Hunting Washington Forum

I wrote wdfw about the king season and got a garbage response with no information… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised with this BS state. There is 0 reason that they couldn’t have at least opened the season to 1 fish limit . The run isn’t that far off from a couple years ago with a 2 fish limit . Complete garbage from wdfw

Thanks for doing that. It’s super BS that there’s no season, no reasoning behind it. I’ve been watching the Rocky Reach live feed cam since late May and it’s been non stop kings swimming through. Makes me sick thinking they wouldn’t have a season up there. Numbers are healthy and higher than last year.

I know of 2 guides that limited boats on am and afternoon trips

11 hasn't been all that this year so far.  Seeing how it is only open 4 more days in July 16-19th or something like that it aint looking good.  Hard to believe we now only get 4 days in July to fish for kings?  The best month in the year.  Wonder where those fish end up   Those 4 days were the best WDFW could give us little rec guys?  JUST LAME

I went to a Gig Harbor PSA meeting last August and asked the entire room who in there right mind would give up July for June.Almost all in attendance raised their hand.Blew my mind.The agenda of these groups is not always what it seems.

Thanks so much Forum. The dates are November 1-12. I have and will be scouring the HWF for more information on hunting blacktail, but I appreciate anything. I also have a crossbow in case of muzzleloader malfunction or torrential rain.

I guess you’re also looking for tips on hunting BT. What dates does your tag run? Guessing Nov 1-14? I see the most activity from late October into early Novemebr. There are many different tactics, but trying to get to a large open area so you can see more ground is very human like thing to do. Yes, you will see deer on edges of clear cuts. But, the bigger bucks will be tucked in along the edges most of the time. If it were me I would find doe areas, locate a funnel or pinch point and sit there all day. I personally ever go to clear cuts, for one most areas don’t have that many and they always attract people. Good luck, I have never shot past 25-30 yards on BT.

You have a good tag, BT are tough if you haven’t hunted them before. But, you have the best dates to be hunting them. You can still use synthetic scents, lots of people have luck every year using them.

Thanks so much for the advice. I need to investigate these edges more in the area I have targeted. I have no problem sitting all day, that was "hunting" back east, sitting over food plots in box blinds. Would a creek bottom be considered a pinch point?

I normally throw my unnached tags away without pictures