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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: jeepster on May 09, 2012, 02:44:37 PM

Title: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: jeepster on May 09, 2012, 02:44:37 PM: im looking for a preserve to hunt on/club to join so i can do some bird hunting and work with the dog. seems like there are some good ones over in south east washington, but i just dont know anything about any of them and was hoping to hear about them on here.

im looking for a place where i bring my own dog (no guides), i can shoot birds multiple days and has camping near by

has anybody hunted at the Acme Hunting Club here in skagit county? read an older post about it from like 2009, but that didnt really give much information...
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: h20hunter on May 09, 2012, 02:58:25 PM: Don't know much but I've heard good things about Cook Canyon.........

http://www.cookecanyon.com/

I was at the sportsman show in Puy year before last. Went to get some food and asked to sit in the only empty seat. Turned out I was sitting next to the owner. Nice guy. We bs'd about fishing.....not bird hunting. Thanked me for the conversation (and not talking about business), gave me his card, offered to have me out to shoot some birds sometime.
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: Stilly bay on May 09, 2012, 03:02:48 PM: pm sent
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: AWS on May 09, 2012, 04:12:10 PM: I've been invited to a couple of hunts by suppliers when I was working. We hunted Double Barrel Ranch south of Spokane, Had a great time, lots of strong flying birds and and they acted allot like wild birds, running and hiding in the heavy cover of the creek bottoms and fence rows. We went in Feb and Mar, one year in a snow storm and the next in mud. The five stand was fun also.
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: aaronoto on May 09, 2012, 08:51:28 PM: I'll second Double Barrel Ranch. It's a long drive for me, but it's beautiful country and Ron and Joe are great!
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: jeepster on May 09, 2012, 09:53:12 PM: the double barrel looks really nice

the way i figure, to pheasant hunt here, i gotta pay close to 130 bucks anyway, so, i think hunting on a preserve (150$ unguided, 5 pheasant or 8 chukar, or 200$ for a guided hunt) just seems like a better deal to me especially because you know exactly where your money is going, and the state wont get a single penny of it
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: mfswallace on May 09, 2012, 09:56:14 PM: Cooke Canyon outside of Ellensburg is excellent!!! :tup:
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: wildweeds on May 10, 2012, 12:16:34 PM: acme hunt club........360-595-0166 Jim's his name.Well worth it for the fuel savings if your in skagit, just pick a nice day to go weather wise for a more enjoyable day afield.
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: Curly on May 10, 2012, 03:03:59 PM: Is Double Barrel the place right below Mica Peak?
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: high country on May 17, 2012, 08:06:55 AM: Yes. The clubhouse is just north of stoughton on Harvard rd.
Title: Re: looking to hunt on a preserve...
Post by: Curly on May 17, 2012, 09:13:10 AM: I saw that place when we went to Mica Peak to help my dad get his cow moose several years ago. Nice looking spread there.