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Hey Slee,
How's the season going? Where specificly have you been hunting? The Walk-In? I just was just wondering because I talked to some hunters that I didn't know, I never asked and name or where the came from but they weren't local. I was just wondering if maybe one of them was you. I will check this post regularly for a reply from you.

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No, wasn't me BrushChimp. I've been going in off of Elk Creek Rd. If you take Elk Creek Rd 'til it becomes gravel, then take the 2nd road to the left(45something?). I have been hunting along the Seven Creek area. I've found some fresh elk sign, but have yet to see an elk. That creek bottom on either side of the road gives access to several ridges and clearcuts, which seems to be the attraction. The downside is it's lots of thick ground to cover for 1 guy over a few days. I'm going back down Saturday morning, and staying the remainder of the weekend. Hopefully I can get lucky and locate elk like I did on the last weekend of the first season. BrushChimp, I'm wide open to suggestions on how to hunt this area. You can shoot me an e-mail if you want.

They are calling for rain, so I have to decide whether it's the Chevy with a tarp over the bed for my bed, or the mini-van without the seats for my bed. They're both 2WD, so I'm not doing any serious off-roading anyway. I could bring a hunting video to watch in the mini-van while I'm eating dinner though. What do you guys think?

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Well....it's only about 4 month's till Turkey.. :)their really starting to flock up now.....seeing quite a few 100-200 sized flock's

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Wayne, glad to hear that all the birds weren't wiped out last season. What's the earliest in the season that I can get into my spot up above the powerlines? My buddy Dan probably isn't coming out, so I may look at coming a little earlier this spring. I sure do like the warmer/drier weather and less crowding of early May though. Birds are definitely more call shy by then, but our group has always gotten at least 1 bird out of that section either around camp or above the powerlines. Hmmmm.

It'll be very interesting to see how the hunter #s change if they seperate and raise fees for turkey tags. I think the numbers will stay pretty high, since turkey hunting is very addictive. But I sure would like to see less crowds, especially on the west side. They definitely need to weed out some idiots statewide.

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Slee...depend's on our winter....last year ya could'nt get up there till about 10 day's before the season started...Kris and myself found quit afew bird's up there early in the season about 2 year's ago....last year we were up there opening week....and did'nt find much....I give ya an update the closer it get's....I generally try to get up there scouting 2-3 week's before opening

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Sounds good Wayne. Next time I'm over that way, we've got to have a little longer meeting. Maybe a steak and a cold one or two. Maybe even a hunt too.

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Wayne good to see you back and posting was starting to wonder if you had left us!! Good luck this spring!!! If things go right I might be back at Fairchild doing a swapout with a jet, but it looks like it will be in April, so I might get to turkey hunt!!

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WAYNE1 - Hey there Wayne. Sent you an email. - - Only got a few honkers last weekend, but they should be coming in strong after New Years. (Heard lots of birds still up north.) Say Hi to Diane and keep your powder dry for when we give you guys the call ! :) Talk to you later, - - Rob

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Slee.......sure sound's good to me....if ya ever have the time for some pre-scouting....let me know......don't worry about camping out....we've alway's got extra room here .................................................. .....................................Robb....That' d be cool if ya made it over for the season....How long would ya be here..??.......................................... .................................................. .....................Pointshoot777....Yup....got yopur e-mail....thx's.. :)....Glad to hear you and Ray got to bag some Geese.....just give us a call when your ready for us.....the bag's are packed and ready... lol.....Could ya shoot me another e-mail with Ray's home address..??...Thank's

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Hopefully as lon as the liast time, which was 11 days! Hope every one is having a good weekend! You guys have any snow yet?? Its windy and rainy!!

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Morning all, hope all is well, not mcuh going on here, just work, got my brother nad his wife over for Christmas, good thing is I will have a week off starting on Monday, can't wait, supposed to be going on a pheasant hunt, looking foward to it, been seeing a lot of them lately, they just harvested the sugar beet field behind my house so they are moving into the back yard. Good thing I have a pellet gun. Yeah right, get busted for that.

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Merry Christmas, every one hope every one has a great Christmas and a Happy New year!!! Hope every one has a safe and fun holiday season!!!

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Eveneing all, hope all is well, you guys have any snow yet?? we have rain, so whats new!!! Not much going on here, working the New Year schedule. Hope fully be outta here in a couple of hours!!

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Happy New Years all... Flu's going around the family - I had a touch of it yesterday. Wife's Grandfather died yesterday. Kids' are all sick. I guess on a positive note, the new year can only get better! Hope everyone is doing well.

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Hi Everyone,
I hope you all Had a great Holidays & Have a great New Year. I've been home about a month from Cuba & I have had a few chances to get out after Waterfowl with on luck. I'm not sure we had a pretty good spot & the weather was pretty Crappy so the duck should have been flying & they were a little bit just very high. Well maybe I can find a place to Turkey hunt this spring.

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Good Luck & Good Hunting
Dan

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Evening all, Hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday season. The weahter here today has been weird, woke up this morning to a dusting of snow, and then throughout the day we have had snow showers, not enogh to stick, hopefully it will snow tonight. Saw 15 deer today, one herd of 9 and then a herd of eight right nere the house. Been seeing the usual pheasants, had 12 hens in the back yard yesterday, and two roosters in there today.

