Since turkey season I have . . .

[jblackburn]

Had hardly had time to get on here!

After my last hunt with the rest of the Gooserbat crew I was in two weddings in back to back weekends, one in Florida and one in Illinois, finished my time at Oklahoma State University, helped put on a week long camp for urban/minority students interested in agriculture, and interviewed for a position at Washington State University.

Well, I was offered and accepted that position, so the family and I packed up in Oklahoma and headed to Washington!  The good news is there are several options for me to chase gobblers this spring!  Washington actually has Easterns, Rios, and Merriams!  I am very close to Idaho and more Merriams as well! 

Oh, yeah I saw this guy last week!

[Deputy 14]

Congrats on the job. Good luck with your new venture.
Nice mulie too. 

[stone road turkey calls]

Good luck with your new job, I'm sure you will like washington, nice place. my daughter and grandaughter just moved back to georgia from washington.

[tomstopper]

Congrats on your new job & good luck.

[DirtNap647]

congrats and good luck

[Rapscallion Vermilion]

Congrats.  Not a bad place to land at all.   We came close to moving to Pullman and WSU a few years back and spent a summer there.  Great place for a family.  Loved seeing the wildlife in the area:  pheasants, chukars, quail, grouse, deer, elk, turkey.  There was a pretty decent gun and sporting goods shop on the road from Pullman to Moscow. Sure Shot, I think. Very knowledgable owner. Good guy to talk to about hunting in the area. The farmers market in Moscow on Saturday mornings is awesome.

[flintlock]

Sounds like you have it made!   

[budtripp]

Very nice, I've often dreamed of moving out west. Wyoming/Montana in particular. Just don't know if I could ever leave my beloved Midwest again after moving back from California a few years ago.

[jblackburn]

Thanks guys, it is a beautiful area, but budtripp, you're right.  It's not the Midwest, but I think i'll get used to it.  RV, my wife actually stopped in Sure Shot the other day when she was in Moscow, she said it was awesome.  She's a pretty good woman to scout sporting good stores for me.  I think I'll let her stick around! 

[RutnNStrutn]

Congrats on your new job!! Good luck this spring in your new area. I hope you get a chance to hunt some mulies like the one in the pic. He's a nice one!

[Gamblinman]

Good luck....and don't forget about us Okies.   

[Rio Fan]

jblackburn,
Congrats on your new job.  I've lived in Washington all of my life, I live about 2 hrs from Pullman.  I'd say it'd be a very good idea for you to turkey hunt in Idaho as well as Washington, since you'll live so close to the WA/ID border.  I do a lot of turkey hunting in the Blue Mountains in SE WA, but I also hunt in Idaho over towards Orofino.  Idaho has so much public ground to hunt and way fewer hunters than what I see in WA.  Welcome to Washington!

Do you do any waterfowl hunting?

[jblackburn]

Gamblinman, don't worry, I have a lifetime hunting license and I intend to use it!  I got my butt kicked by some mountain birds down at Pushmataha and I intend to go back and settle the score!

Riofan, thank you VERY much for those tips.  I have the reg books for WA and ID, it is a lot to take in, especially all the elk and other big game rules!
I used to goose hunt a little bit, but it has been years.  I grew up in Missouri and we just did not have many ducks other than teal and a few woodies.