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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM

Title: Honey Hole Lovers
Post by: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM: Hey,

I gave out info on my old honey hole to about 4 people on this forum this past season. Did anyone get a deer with my info, just curious :tup:
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Post by: jstone on March 01, 2012, 12:24:07 PM: Stopped giving out my honey holes. 2 good friends gave them to there friends, and we all know what happens after that..
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Post by: jackmaster on March 01, 2012, 12:29:22 PM: yeah not a good idea, they cant be honey holes ifr everyone knows about them, which doesnt take long, trust me :bash: :bash:
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Post by: bobcat on March 01, 2012, 12:47:15 PM: Quote from: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM
Hey,

I gave out info on my old honey hole to about 4 people on this forum this past season. Did anyone get a deer with my info, just curious :tup:

Where's your honey hole?

Give me some coordinates and I'll go check it out, and let you know if it's still good. :tup:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 01, 2012, 02:03:57 PM: I remember a thread last fall where someone got so bent out of shape because someone else gave out some info on a hunting spot. It was kind of funny. I ended up posting some GPS coordinates. We did have fun with it.
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Post by: 6x6in6 on March 01, 2012, 02:07:05 PM: He did say "old" HH's.

Piano, wasn't that the C-Post thread? :chuckle:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 01, 2012, 02:14:17 PM: It may have been.
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Post by: bear hunter on March 01, 2012, 02:50:29 PM: :'( I gave a buddy info about my honey hole. Now it sucks they go hunt it with out me before my season starts. I knew of a three point from early season and told my buddy F$%^ . His my buddy and his friend went late season and killed the one I was going to go after during late muzzle. I don't give out my honey holes any more. If I take a buddy I will tell him that if I take him hunting. I don't want him hunting with out me or taking anyone to my spot. Thats the rules.
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Post by: h20hunter on March 01, 2012, 03:04:41 PM: It was def C-post that somebody got all bent out of shape about.

I guess next fall I better keep my mouth shut about the humpy fishing on the Snohomish!
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Post by: hillbillyhunting on March 01, 2012, 03:04:47 PM: One year I helped my buddy and his wife shoot their first deer (blacktail bucks). I took them to my best "honey hole". We saw tons of deer and had no problem filling 4 tags in this spot that year. They had a blast. I told them that they had to promise that they would not go back there without me. It has been hard for me to stick to my word and be somewhat of an a-hole about them going back there to hunt. He always wants to go back to that spot. All I can do is offer to go out scouting with him to find a new spot that could be "ours".

My point here is that I wont take a buddy to a "honey hole" anymore... even if there is a stipulation about returning to the spot.
Title: Re: Honey Hole Lovers
Post by: singleshot12 on March 01, 2012, 03:17:16 PM: Quote from: bear hunter on March 01, 2012, 02:50:29 PM
I don't give out my honey holes any more. If I take a buddy I will tell him that if I take him hunting. I don't want him hunting with out me or taking anyone to my spot. Thats the rules.

And there should be consequences if someone breaks those rules too. I have yet to find a buddy that can keep his trap shut about a honey hole.. Honey holes become tainted holes fast when the word gets out. Trust no one :sry:
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Post by: h20hunter on March 01, 2012, 03:20:55 PM: "Tainted Hole"

Isn't that a Spinal Tap song?
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Post by: singleshot12 on March 01, 2012, 03:23:41 PM: i don't know but it would make a great country music song :chuckle:
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Post by: pianoman9701 on March 01, 2012, 03:32:26 PM: Quote from: h20hunter on March 01, 2012, 03:20:55 PM
"Tainted Hole"

Isn't that a Spinal Tap song?

Porn flick, definitely!
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Post by: Button Nubbs on March 01, 2012, 03:58:41 PM: I wouldn't even tell my mom where I hunt. :twocents:
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Post by: steen on March 01, 2012, 04:06:15 PM: Our honey hole has not been kept a secret and we've taken lots of bucks out of there for ourselves and friends. I took my 2011 buck there and others saw the buck a month earlier but didn't think it would stick around. Sometimes the buck just plain has your name on it even before the season. I have more than one honey hole and this one happened to be the backup when I didn't have my rig that night and had to be dropped off for my hunt. Needless to say 10 minutes later my husband was picking me up.
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Post by: deerhunter_98520 on March 01, 2012, 05:12:58 PM: Anyone that goes with me to my honey hole is told they will be de-nutted if they tell a single person...so fsr its worked and everyone has kept their mouth shut...and i always take detours on my way there in the dark so they wont know how to get out there :chuckle:
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Post by: TheHunt on March 01, 2012, 05:16:46 PM: Quote from: bobcat on March 01, 2012, 12:47:15 PM
Quote from: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM
Hey,

I gave out info on my old honey hole to about 4 people on this forum this past season. Did anyone get a deer with my info, just curious :tup:

Where's your honey hole?