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I didn't notce that it was typo. Thanks for noticing it Halcon! It was 15 deer, there were two groups one with nine and one wit six

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Edited by - robb92 on 01/07/2003 13:59:40

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Robb,
It sounds like we all just need to hunt in your back yard next year

There is NO such thing as a bad day HUNTING
Good Luck & Good Hunting
Dan

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It would cost you more money than its worht, will all the fees involved in shooting here!

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Damn I thought I had my scouting done for the season. Oh Well now I havae to find Deer here

There is NO such thing as a bad day HUNTING
Good Luck & Good Hunting
Dan

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I'm supposed to be going on a duck hunt some time in the next couple of weeks along with a pheasant hunt. can't wait haven't seen many deer latley, mainly because the weather has changed here. It was nice last week, scattered snow showers and cold wind talk about nice. You guys have any snow yet???

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Evening all, hope all is well, well my duck hunting plans got scrapped, the guy had made other plans, oh well, always another time. Got my options for when I pcs next year, I'm trying to get to Alaska, then to Washngton. Hope every one has a good weekend!!
Robb

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The Lake Washington (Bellevue) Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is hosting its 3rd Annual Banquet and Auction on February 23rd, 2003. This event will be held at the Embassy Suites in Bellevue starting at 3pm. We will be auctioning off seven firearms, artwork, bronze sculptures as well as silent auctions on a variety of items. The dinner is buffet and includes dessert. This is going to be a very enjoyable event and one you shouldn't miss! For more information please visit and contact us through our chapter website at: http://lakewashnwtf.tripod.com

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Good Luck on ya'alls banquet Kitsap - any of your folk gonna help man the booth at the sportsman show in Puyallup? Last years show was a lot of fun. Good way to get in touch with people interested in joining - I'm sure there'll be a list for people to sign up for. We generated quite a few names last year. The problem is groups like Trendwest have made a lot of people skiddish about giving out their names and contact info - can't blame em' though. Once an organization like that gets a wiff of you they'll hound you endlessly.

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Evening all hope all is well, Hope everyone had a fun and safe weekend. notmuch going on here, work as usual!

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Well....me and the wife got back from our goose hunt with pointshoot...had a great time...our group got 12 of em. Them bird's were sure skiddish though.....guess they were a little tired of being shot at all season...Oh well....less than 3 month's till turkey... :)

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Well, that's the end of hunting until April unless the odd coyote gets in the way. Not enough snow and a few too many people but still managed to finish up with a limit of chukar, and a couple of huns and quail. A rather delightful day, I must say. Now time to get back to the chores.

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Evening all, hope all is well, See we have a new member, welcome abord, hope you like it here, I haven't been on here much latley, can't get on the site at work.

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Morning all, hope all is well, not much going on here been really busy with work so haven't had a chance to get on here in a while. We got dumped with 8 inches of snow last night here at the house, at work we got about 6 inches, talk about a fun night, there were snowball fights, people getting whitewashed!

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Wayne...congrats on your goose hunt! Sounds like you had a great time. - Craig

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Evening all, hope all is well, not much going on here, just working, might be going on a goose hunt in a week or so, can't wait the season runs tellthe 20th of Feb. Hows the weather been?? its cold here, and windy, at least there is no rain as of yet!!

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MOrning all, not much going on here, just the usual honey-do list, the weather is cold and cloudy so |I might be able to trim the hegde row out front of the house. Other than that only seena couple of roosters lately, saw a dead deer just down the orad, looked like a roe deer, ]



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Robb how ya doin where ya live at now i've been lost and meanin to ask you and are you gonna get transferred back to fairchild during turkey season???

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Think I like this new format

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HUH..............a guy dissapears for a bit, and someone rearanges the room....
Hey Wayne, Slee, Kitsapcaller&lt;although you ain' t Kitsap no more*L*&gt;, and the rest of the little Rascals gang how have you been???

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LOL....Hey Wash....it' s all new to me too. Ya figured out about turkey season yet ? Ya gonna have any time for some pre-scouting. When in March are ya gonna be in Spokane..??

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Well Turkey season probably is not gonna happen the way I' d like it...we have to go to Arizona, and Orlando, so any spare time for hunting turks is gonna seriously be screwed.[:@]...as far as my time in Spokane in March goes it looks like the 10th -14th, so we need to hook up for a dinner at least, my treat!!!!!Whats your thought on that?????Would love to see you and Diane!!!!
J' s pouting again, wants to send some time with Diane.

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I' ll shoot ya a e-mail Wash.......remember....Turket season' s a month long....you ain' t gonna be gone the whole time are ya..??

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Wayne, with this goofey winter we are having, are the birds still flocked up? I remember last year the day before the opener there was a HUGE flock right outside my camp 15 birds - 1 big ol' tom, 1 hen, and the rest were jakes - one of the strangest things I' ve ever seen... It seemed that they hadn' t broken down into breeding yet - I was wondering if this mild winter has em' hot a little earlier.