Hey all...this is a combined report/be careful out there warning.

Went out Saturday afternoon in the Satsop unit (thanks again for the info provided last year Dogfish). 2 minutes after pulling off the blacktop spotted a deer 20 yards from the logging road I was driving in on. Stopped to load the gun and do some walking but couldn't find the same animal as the brush was pretty thick. Decided to walk a spur road and what pops out 50 yards in front of me...another deer. Brought my gun up and pull the trigger. Nothing. A misfire...deers goes on its way. Poked around a bit more, but didn't see anything else that afternoon.

The next morning I headed out again and was headed North on 101 before daylight (just past Verle's) when the truck goes sideways and starts heading for the shoulder, countersteer and think I might be able to recover, but the truck starts sliding the other direction, crosses the centerline and the front tires hit the gravel shoulder. I bet you guys know what happened next. The stopping action of the gravel on my front tires whipped the back end of my truck around then when the back tires hit the gravel I rolled. As I'm sure you all know this happened in a flash. I'm pretty sure the truck is totaled, but I'm thankful my son and I came away unhurt...no bruises, no scratches, nothing.

At any rate I just thought I'd let everyone learn from my experience....I wasn't going fast for normal conditions (50 mph), but didn't have it in 4 wheel because the roads had been fine up until that point. While being yanked out at least half a dozen other cars got side ways and another 2 hit the embankment/guard rail despite the flares, police lights, tow truck etc. In hindsight, I should have been looking for slick roads, had it in 4 wheel and been going a whole lot slower.

...still thankful no one got hurt.