Yeah, they were obviously pets. I didn' t see any other hunters, or anybody else for that matter. I basicly drove from Puyallup to the P&E200 road off Green Creek Rd, and turned around to head home. I had to be back when my daughter got home from school, and I got a late start leaving that morning. I won' t call it a wasted trip, but pretty close to it. My little boys did get to see about 25 elk and 2 turkeys, so all was not wasted.

I seriously doubt that I' ll hunt down there for turkeys though. It' s just too far to drive for a day of hunting, especially when I have birds less than half that distance from me. It' s 105 miles and 2 hours from my driveway to Green Creek Rd, and only 51 miles or just over an hour to Johnson Creek Rd. It' s about the same to Capital Forest. When you consider having to make multiple trips to scout, to me it' s a no-brainer with gas prices like they are. Unfortunately if this season is like the last couple, most of my west side hunts are half day outings. And when you are talking about rolling out in time to beat others to a spot, I' ll take the extra hour or so for sleep, or time for hiking to deeper areas with less pressure, over driving anyday. I will definitely head down for elk, since the farmer I talked to was very open to me hunting on his farms for turkey, elk, or whatever else. I' m not naming his name, for obvious reasons. Brushchimp, e-mail me and we' ll talk.