Give me some coordinates and I'll go check it out, and let you know if it's still good. :tup:

Throw it to me... I have gas to get there... Bobcat does has to use his gas to get back and forth to work. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Honey Hole Lovers
Post by: bobcat on March 01, 2012, 05:19:31 PM: Quote from: TheHunt on March 01, 2012, 05:16:46 PM
Quote from: bobcat on March 01, 2012, 12:47:15 PM
Quote from: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM
Hey,

I gave out info on my old honey hole to about 4 people on this forum this past season. Did anyone get a deer with my info, just curious :tup:

Where's your honey hole?

Give me some coordinates and I'll go check it out, and let you know if it's still good. :tup:

Throw it to me... I have gas to get there... Bobcat does has to use his gas to get back and forth to work. :chuckle:

:yeah: That's exactly right. Give the coordinates to someone who will use them.

I'm so broke I gotta hunt within 10 miles of home. :bash:
Title: Re: Honey Hole Lovers
Post by: couesbitten on March 01, 2012, 07:03:52 PM: Quote from: hillbillyhunting on March 01, 2012, 03:04:47 PM
My point here is that I wont take a buddy to a "honey hole" anymore... even if there is a stipulation about returning to the spot.

I'm very tight lipped about where I hunt, which is why my only real hunting partner is my son. One of the places we hunt deer is only known by us and a friend (Timberstalker). My dad and brothers (don't really hunt) don't know where it is. When I leave to go hunting, I always leave a note with information about where I'll be, in an envelope, and written instructions on the outside instructing my wife to open it if I'm not back by a given date.
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Post by: fish vacuum on March 02, 2012, 03:27:38 AM: Maybe the guys who talk smack and joke about those of us who are tight lipped just haven't experienced a good spot. It's the same guys who claim there are no secret spots left. Work your ass off to find and learn a spot that nobody hunts, then ask yourself if you want to hand it over to everyone and their brother.
There's guys who kill big bucks in solitude, and there's guys who say such spots don't exist.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 02, 2012, 05:32:22 AM: Best to keep it to yourself
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Post by: ldjbuff on March 02, 2012, 05:43:10 AM: Wow didnt think my thread would turn into this lol

I live in Idaho now so I just thought I would give my old area away. I still hunt deer in washington, but only because we have a cabin there.

One of the bucks that was pulled out of the spot i am refering to was on display at a sportings good store for a while in Issaquah. This is a blacktail spot, not mule deer. Mum is the word on the spot then lol

It will now be called an inner circle area :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Honey Hole Lovers
Post by: TheHunt on March 02, 2012, 06:11:45 AM: Quote from: bobcat on March 01, 2012, 05:19:31 PM
Quote from: TheHunt on March 01, 2012, 05:16:46 PM
Quote from: bobcat on March 01, 2012, 12:47:15 PM
Quote from: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM
Hey,

I gave out info on my old honey hole to about 4 people on this forum this past season. Did anyone get a deer with my info, just curious :tup:

Where's your honey hole?

Give me some coordinates and I'll go check it out, and let you know if it's still good. :tup:

Throw it to me... I have gas to get there... Bobcat does has to use his gas to get back and forth to work. :chuckle:

:yeah: That's exactly right. Give the coordinates to someone who will use them.

I'm so broke I gotta hunt within 10 miles of home. :bash:
This year is going to be tough. I use to hunt in the morning before work and than work late. BUT with the +5.00 a gallon for gas it will make that tough. Sucks...
Title: Re: Honey Hole Lovers
Post by: jackelope on March 02, 2012, 07:12:36 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on March 01, 2012, 03:04:41 PM
It was def C-post that somebody got all bent out of shape about.

I guess next fall I better keep my mouth shut about the humpy fishing on the Snohomish!

Humpies on the Snohomish?
I had no idea!!!!

just kidding
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Post by: coachcw on March 02, 2012, 10:09:49 AM: Hey I checked it out two years ago and found deer in there and passed on a two point that kinda became my friend, I went back in the late archery hunt and found a gut pile in the area . there is some new homes that back right up to it but i'm sure there's a good buck still in there. thanks for the help'
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Post by: DoubleJ on March 02, 2012, 10:39:19 AM: Edit:

