Post by: bearpaw on April 11, 2012, 05:38:14 PM
We can provide meals and lodging and I have nearly 400 birds on our leases in Stevens County. We recently had several cancellations, I even have hunts available for opening day. If you want to kill a turkey, contact us, Guaranteed Guided Hunts are available, if you don't kill a bird, you get half your money back. But we average 130% success so plan on most likely taking 1 or 2 birds home.
http://www.bearpawoutfitters.com
dale@bearpawoutfitters.com
(509) 684-6294
I still need some hunters for opening day..... There are numerous items I am willing to take on trade?
(both live turkey photos taken this week)
Post by: Machias on April 11, 2012, 08:36:55 PM
Post by: bearmanric on April 11, 2012, 09:22:23 PM
Post by: bearpaw on April 12, 2012, 04:09:13 AM
It's sure temping. Leaving tomorrow for Colville. Hunting the Refuge again only place i know. Think i better bring the good tent. Hope you do well Dale. Rick
You better get in touch with me while you are over here. :tup:
Good luck to you too.
Post by: bearpaw on April 12, 2012, 05:50:59 AM
Great offer, good luck for a great spring Dale. They were gobbling up a storm behind my house tonight. First time I heard them all year.
Thanks Machias, good luck to you too, half the time they wake us up in the morning gobbling behind the house.
It's been fun watching these birds at the house, there was a group of 8 jakes that ruled the roost and we have watched them gang up and run off other older Toms right down the driveway, then they come running back to the yard. But now the jakes have broken up and I have seen an older tom courting several of the hens, he is king since the the jake group broke up. :chuckle:
I still need some hunters for opening day..... There are numerous items I am willing to take on trade?
Here's a few photos of some previous years opening day hunters at noon on the opener.
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on April 12, 2012, 11:40:58 AM
Post by: elkhunter1977 on April 12, 2012, 07:46:11 PM
Post by: bearpaw on April 13, 2012, 03:54:27 PM
a few more recent photos for you to see
Post by: elkhunter1977 on April 13, 2012, 04:15:09 PM
Post by: Brushbuster on April 13, 2012, 05:00:51 PM
Post by: bearpaw on April 14, 2012, 10:08:40 AM
watched a tom breed a hen this morning, too far for pics, next time... :tup:
Post by: bearpaw on April 15, 2012, 07:03:42 AM
Pete says, "You know life is short, one minute your struttin your stuff, the next minute you're dead."
(will post pics asap)
Post by: bearpaw on April 15, 2012, 07:09:42 AM
They just started talking again, hopefully they will come in again.
Post by: wayner on April 15, 2012, 09:07:33 AM
turkey down...:chuckle: soo true...still waiting for picts :chuckle:
Pete says, "You know life is short, one minute your struttin your stuff, the next minute you're dead."
(will post pics asap)
Post by: bearpaw on April 15, 2012, 09:18:49 AM
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Post by: bearpaw on April 18, 2012, 02:14:47 PM
Birds are gobbling pretty good and really broken up now and covering ground. I don't have many hunters this year but we have taken 6 birds so far and passed dozens of jakes. Have seen quite a few bearded hens and one of the new guys in camp wants a bearded hen, hope we see another one while he's here.
The photo below is pretty interesting, one of the guys killed a coyote this morning (almost got two at once) and two different groups of birds, mostly jakes stopped by within the next hour to pay homage to their fallen nemesis.
I wonder what they are thinking! (looks like wileycoyote got what he had coming, hehehehe) :yike:
Post by: bearpaw on April 19, 2012, 06:25:40 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 19, 2012, 07:18:10 AM
Post by: wayner on April 19, 2012, 07:24:59 AM
Post by: elkhunter1977 on April 20, 2012, 06:55:48 AM
Post by: bearpaw on April 21, 2012, 01:39:43 AM
One of the bearded hens that we are looking for and a few pics of more birds that have been taken.....
Post by: bearpaw on April 29, 2012, 06:34:46 PM
Birds in my area are pretty tight beaked right now, but my current hunters are good hunters. Two hunters in camp, seen quite a few birds, killed a bearded hen yesterday on the first day and a nice 9", 20 pound tom with 1" spurs a few hours ago today. It was the first bird ever for both of them, hoping for 2nd birds now. :tup:
Post by: bearpaw on April 29, 2012, 06:50:22 PM
Post by: Elk whack master on April 29, 2012, 07:27:32 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 01, 2012, 09:37:39 AM
I stopped just as I started into one of the ranches and blew the shock call. Gobble, gobble, gobble, oh nuts, I practically drove right into the middle of them by total accident, I hate it when that happens. :bash:
We got ready as quietly as possible and I tried to sneak both hunters into good positions. I was probably being watched by half the birds as I did that, there were at least a half dozen gobbles so I figured we needed to give it a try. :bash:
I told the guys I was going to circle around and hoped the birds would keep watching me and not realize where the two guys were hiding, I really did not have a better plan since I knew half the birds must be watching us. :dunno: :chuckle:
So I dropped Doug off in a good position and then I put Mike in a good position, meanwhile another gobbler had started to gobble 150-200 yards across a small meadow. I started to leave Mike and then I turned around and told him "That bird is really gobbling pretty good, I bet I can call him in and I don't think he has seen us!". So I sat down with Mike and we just listened for a while, it was still pretty dark.
