Welcome, bldhound. I, too, am forced to live in Bellevue and I also go through tires pretty quickly, leaving most of the rubber on I-90 between here and the Columbia River. Got in 40+ days of bird hunting this past year, and had great luck.

We also have a little lot over in the Ennis, MT area, on the Madison River, and I get over there a couple times a year and do a little fishing. Either way, I-90 is the road of choice for me to get my butt outta here!

Thanks for the welcome BlackLab & seattlesetters!
Now for the meat & potatoes. The birds are still in the woods, I hope that the 4 birds from yesterday die from throat cancer! Got them to 50yds but they wouldn' t come out of the woods into the setup. I slung eveything at them, soft , slow, hard, fast & even had hens get in a calling contest with me(matched her note for note & a lil extra)! Even tried going silent for a bit to move around then draw them back in but they wouldn' t come out. I don' t know how much hotter I can get birds, it was baseball, they were belting single, double, & triple gobbles.
Gobblers 13 Bldhound 0.

PS trapper T, haven' t used the power crystal but I know that they love the wood witch.

Well least your getting some action Ive been hunting them for five years and this is only the second year i' ve actually had' em talk back.Lucky enough to use up one tag so far. Adn I' m heading to either Chewelah or Rice this weekend so keep a couple of them available If I can' t get one on Public land in Chewelah, my uncle in rice says I can sit on his porch and blast one out of his tomatoe plants.Guess that' s his strut lane

This one is for the " coasties" . I have a friend of mine who has some private property in Mossy Rock, me & my partner are looking at hunting this area before work during the week. Any advice would be helpful. It' s bad when you can' t get enough on the WE' s & have to go during the week as well.
I know info comes at a price so, I would be willing to help out someone on eastside info on a honey hole or two that I hunt.

I have heard of Tukreys being seen in Salkum, which is a grease spot just WEST OF Mayfield Lake. 18 were spotted trashing some guys garden so they' re around, other than that I don' t know much more about it and I don' t think to many people know abut it either.

Bldhound, you helped me on the Borax issue. Do you have a shop and where about is it if you do, because I' m looking at getting a rug made out of a Bobcat I took a couple years ago and he' s still in the freezer(whole) minus a head. He should keep in there for a while?

Tapper T,
No I don' t have a shop anymore....forced to have a real job. I went to school for it & let my employer pay for it so I would save alot of $$ on taxidermy & do my own. Glad I could help you out there. How are your wings & fan mount coming along? There is a guy in North Bend that did my P&Y bear I can hook you up with, he does awesome work, his name is Bill Lancaster & if you can' t find his # I have it at home.
Thanks for the info on the area, I' ll check it out. This is the situation, me & my partner work in Everett & want to hunt during the week, we have to be at work at 2:30 in the afternoon. It' ll be drive down after work sleep in the truck, hunt, come back shower & head to work!

Hey trapper T, since you have your Eastern you might as well go for the Merriam! I do have a couple of honey holes for them if you want to run over there, just in case your areas get to populated. Last WE there was only 2 other hunters in there all 3 days & they were with me.

Good to hear you filled one of your tags, best of luck to those who are still trying!!!

Gee Bldhound i dunno bout trapper but i sure would like to hear about them honey holes lol, im having no luck except i coulda shot a jake but i didnt anyhelp from anyone would be nice to know whats goin on with the birds and not gobbling and maybe a new spot or two[8D][&:][:-]

Tiggeer, man nice to hear you laid off on the jake, I know it was tough but kudos to you. I' m going to be just S of Chewelah one day & the other I' ll be up just outside of Colville, if you can get a ride there I' d be more than glad to show you. I used to be in the same boat that you' re in when I was your age. I look back on it now & if kids were to walk down the road with a Rem 1100 over their shoulder like I did the cops would be all over them these days. Then when I did start driving there were many a days I would be wearing my camo in class b/c I had stayed in the woods hunting till the last minute before school & was gone again when the bell rang...........did alot of homework after hunting.