Ooops. Wrong kind of honey hole.....
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Post by: 400out on March 02, 2012, 01:25:28 PM: I don't mind showing my spots to friends but strangers :dunno: I'll tell you where I seen game if I cross paths with you in the field just because I would want you to do it for me.
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Post by: ldjbuff on March 02, 2012, 07:09:01 PM: At least someone went back there. If someone was to hit the clear cut but then head into the timber, its wide open in there, we have pics of some monsters in there, i just need to scan them. Also the game warden that use to run the fish hatchery just below Snoqulamie falls, got a nice 3x4 out of there last yr :)
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Post by: sled on March 02, 2012, 07:14:47 PM: I shar info if someone has a special permit and i dont. I hope someone would do it for me. It worked out great for someone last year. Made me feel good to see the pics posted on here from last seaon :tup:
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Post by: asl20bball on March 03, 2012, 06:39:48 AM: I never made it to your spot but have it saved along with your PM to me. I will be sure to reply if my adventures lead me there next season.
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Post by: asl20bball on March 03, 2012, 06:43:47 AM: PM sent
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Post by: Arteman on March 03, 2012, 11:45:38 PM: I felt bad for a co-worker that can't ever kill anything on his own (actually two co-workers) so I took them both to my spot for Blacktails, and that day one killed a good 3 pt and the other hit a 3x2 we couldn't find that was killed by my buddy a week later. Anyways its been a battle ever since with the one that killed the nice buck, he's taken friends, his friends brother and son, even heard he filled his wife tag up there but not 100%. A real piece of crap, and are relationship is ruined from it. It doesn't really change or affect my hunt because ill hunt circles around him, and will beat him there in the morning and he won't go up, but its the fact that I got to beat him now that bugs me, has my mind racing on days I have to work that he has off. Even though hunny holes on the westside change over the years with tree growth, DON'T EVER TAKE ANYBODY TO YOUR SPOT!!! Idc how pathetically low they go to make you feel bad that you dont take them. I've tried it, and get burnt everytime.
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Post by: ChasinTracks on March 06, 2012, 05:05:19 PM: :yeah: :bdid:
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Post by: seth30 on March 06, 2012, 05:23:58 PM: Im going to add a twist to this one, another person here took me to there honey hole, and never talked to me since due to another issue with another person using his honey hole. We all got the same treatment as the offender >:(
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Post by: alecvg on March 06, 2012, 06:17:53 PM: Me and shanevg brought our cousins husband to our bear honey hole in July, and showed him some bears, he promised that he would never go without us. So two weeks later he comes and tells us that he went in there and saw one of the bears again, and he had brought someone in there. We got pissed, he said he wouldnt again. The next season we scouted it hard, had a big bear spotted, and were planning on hitting it hard opening day. He came a week before season and informed us that he had been in there watching the bear we had scouted out, witht eh same buddy from the year before, and planned on hunting it opening day. We got pissed again, so he blew it out of proportion, and his inlaws (my uncle and aunt) got mad saying we were telling him where he can and cannot hunt. It turned into a fricken mess. Lesson learned. I don't tell anyone anything.
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Post by: seth30 on March 06, 2012, 06:20:21 PM: I have actually taken 4 memebers from huntwa to my coyote honey holes, and luckily they all have respected my wishes on not returning without me or with there buddies. I know I have been rolling the dice on that :sry:
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Post by: GrainfedMuley on March 06, 2012, 08:00:05 PM: Quote from: ldjbuff on March 01, 2012, 09:24:37 AM
Hey,

I gave out info on my old honey hole to about 4 people on this forum this past season. Did anyone get a deer with my info, just curious :tup:

I sacrificed my honey hole last year to a good friend. He is 47 years old and has never shot a deer until last year. I have been hunting my area for 16 years and know the area like my living room. I know the movements both morning and evening. I put him and his 12 year old boy in a spot that I have taken many deer in the years past. Sure enough, opening evening, he took his first deer. A respectable 4x3 whitetail. I ate tag soup! But it was worth it.
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Post by: archeryantlers on March 06, 2012, 08:31:05 PM: Honey Holes are hard to find and easy to loose(if you let someone in on the secret). I will help someone with a special permit by giving them a general area to start. But otherwise, the only person that knows specifically where I hunt is my wife. And that's just so she knows where to come looking if I don't make it home.
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Post by: MuleySniper on March 06, 2012, 08:37:46 PM: ive always gone by the saying Loose Lips Sink Ships... i also like Snitches Get Stitches :chuckle:
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Post by: buckhorn2 on March 06, 2012, 08:41:39 PM: It;s a tough lesson to learn it;s fun to show a friend a spot but can turn into his spot real easy. We had a farmer on the snake river that let us hunt his property and we took him fish and crab there were some nice deer there. We took a friend and the next year we went to the late hunt in eastern wa. so he took a friend over there. The next year we went to the farmers and his freezer was full of things the friend of a friend brought over and we had to look for a new spot.