It was still too early to start calling and this gobbler is going off every 10 to 30 seconds on his own. I figured this was going to be a slam dunk. :chuckle: :tup: :tup: :tup:
All of a sudden a dang coyote shows up, we can see him in the half lit morning trotting around trying to figure out which tree the gobbler is in. Pretty soon the coyote decided on the same tree I figured and sits down watching the tree. The dang coyote is sitting there looking at the tree waiting for the bird to come down. :bash:
Now I am pissed, no matter what we are screwed, if I try to run off the coyote the gobbler will see me, if the loudmouth gobbler comes out of the tree the coyote will make a run for him and the hunt is over. So I told Mike that I was going to try and call in the coyote and if he comes close enough to blast he can blast the bastich if he wants, he said "Sure, I'll shoot him." So I started yelping but we did not even get a look from the coyote. Our gobbler is still going wild and every now and then the other gobblers that had seen us would throw out a gobble from the other direction, but it was obvious they were not going to be very cooperative so I figured our best chance was still trying to pull the coyote away from the loudmouth gobbler. :dunno:
So I increased my yelping, in fact I got downright aggressive. We got a few gazes in our direction, but the coyote was not leaving that gobbler for nothing. :bash:
It was getting pretty light by now and all the birds had stayed on the roost longer than usual with all this unusual calling activity. Finally the loudmouth gobbler flew way out into the field away from the coyote and away from us. I tried to call him to us but that failed. Somewhere during this time the coyote disappeared too, he must have known the turkey was onto him. We watched the turkey disappear across the horizon of a large field and I wrote him off as turkey gone. :bash:
I heard a hen yelping and figured I would continue calling now and then in case one of the other gobblers had forgotten humans were in the area. It's good that I didn't know it at the time, but Doug had watched the other group of gobblers walk past and leave, he figured they might be out of range so he didn't shoot. Anyway I kept calling occasionally hoping to call one of them because I didn't know they left.
Mike and I had both had to readjust our positions a couple different times as our legs went to sleep. I was about to give up when I saw the loudmouth gobbler coming back across the big field. Yes, he is getting closer and closer to Doug. I finally asked Mike, "Why isn't Doug shooting, I hope he didn't fall asleep!"
So in desperation I threw out some really loud yelps hoping to wake Doug. The gobbler stopped, raised his head to look at us and whammo, Doug give him a round of hevi-shot to the memory bank. YES, turkey down. Mike headed over to Doug and I went to get the truck and drove over to Doug. We got some photos and laughed about the fun morning. Doug hadn't known we were in competition with the coyote and we hadn't known the other gobblers had walked past Doug, but in the end we sacked up another 9" gobbler so all was well. Doug ended up with a bearded hen and a nice tom, I love it when a plan comes together.... well, sorta comes together. :chuckle:
Doug with his first tom, 9" beard, 3 1/2 years old, 21 pounds.
Post by: bearpaw on May 01, 2012, 10:53:19 AM
It's not uncommon for the landowner to be walking around the yard and for her dogs to be barking up a storm, but the birds and deer are used to this behaviour and if you can overlook what seems like a major disturbance, it's the best hunting spot on that property. As soon as the owner and barking dogs go back in the house the animals often appear.
We have seen a group of 4 toms, a group of 3 toms, and some hens and jakes at this corral recently. I expected birds somewhere around 5 to 6 pm. We got Mike into position a few hours early then Doug and I left. At 5:35 my cell phone rang it was Mike, the first words out of his mouth were "mission accomplished" so Doug and I went to pick up Mike. He told us how they showed up on their usual route, it was the group of three toms, he said they were all about the same size, he took the last one as the first two were going out of sight down into the corral. The beard wasn't real thick and judging by weight and spur length I would say he was a 2 year old bird, but he had a little over 10 inch beard. Congrats to Mike on filling his 2nd tag, he ended up with a 9" and 10" toms. :tup:
Post by: oneezreiter on May 01, 2012, 11:06:10 AM
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Post by: Miles on May 03, 2012, 06:45:29 AM
Turkeysaurus is hung up about 150 yds out. :bash:
Break out the long bow. :chuckle:
Good luck!
