SI west side

Linejerk · 11-20-2007, 04:54 PM

Anyone have any experience on the west side at SI I have never hunted the west side, is it open hunting like the North end or is there a check station like the East side??? Also if anyone has any suggestions on were a good place to get a wood duck out there would be I would be grateful I talked to two separate people that said there was good wood duck hunting on the West side and I have never got a woody

lol and I am free on Sunday so I thought I would head out there and give it a shot thx in advance for any help.

DukAddict · 11-20-2007, 04:59 PM

I have seen maybe a dozen wood ducks in the past 5 years of hunting the west side and not one of them I had seen was after the month of october. If you wanna shoot a woodie id concentrate somewhere else

Brett Neffendorf

BrotherWolf · 11-20-2007, 05:07 PM

Im sure there's a article about Hunting for wood ducks at
S.I in the Hunting and Fishing news magazine...hehehe

But yep there is a check staion on the west side and ya draw chips

DukAddict · 11-20-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BrotherWolf

Im sure there's a article about Hunrting
S.I in the Hunting and Fishing news magazine...hehehe

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:j ester:

lor · 11-20-2007, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Linejerk

Anyone have any experience on the west side at SI I have never hunted the west side, is it open hunting like the North end or is there a check station like the East side???.

Westside is similar to the eastside in that both require a daily checkin on SI hunt days. However the westside is not open to hunt 7 days a week like the eastside. However,unlike the Eastside, there are no reservations, everyone draws a chip from a bag 1.5hrs prior to shooting light, based on how low a number you draw, you can pick the remaining blind as your number is called. The last guy in line has just as much a chance of hunting/not hunting as the first person in line.

Concerning Wood ducks, the nest boxes are all over, but I haven't seen a duck during hunting season.

lor · 11-20-2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BrotherWolf

Ummm since when have you been able to hunt the east side 7 days a week?....you just mean the north unit right?

Yes Lonnie, that was a typo, I meant the Northside.

AtItAgain · 11-21-2007, 06:40 AM

I would say that this cold snap has probably pushed the last of the woodies south. There might be a few around still but if you want one this season you had better locate some fast.

Linejerk · 11-21-2007, 09:03 AM

Got it thx guys for all the help what days can you hunt the West side is it a Saturday and Wednesday???

Jeremy · 11-21-2007, 09:27 AM

It varies week by week, next hunt day is Friday the 23rd then every other day after that, but if there is a holiday in there then it is closed and open the day after:

Scroll to the end of this document, it is open the same days as the reservation days on the eastside that are all listed in here:

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...amebirdweb.pdf

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Originally Posted by Linejerk

Got it thx guys for all the help what days can you hunt the West side is it a Saturday and Wednesday???

Linejerk · 11-21-2007, 09:39 AM

Jeremy Thx so much for the link

Headhunter · 11-21-2007, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Linejerk

Got it thx guys for all the help what days can you hunt the West side is it a Saturday and Wednesday???

Look at the back of the Regs and there is a table of controlled hunts for SI. They are also the hunt days for both the Westside and Eastside and will tell you which days are youth only hunt days or not.