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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2015, 10:55:55 PM »
So Margaret is open to General Elk now with NO permit required?

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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2015, 10:25:25 AM »
So Margaret is open to General Elk now with NO permit required?

Yes.

I don't think any info is out yet for what Weyerhaueser will want for permits or leases to hunt their land in the unit.
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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2015, 10:32:33 AM »
I am glad that Archery had first opportunity.  It should be a blood bath.
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Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2015, 10:37:39 AM »
I bet it'll cost at least $300 to hunt Weyerhaeuser land in the Margaret unit this year. And actually, $600 for access wouldn't surprise me.

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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2015, 10:44:02 AM »
I was one of the 3,000 in the St. Helens permits as I drew a Toutle tag last year.   That price was about right from my opinion.  But if they raise the price much more I am not sure that would be a good idea.
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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2015, 10:54:09 AM »
I'm thinking Weyerhaeuser will have a separate pass for the Margaret area.

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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2015, 11:26:45 AM »
I'm thinking Weyerhaeuser will have a separate pass for the Margaret area.

That's been my thought as well.  Then in a year or 2 when everybody comes to the realization that the Margaret is just a faint shadow of it's former self. It will lose its luster and fall into line with the rest of the unts!

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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2015, 11:45:00 AM »
I'm thinking Weyerhaeuser will have a separate pass for the Margaret area.

That's been my thought as well.  Then in a year or 2 when everybody comes to the realization that the Margaret is just a faint shadow of it's former self. It will lose its luster and fall into line with the rest of the unts!

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Re: Margaret unit going to general bull elk tags
« Reply #23 on: March 31, 2015, 12:12:01 PM »
So who can explain why the Toutle Unit is not going to general?

While the Toutle did not have quite the same "boom" in elk population as the blast zone areas in the Margaret recover after the eruption (and decline as the habitat matured), it has undergone a similar effect of hoof rot. And most (not all) of it is Weyco.

I think if it was all about selling St. Helen's Tree Farm permits, Weyco would want the Toutle to be general also.
One step at a time...one step at a time....like the frog in the slowly heated pot, don't want him to jump out early.
:yeah: It will. They probably want to get as much tag money out of it as possible before doing so.
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