Post by: wayner on May 03, 2012, 08:53:23 AM
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 03, 2012, 09:04:01 AM
Post by: Brushbuster on May 03, 2012, 06:34:47 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 04, 2012, 04:30:47 PM
A big thanks for taking us turkey novices hunting last weekend. Accomodations, great food & professional operation run by you & Tara. It was all good! Save some birds for us for next year. We'll be back! Mike & Doug :tup:
Thanks Mike & Doug, it was a pleasure hunting with you, we look forward to seeing you both again.
Post by: bearpaw on May 04, 2012, 10:06:43 PM
Turkeysaurus is hung up about 150 yds out. :bash:
As it turned out we finally got turkeysaurus in fairly close and had a shot but missed, planning on going after him again this weekend after he settles back down.
Next we moved to another property and smacked a 7" bearded hen right off the bat. Then a couple hours later we smacked a 9 1/4" tom that went a little over 20 pounds. So even though we started out with a miss we still had a double bird day. :tup:
Nick with his hen & tom.
Post by: bearpaw on May 04, 2012, 11:59:05 PM
First thing in the morning we called in an 8 7/8" tom that weighed about 18 1/2 pounds, Casey made an awesome 50 to 55 yard shot with hevi-shot. About an hour after that Vern missed a nice mature tom and then just before lunch Vern closed the deal on a 9 1/8 tom that weighed about 20 pounds. We headed in for lunch and Ray's hunter Jay had whacked his second bird a 8 1/2" tom. After lunch Nick missed another nice tom, so we finished the day with three nice longbeards.
Post by: Bean Counter on May 05, 2012, 01:27:05 AM
Post by: bearpaw on May 05, 2012, 01:51:13 AM
Great work, Bear paw :tup:
Thanks Bean Counter...
Post by: bearpaw on May 05, 2012, 01:54:51 AM
I'm about out of hunters again, anyone wanting to shoot a turkey should contact me, hunting is pretty good right now. We offer guided hunts, unguided hunts, and hunting maps, I can take cash or credit card and I am willing to take many different things on trade, I would rather be hunting than wishing I was hunting, so let me know what you would like to trade. :tup:
We have a "Guaranteed Hunt" option now too... :tup: :tup: :tup:
Post by: jetboatinghunter on May 05, 2012, 09:43:21 AM
I am curious if you have any blinds that have wood pellet fired stoves to keep you warm in?
Post by: wayner on May 05, 2012, 07:25:24 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 06, 2012, 03:56:10 AM
Hey, that is a good looking group of birds..and hunters!
I am curious if you have any blinds that have wood pellet fired stoves to keep you warm in?
hhhmmmmm, I hadn't thought about doing that... :chuckle:
Post by: bearpaw on May 06, 2012, 04:15:48 AM
I had another gobbler called in to about 60 yards I could all but see him, suddenly I hear, "Come-on boy, stay close!" I turn and look and about 40 yards behind me a guy is walking by talking to his dog.
And that was the end to that, what are the odds of that happening... :bash:
I'm gonna give that bird another try today. :tup:
Post by: rasbo on May 06, 2012, 05:38:16 AM
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Post by: bearmanric on May 06, 2012, 09:18:51 AM
Post by: bearpaw on May 07, 2012, 09:57:35 AM
Yesterday I got that bird to talk again but then he shut up, I will have to wait for another day when he is hotter. Right now I am out of hunters, Ray got his hunter another bird so he was tagged out and they decided to leave early at noon yesterday to get home in good time. I actually had to work around the place here in the afternoon. :bash:
We offer guided or inexpensive unguided hunts, I will take nearly anything I can use on trade toward a hunt, give it some thought and let me know. :tup:
Most hunting days we have been getting to bed at 10ish and up at 3ish. Last night I slept from shortly after dark until 7:30 this morning, boy did that feel good. :tup:
But I wished I was back out hunting, I may have to go buy myself a tag so I can go hunting again. :chuckle:
Post by: bearpaw on May 15, 2012, 07:04:13 PM
I sent them to areas where they got into multiple birds they tried calling, but they were unable to close the deal on any others. Congrats Hunter... :tup:
Post by: 92xj on May 16, 2012, 12:34:52 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 19, 2012, 08:28:42 AM
Sorry I missed the strutting with the camera, but he is still easy to pick out!
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 30, 2012, 05:32:23 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 30, 2012, 05:39:35 PM
I got a text message today that he was successful in Oregon taking the two Rios which means he finished two world slams in one spring. Congrats Chip. :tup: :tup: :tup:
Post by: Big game archer on May 30, 2012, 08:06:13 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 30, 2012, 08:07:52 PM
See his story and photos here: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=98449.0
Post by: bearpaw on May 30, 2012, 08:13:13 PM
Post by: bearpaw on May 30, 2012, 08:19:56 PM
congrats Randy, sorry about the steep hillside... :bdid:
Post by: bearpaw on May 30, 2012, 11:18:14 PM