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Offline YoterHunter

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Cow tags
« on: October 17, 2013, 07:51:35 AM »
Why do the west siders get to shoot there cows opening day. Verses the East side having to wait for the last 4 days . By then the cows are not that easy to find.

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Re: Cow tags
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2013, 07:55:51 AM »
Neither are spikes if the cows are shot on opening day.. 
I kill elk and eat elk, when I'm not, I'm thinking about killing elk and eating elk.

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Re: Cow tags
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2013, 08:24:47 AM »
Because Roosevelts are sneakier than Rocky Mountain elk.  Gotta give the eastside biddies a few days to wise up.
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Cow tags
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2013, 08:49:52 AM »
Not all of the  elk on the west side are rossis. There's more Rockys then Rossis .

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Re: Cow tags
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2013, 03:35:51 PM »
Not totally sure but my guess is that the west side is so thick that there is a lot of escapement.  A full season on the cows out here on the east side would maybe be to hard on them.  Another thought is that they don't want to mess up the spike and big bull hunters and feel that if you hunt good and hard, Wednesday thru Sunday is plenty of time to find a cow in the Yakima and Clockum herds.  just some guesses by someone who has wondered the same thing at times.  Way out east in the Blues, the cow tags open up on the same day as spikes and I think that is because it is so tough to get even a cow in that massively huge and rough country that you need the extra days.
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Re: Cow tags
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2013, 04:36:52 PM »
Not all of the  elk on the west side are rossis. There's more Rockys then Rossis .

 :dunno: sure. 

I got a Rossi this year.  It's a 20 gauge.

Anyway, I think the behavior and habitat is more what I was getting at.
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