BlackRockBigfoot Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Doodler said: This is a photo from the areas in which I hunt, in an area with historical sightings and myths reaching back centuries, and not far from another area where a buddy saw what can only be described as a bigfoot while spring turkey hunting. It stalked within a few yards of him as he called turkey, and when he moved, it stood up and strode off with nary a sound. There's nothing to the photos other than a field of trees. Ain't they pretty? The tree I'm sitting in has been productive for me over the last 4 years, with a deer a year taken from it, and another dozen a year seen from it, so it's my favorite spot. General consensus is the deer population has plummeted over the decades, and hunter numbers/hours in this area are down. You see this reflected in camps with one deer hanging instead of 8, but some of that could be old timers cherry picking the best years (or those good years could be the cause of the current low population). It would take historic reports to determine harvest numbers. That said, no footprints noticed over the years, but I've heard branches break, trees fall on a dead still day, heard what sounded like conversation with no visible people, things like that. Nothing definitive. Unless you count footsteps that turn out to be a squirrel rummaging the underbrush. In the early part of the 20th century, the government reclaimed a bunch of farms all along the southern tier of western New York State. They planted pole pines by the hundred acre, and left other areas to wild-grow mixed hardwoods. The pines are often in regular shapes, rectangles, pines planted in rows. Some of the pines were planted too close together and have stunted growth because of it. When they thinned the pines or got the spacing right, the pines grew tall and straight. When they didn't, the pines interlace their branches and create a wall of annoyance. The nice thing about these dense pines is the deer love it. The bad thing about these dense pines is the deer love it. Either way, you don't sneak there, but the open hardwoods are easy to traverse. The deer traverse all of this with little problem, and often skirt the dense stuff picking a common trail in and out. Pretty nice of them. Water comes from ponds, springs, swamps and creeks are plentiful, loads of small game, fish, oak and other nut trees, and some farms. Population density is low, but you're never more than 2 or 3 miles from an occupied house or road I'll bet. We get out from 10 to 20 days a year, in two hours before sunrise, out at sunset. Looks like a beautiful area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison5716 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Beautiful looking area @Kiwakwe! Awesome beaver dam. I've never seen one. Nice photos, @Doodler. Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BC witness Posted January 25, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2021 Saturday, Jan. 23rd, I made my first field trip in months, to a very local mountain, since we're still under local only travel restrictions, outside of essential work trips. I chose a nearby mountain that drains it's eastern slopes into the valley where I had my sighting, over 40 years ago. The drive from my home to the start of the forest service road is only about 25 minutes, but the climb to the top of the mountain on the deactivated spur road is well over an hour, as there are many drainage cuts across the surface, restricting vehicle speed to 5 or 6 km/hr. The slow crawl up the very steep road is worth it, though, as the view of the valley from the summit is spectacular on a clear day, which it was, though a snow storm was predicted for Sunday. All we got Sunday was rain though, as the temperature stayed just above freezing down in the valley. On my drive up, I only encountered 2 other Jeeps on their way down, so I had the whole summit plateau to myself for a couple of hours. There was some old snow in the shaded areas along the road and I saw numerous deer tracks, and of course footprints from the other visitors, but no sign of anything like a sasquatch print or trackway. I did spot a couple of ponds and small swampy areas in hollows back in the forest that will be worth a scout in the springtime, after the snow melts from the high country. Though the sun was shining, it was very cold and windy, so I only got out of the H3 to take some scenery shots, which nearly froze my hands. Next time up there will be in warmer weather, so I can do some exploring of those wet areas without becoming an icicle. 1st photo Looking SW with Dewdney Slough and the village of Dewdney at the bridge at near side of the valley. My home is hidden in the mist among the hills in the upper right of the pic. 2nd photo Looking SE, with the city of Chilliwack just barely visible on the valley floor at the left edge of the photo, Mt. Cheam in the middle horizon, and Mt. Baker on the right, in Wa. state. 3rd photo My ride at the end of the road in a clear cut, with Mt. Baker in the background above the roof. 4th photo Note the temperature display on the mirror! Brrrr, with wind chill it felt like -5C standing outside. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 28, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 28, 2021 This guy passed me on the way to the coast on I90. He calls his rig Ruguru. Its the white bronco. (Correction Jeep) He had Sasquatch all over rig and was advertising his podcast. Wandering Ways Plates were from Montana. Anyhow I started listening to his podcast. Cool! Im at Yakima and gonna check out the Oak Creek feeding station for Elk and Bighorn next! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatFoot Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, norseman said: This guy passed me on the way to the coast on I90. He calls his rig Ruguru. Its the white bronco. He had Sasquatch all over rig and was advertising his podcast. Wandering Ways Plates were from Montana. Anyhow I started listening to his podcast. Cool! Im at Yakima and gonna check out the Oak Creek feeding station for Elk and Bighorn next! Wouldn't have pegged you as a right lane, behind the semi, cruiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Oh, it's worse than that, NatFoot....it looks like he's even falling behind J/K, Norse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 29, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 29, 2021 Saw almost as many elk in Packwood as I did at the feed station over at Naches. White pass was just wet. No snow on road. Nat, makes sense! I drove truck for 33 years! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 29, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 29, 2021 My house when I left. 48 and raining on west side. Feels like spring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTreeWalker Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, norseman said: My house when I left. 48 and raining on west side. Feels like spring. We just had our 1st snow of the winter this week on Monday. Light dusting below 1000'. Typical west side winter. Probably a little milder than usual. Got down to freezing only a few times. Always have to watch out for elk when you drive through Packwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiiawiwb Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 5 hours ago, norseman said: My house when I left. 48 and raining on west side. Feels like spring. Beautiful home and I can picture a wood stove burning away on a cold winter's night. 48F....lucky guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 30, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 30, 2021 Going fishing with my cousin for two days. Land lock silvers at Riffe lake by Morton Wa. And then sturgeon fishing on the Wilamette in Oregon. After that I think I will go check out our family name on the logging plaque at Forks, Wa. I’ve got a Washington cougar tag. Might do some calling.... Stay tuned! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 31, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 31, 2021 Caught 7 small silvers. They kinda looked like rainbow but more pale. Riffe lake Wash Fish and Game inspected the boat....🙄 Water was choppy. My back is toast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langfordbc Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 3 hours ago, norseman said: Caught 7 small silvers. They kinda looked like rainbow but more pale. They call them "Kokanee" here. What's the daily and bag limit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted January 31, 2021 Admin Share Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, langfordbc said: They call them "Kokanee" here. What's the daily and bag limit? Same on the upper Columbia. 5 fish per day. An interesting tidbit. On the way to Riffe lake we drove through Elbe, Wa. Didnt they find tracks on the beach close to Elbe? The town has a bunch of old train engines and cabooses. Pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post norseman Posted January 31, 2021 Admin Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2021 Doing great on Sturgeon in the Wilamette! 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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