WDFW!!!!!

[Wea300mag]

What are they going to give me? I want my points back.

You filled your tag, how can you expect more than that?

[gotcha]

That's not quality enough. I guess

[blindpig]

That really sucks.  I had that tag last year, got to hunt for a half day and was shut down due to fire.  It wasn't reopened for me.  WTF?

[nailbender]

 

[Whitpirate]

You pulled the trigger on an elk with a quality tag.  I assume that when going through your checkdown you made the decision that this was an animal worth taking.  What the hell do you want more than that?  I'd love to draw my moose tag but i'm confident my son who is going to go through hunters ed at 8 will draw a youth tag before I do and I'm 1 short of max.... but I'll guarantee that when I get that tag I'll harvest an animal and be happy and not bitch about more opportunity.

Grow up.

[cem3434]

At least for me I got a decent bull. Some tag holders probably got cows or rag horns since the Wednesday late season opener. Some of them will probably get home from camp tomorrow and find the letter having already filled their tag. I'm calling them Monday to give them an ear full. I want my points back. Clearly I'm not getting the same opportunity as the other tag holders.
WDFW changing the rules after the games already over.

You pulled the trigger and ended your hunt, not WDFW. Now you want your points back?  The Margaret isnt a quality hunt anymore for a reason, so I would think that a hunter would be satisfied with any elk harvested.

Good luck to the other guys that are able to get some additional hunting in due to WDFW trying to do what they think is right.

[piled-up]

My friends old and has really bad knees so hiking into the ne corner really wasnt an option for him! He's got a Margaret muzzy cow tag I'm glad he's going to get a chance to give a shot! Chesapeake you said you got a nice bull and you still want your points back? Wtf    Some people!!

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

I think my 14 points were wasted... I used 14 quality elk points on a hunt that i couldn't hunt.

If it was for toutle at least i could have spent the whole time hunting as there is open areas to hunt even when the tree farm is closed. I really could care less about the antlerless points. I only applied for the antlerless so my son could increase his odds of drawing a cow tag. I may not even fill mine. The coweeman herd has been hammered.

[Wea300mag]

I think my 14 points were wasted... I used 14 quality elk points on a hunt that i couldn't hunt.

Have you called or emailed the WDFW and explained your situation?

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Yes... They said we have to wait until the end of the season before they review the hunts and the point restoration.

[Chesapeake]

I'm at a loss for how to explain to a bunch of guys that maybe get an elk every 4 or 5 years that "just happy to get an elk" isn't what I put in for the Margaret unit for. I'd feel like an elk hunting failure if I only got an elk every 4 or 5 years. That's fine for a lot of folks, but not for me.
I was happy to pull the trigger on a crowded beat down five day hunt restricted to the NE corner due to fire danger shutdowns. It was more crowded up there than the rifle deer opener. 84 tags all stuck in the backcountry. I'm not happy to find out after the fact that I pulled the trigger on a 2 week hunt in December.
You guys just don't get it cause your in the 90% of guys that create the 15% elk success rate in Washington.
I'm not saying dont give the guys that still have tags more opportunity. I'm just saying they should compensate all of us. We all were dealt the same dirty hand. I'd be happy with points for those that don't have tags and the extension for the guys that have tags.

[Ridgeratt]

WOW!

So if you were to buy a powerball ticket and not get drawn are you going to ask for your money back as well?
Ya roll the dice and take your chances!!!

[Wea300mag]

Yes... They said we have to wait until the end of the season before they review the hunts and the point restoration.

That's the same line they gave me. A few weeks later I had a new Margaret Muzzy Cow permit for late Dec.

[cem3434]

I'm at a loss for how to explain to a bunch of guys that maybe get an elk every 4 or 5 years that "just happy to get an elk" isn't what I put in for the Margaret unit for. I'd feel like an elk hunting failure if I only got an elk every 4 or 5 years. That's fine for a lot of folks, but not for me.
I was happy to pull the trigger on a crowded beat down five day hunt restricted to the NE corner due to fire danger shutdowns. It was more crowded up there than the rifle deer opener. 84 tags all stuck in the backcountry. I'm not happy to find out after the fact that I pulled the trigger on a 2 week hunt in December.
You guys just don't get it cause your in the 90% of guys that create the 15% elk success rate in Washington.
I'm not saying dont give the guys that still have tags more opportunity. I'm just saying they should compensate all of us. We all were dealt the same dirty hand. I'd be happy with points for those that don't have tags and the extension for the guys that have tags.

Let me get this straight, you harvested a bull with the permit earlier in the season and you still want your points back because you don't get to hunt the late season that WDFW just added? If I'm understanding you correctly, you will never get you're points back.

The hunt is not a quality hunt anymore for a reason. Are you really suggesting that you would have passed on the bull you harvested if you would have been made aware of the added season earlier? 

[grundy53]

I'm at a loss for how to explain to a bunch of guys that maybe get an elk every 4 or 5 years that "just happy to get an elk" isn't what I put in for the Margaret unit for. I'd feel like an elk hunting failure if I only got an elk every 4 or 5 years. That's fine for a lot of folks, but not for me.
I was happy to pull the trigger on a crowded beat down five day hunt restricted to the NE corner due to fire danger shutdowns. It was more crowded up there than the rifle deer opener. 84 tags all stuck in the backcountry. I'm not happy to find out after the fact that I pulled the trigger on a 2 week hunt in December.
You guys just don't get it cause your in the 90% of guys that create the 15% elk success rate in Washington.
I'm not saying dont give the guys that still have tags more opportunity. I'm just saying they should compensate all of us. We all were dealt the same dirty hand. I'd be happy with points for those that don't have tags and the extension for the guys that have tags.

I've killed a branched bull every year for the past 5 years and I still think you are a cry baby. It's not even a quality permit. Yet you act like it was supposed to be like a blues tag. Get over it. You shot a bull. If you weren't happy with the bull you shot that's YOUR fault, you shouldn't have pulled the trigger.