Vail Tree Farm? - hunting-washington. com Vail Tree Farm?I would have to disagree with that being a good idea for a fist time hunting experience Why dont you just head a little beat east and hit the west slopes of the cascades?!?! Theres plenty of BT's in there to be had and so many less people, just pick a major drainage and find a locked gate and you will find deer I dont want a new hunter getting the impression that Vail is
Bear Care. . . Not Care Bears. . . Everything starts to spoil the second it dies You will have several hours, but you still need to take care while gutting and skinning to keep bacterial growth at a minimum There are way too many variables to give precise times but with proper care you will be fine at this time of year
Recommended bow shops in Tri-Cities? - Hunting Washington Recommended bow shops in Tri-Cities?Some people are like Slinkies They aren't good for much of anything, but they put a grin on your face when you push them down a flight of stairs - Crimson Mister Everyone of God's creatures are welcome at my table Right next to the mashed potatoes - Tred Barta A 9mm may expand but a 45 will never shrink
Trad arrows with stone points. - hunting-washington. com Did anyone else see the Tred Barta episode where he was elk hunting with stone points? He shot a nice 6x6 bull in a wallow Should have been a good shot, quartering away, a little far back, but should have gone right through a lung Looked to me like the point hit a rib bone and stuck They looked for the bull for 2 days (I think), and never
Winthrop Area Meat Locker Winthrop Area Meat LockerTheres a meat locker butcher just inside of Twisp If your headed towards Twisp from Winthrop on 20, the road takes a sharp curve to the right in Twisp (before Hanks) There is a "Y" in the road here If you stay left, you will go by hanks on your right, if you take the left, just a bit down that road, you will find a butchers place on the left hand side Basically, if
. 22 Pistol for grouse? - Hunting Washington Anybody besides me ever shoot a grouse with a 22 pistol? I recently acquired a very good condition Ruger Standard (MK I precursor) semi-auto that looked like it spent most of its life in a box or a drawer gun rug I have written a column for GUN DIGEST about this pistol It is a real shooter and the plan is to pop some fool hens with it On a related subject, if you use a shotgun, what is
Archery for Geese! I saw a show where Tred Barta was shooting them with fluflus in flight, pretty cool Given the arrow in his quiver I would speculate he is landing them The guys that shoot them in the air use the fluflu fletched ones If you don't use the fluflu ones your asking for trouble or an expensive day of shooting!
Dad made a duck pond and look what showed up. in 27 years that my parents have lived here their has always been a small drainage that went thru our field We had seen maybe 5 ducks in 27 years The other day my dad decided to dam up the small culvert that now went no-where and in one day look what showed up i guess i will have to get a blind and a bow come duck season Huge paired northerns showed up, 2 on the first day and then a total
Gluttons for Punishment - (5BD in 46 hours!!!) Gluttons for Punishment - (5BD in 46 hours!!!)The morning after Shane shot his bear we were all exceptionally sore, tired, and unmotivated to wake up When Shane's Dad and older brother got up to go hunting, I couldn't believe we were planning on waking up an hour later to check out another "hot spot " However, to our great pleasure when it came time for us to get up we hit the snooze on the
Last chance failure- still some idiots around. Been a bit of a rough year for hunting this year I've killed nothing Haven't really even been able to get out Shot a few birds, but no 4 legged critters Long story Anyway, finally snuck out 2 days ago, last couple days for late archery here on the east side I rolled into some state land on a river Quite a grunt to get in place, but found an old built in tree stand over a field As good