Floating the Willy for deer

[biederboat]

I am one of those guys who got lucky and drew the tag w/o points, so did my son and we actually put in separately! I have some access to various property, the most successful of which I pressure myself to take a doe on since I don't want to take a possible buck away from my friends LOP tags. I have always been intrigued by the Willy thing. I used to hunt around the Luckiamute (on land) down near Albany but I'm closer to the Newberg area now. I have a 14' welded Klamath boat, is that sufficient? It's an over-sized (wider and deeper) car-topper. Right now, no motor so is rowing one-way okay? I do plan on getting a motor which I'm sure would make it more convenient but I don't know if I'll have it before I want to do this (by early December).

Aside from whether or not the boat is sufficient, I'm interested in put-in and take out points and any suggestions, especially safety related. I had almost planned on wearing my diving wet suit!

If you want to keep your info more private, don't hesitate to PM me.

Thanks,
Biederboat

[BlacktailBowhunter]

Find the Willamette River Recreation Guide on the net. It shows all of the River's navigational hazards and tells you where you can and can not hunt.

BTBH

[biederboat]

Thanks, I do have that but didn't realized it had the nav hazards (hadn't looked at it in a while), I'll check it out.

Biederboat

[buckhunter]

Myself and GETBIT have done it twice. Wheatland ferry to Dayton is a pretty good haul,,,,with a motor. Read the Rec guide good first. Lots of rules. Good luck and PM me if you need a third tag to go with you. BH