuts but no one had been seeing anything. On day one I only found sign but in some nice areas.I know exactly where you were. Not to far from where I hunt every year and where I got my bull this year, in fact maybe only 800 to a 1000 yards from that spot. That ridge top sure is narrow between roads, but pretty long and always a good spot to check out.
On day two I jumped a couple deer in the morning but no elk. After my drive around I found another spot that had so much fresh sign I had to stay there and see what came around as it looked like elk were spending a lot of time in there. About 2:30 I let out a few cow calls and a couple minutes later I heard a cow below me accross one of the many roads in there. We would talk back and forth for a while but they seemed hesitant to cross the road. They seemed to be whining about it. It started getting later and I noticed they had moved up to my left a bit so I decided it was time to go find them. I moved off and started sneeking their direction, then I heard one of them mew and knew where they were. The wind was perfect for me. I spotted the lead cow on the old unused road walking on a path that would put her in from of me. I moved down to about 35 yards from the road where I had a clear shot. Then they turned up into the timber but it was ok, they were still working right to me :IBCOOL:. As the lead cow got closer I realized that she was going to turn on a path that would put her head on or quartering to me :bash:. That is exactly what happened. She came out from behind the last tree 10 yards in front of me and quartering to me. She all of a suden looked up and looked right at me with that oh crap look on her face :yike:. I'm standing there at full draw waiting for her to turn away from me so I can let one go. Then, like they had planned it out, she starts to turn and one of the other cows pulls in right behind her :bash:. It looked like a well planned dance as they turned together still one behind the other and trotted back towards the road. I cow called to stop them but could not get a clean shot through the branches :bash:. There were four cows all together and I thought I had one of them in the freezer. I already had it all figured out, she would drop right there by the road so I would not have to pack the quarters up or down any steep hills. I would just put them right in the back of my truck and head on home...
Oh well such is hunting. I had a great time and will just have to look forward to next year now.
Oh.....here is a couple pictures of something I found out in the woods. Now these were real hunting mountain men!
Hope these pics show well... These two gents were only 10 yards apart on a little ridge in the timber. You could see the ground indented in front of the stones. Pretty cool!
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 03, 2011, 07:58:12 PM
Post by: SniperDanWA on December 03, 2011, 08:32:38 PM
Post by: TheHunt on December 03, 2011, 08:45:49 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 04, 2011, 06:02:58 PM
Post by: kglacken on December 04, 2011, 10:47:42 PM
Post by: Yelm hunter on December 04, 2011, 10:58:38 PM
Made a huge mistake that probably cost me a shot. We had a close encounter with some cows on private property right at daylight but they were just on the other side of the property line and when they crossed over it was too brushy. We decided to drive up to winston around 10 am and We hunted until about an hour and a half before dark in a place we hunted early season. I didnt want to get home too late so we started driving out when we came to a road we like to hunt off of. I drove to the landing at the end of the road and decided to get out and look. I grabbed my binoculars and climbed the ledge to look over. (I dont have my bow with me because There is no way an elk or deer will be right on the other side of the knob after the truck pulled up right?) wrong! as soon as I look over the edge there are 6 cows at 65 yards away walking right too me. I hit the ground and motioned to my buddy to grab my bow. By the time he got to me They were heading the other direction! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: I am usually so careful about not putting my self in situations like that! :bash: It was cool though to see that one of the cows had a radio collar on her.
Sent you a PM
Post by: Fullabull on December 07, 2011, 04:44:49 PM
August Hulstrom: Can't find anything on this guy, no records at all. Unless August was a middle name or something his stone is his last living marker :(
James P. Eaton:
This guy was born in Maine, served in the Civil War as a Corporal from 1861 to 1865.
The next record I find of him is living in Sierra CA in 1880
Between 1880 and 1890 he moved to Toutle WA
He was Married to Ellen J. Eaton
In the 1900 Census Ellen was still living in Toutle with a large family
Harry Eaton who was 22...looks like he served in both World Wars but can't find anything after that. He had a family with one son who looks like he died in the 1990's
Jeanette Eaton who was 19...Cannot find anything more after the 1900 Census
Marry Eaton who was 16...Marry married and moved off to start here own family
George Eaton who was 13...George moved to Canada just before World War ll
Louisa Eaton who was 9...no records after 1910
Daisy Eaton who was 3...No records after 1910
Anyway, it was fun and I thought I needed to give these guys little life after being lost for so long....
Fulla
Post by: hillbillyhunting on December 12, 2011, 03:13:52 PM