teej89
Well-known member
Hey guys,
Don’t know much at all about hunting or fishing Washington however with a recent job relocation that’s about to take place Washington is a likely location. There’s options for Seattle, Spokane, pasco, Yakima, and maybe a couple others but Seattle is more than likely out of those. I really like the idea of washing ton but the unknown of its hunting quality scares me, that’s where I come to you guys.
I guess I’m lacking in information about hunting in WA and I never thought of it as a “hunting state”. Excuse my ignorance if I’m wrong.
Anywho, i love upland bird hunting with my dog, anything rifle or archery, and enjoy chasing turkeys. I’d love to get into waterfowl but PA doesn’t have many decent public lands for it and the birds flock to the private fields and ponds.
As far as fishing, fly fishing for trout is my bread and butter, granted the natives in PA are 6-9” tops and the streams are no bigger than a bathtub at times ha!
Essentially, if you don’t mind, I’d like to keep all of the talk about the city itself out of it, that’s another conversation. I would just really like to know the quality of hunting in WA. I define quality as access to lands, good lands. Here in PA the public land seems to be the leftover crappy rocky mountainous land that’s thick as ever. Oh and also my nerves about Washington, I just picture it all being one giant pine tree forest where hunting is basically still hunting or stand hunting. I have a more aggressive hunting tactic of moving and glassing to make something happen rather than just sitting back waiting, that drives me bananas. Again, I bet I’m way off with my assumption that it’s all thick timber.
Another key for quality is the ability to hit a trail head and get far away, not just hit the trail head and get far and end up at another trail head or another road.
I’m not concerned about the quality of animals, I’m just curious on the health of the herds. Are animals sparse there? Or if you put in some decent effort and boot leather you there’s some areas worth the sweat.
If we lived on the east side of Seattle say 45min to and hour from downtown. How far would I be traveling to hunt?
And finally my last question... are tags there draw? Could I hunt elk or deer every year? Is there a turkey population there? How is the upland bird hunting?
Sorry guys, TONS of questions, you don’t have to answer them all. If you have an answer to just one question then I’d love to hear it!! I’m going to read up more on the regs tomorrow but this just came up tonight and I’m about to wake up in 4hrs to go chase turkeys and wanted to post it prior to bed haha!
Thanks so much for your input guys! You’ve always been really helpful!
T.J.
Don’t know much at all about hunting or fishing Washington however with a recent job relocation that’s about to take place Washington is a likely location. There’s options for Seattle, Spokane, pasco, Yakima, and maybe a couple others but Seattle is more than likely out of those. I really like the idea of washing ton but the unknown of its hunting quality scares me, that’s where I come to you guys.
I guess I’m lacking in information about hunting in WA and I never thought of it as a “hunting state”. Excuse my ignorance if I’m wrong.
Anywho, i love upland bird hunting with my dog, anything rifle or archery, and enjoy chasing turkeys. I’d love to get into waterfowl but PA doesn’t have many decent public lands for it and the birds flock to the private fields and ponds.
As far as fishing, fly fishing for trout is my bread and butter, granted the natives in PA are 6-9” tops and the streams are no bigger than a bathtub at times ha!
Essentially, if you don’t mind, I’d like to keep all of the talk about the city itself out of it, that’s another conversation. I would just really like to know the quality of hunting in WA. I define quality as access to lands, good lands. Here in PA the public land seems to be the leftover crappy rocky mountainous land that’s thick as ever. Oh and also my nerves about Washington, I just picture it all being one giant pine tree forest where hunting is basically still hunting or stand hunting. I have a more aggressive hunting tactic of moving and glassing to make something happen rather than just sitting back waiting, that drives me bananas. Again, I bet I’m way off with my assumption that it’s all thick timber.
Another key for quality is the ability to hit a trail head and get far away, not just hit the trail head and get far and end up at another trail head or another road.
I’m not concerned about the quality of animals, I’m just curious on the health of the herds. Are animals sparse there? Or if you put in some decent effort and boot leather you there’s some areas worth the sweat.
If we lived on the east side of Seattle say 45min to and hour from downtown. How far would I be traveling to hunt?
And finally my last question... are tags there draw? Could I hunt elk or deer every year? Is there a turkey population there? How is the upland bird hunting?
Sorry guys, TONS of questions, you don’t have to answer them all. If you have an answer to just one question then I’d love to hear it!! I’m going to read up more on the regs tomorrow but this just came up tonight and I’m about to wake up in 4hrs to go chase turkeys and wanted to post it prior to bed haha!
Thanks so much for your input guys! You’ve always been really helpful!
T.J.