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Big money in timber and once the Muckleshoots bought the White River and other former Hancock pieces the other tribes got in on the timber frenzy.Sad to see it for us old guys. Literally can't access areas we spent decades in.Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk
Quote from: bigtex on October 03, 2024, 09:03:16 PMBig money in timber and once the Muckleshoots bought the White River and other former Hancock pieces the other tribes got in on the timber frenzy.Sad to see it for us old guys. Literally can't access areas we spent decades in.Sent from my SM-G973U using TapatalkYep! Just came out of there tonight. I noticed the gate up last Monday but no signs but it is clearly marked now. I have been hunting that area that will be closed since the late 80’s. They sold the best part in my opinion….
Quote from: bigtex on October 03, 2024, 09:03:16 PMBig money in timber and once the Muckleshoots bought the White River and other former Hancock pieces the other tribes got in on the timber frenzy.Sad to see it for us old guys. Literally can't access areas we spent decades in.Sent from my SM-G973U using TapatalkWhat do you think. They ever gonna let us access it and hunt it again or are non tribal members SOL now?
Quote from: TriggerMike on October 03, 2024, 09:18:05 PMQuote from: bigtex on October 03, 2024, 09:03:16 PMBig money in timber and once the Muckleshoots bought the White River and other former Hancock pieces the other tribes got in on the timber frenzy.Sad to see it for us old guys. Literally can't access areas we spent decades in.Sent from my SM-G973U using TapatalkWhat do you think. They ever gonna let us access it and hunt it again or are non tribal members SOL now?Highly doubt it.Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk
I can see this becoming a bigger issue as time goes on. Just imagine something like Weyco selling the Vail tree farm to the Nisqually tribe and converting it over to reservation Never understood how that is legal, it would be like China buying a parcel of land here. and having it become sovereign Chinese soil.
I saw the sale sign when I was in there yesterday also. I totally understand why the tribes are buying the land, and I say good for them, but as a Seattle-based hunter, that timber property is about the only day-hunt game in town and it is getting smaller, chunk by chunk... I'm gonna lose my honey hole for bears also. There's a spot in that land that is being sold that I've shot 5 bears in the last 6 years. Kinda the definition of a good spot...
Quote from: logola512c on October 04, 2024, 10:27:26 AMI saw the sale sign when I was in there yesterday also. I totally understand why the tribes are buying the land, and I say good for them, but as a Seattle-based hunter, that timber property is about the only day-hunt game in town and it is getting smaller, chunk by chunk... I'm gonna lose my honey hole for bears also. There's a spot in that land that is being sold that I've shot 5 bears in the last 6 years. Kinda the definition of a good spot...We must share the same honey hole....lol. Most folks weren't willing to drive up there for whatever reason, but there were quite a few bears up that way...
I'm assuming that as long as the casino money keeps flowing this will be an on-going thing. Tribes will eventually own most of the large tracts of private timberland in the state.