Master elk hunt in Yakima

[Dan-o]

Man, I just hope some of you are never on "a jury of my peers".

The conclusions you jump to based off of hearsay are amazing.

I don't know the guy.   Obviously, most of you don't either.    But you still pile on, when you simply don't know.

But, if a friend of your brother's nephew's best drinking buddy swore that the guy was trapping Grizzly Bears off his property and selling the claws, some of you would pile on with solid 5th hand knowledge from a reliable source that he didn't even clean the teeth up before selling them.

And I don't think it's fair to say you're not going to discuss IP addresses.  Either put out the truth or don't......   That just casts a dispersion, and then you can say "Gee, I never discussed it.   Wink.Wink."         It's a little like asking a guy if he's quit beating his wife.   

 How about just a little teeny dose of "Innocent until proven guilty"?


Flame away.

[splitshot]

  well said.    mike w

[boneaddict]

Nice try Dan-O.  I am actually going to do the opposite of what you might think.  Instead of being defensive and posting all what I can see which would be ultimately dogpiling on this gentleman, I am going to just smile.   I hope you enjoy your free hunt.   I am mostly going to stay out of this one since all I know is from heresay.   

[Skyvalhunter]

Come one Bone it seems easy to pile on this guy without truly knowing the facts. I am sure most of those that are piling on are those that seem to have their own agenda to dissolve the Master Hunters Program for whatever reason. Like they say each has their opinion weather it is substantiated or not

[adamR]

it has nothing to do with the opinion of...

a friend of your brother's nephew's best drinking buddy

go back and read his posts he made himself out to be bad in the beginning and then tried to make him himself seem better throughout the thread and now is getting backed by guys with very few posts.... it all just seems shady that's all I'm saying

[skywalker253]

My issue is the deceptiveness that goes on between the GDepartment and the Land Owners. It has become a cat and mouse game.

Example- 2009 I obtain permission to hunt a primarily private GMU. I got permission prior to applying. I brought over fresh crab and fish as a token of my appreciation to hunt. The day before the opener, the land owner tells me the game department issued land owner tags to his family, so I can no longer hunt his property. They want the hunting ground for themselves. Now I get screwed out of my points, time, money, etc. Later to find out this land owner receives those land owner tags, because his name is on the game department land access program list for hunters to contact to hunt. I also found out he was charged with 36 felonies for falsifying damage claims and his oat counts. He is a known PROBLEM with the game department, yet they try and work with him and issue him tags etc. They should do away with land owner tags and damage claims. If the land owner wants the deer or elk gone, then they should have to open up their land to the public or they can make it private and charge a reasonable fee for people to hunt. IMO- Wildlife comes with the territory. If you want them gone, then you should have to work with the game department to manage the wildlife. If not; then absorb the loses until you get sick of it and let the game department do their job and manage the animals.

Don't ever contact WILBER EATON in Dayton 162. He will screw you, just like he screws the game department and makes jokes about it to people like me. Bragging about how he takes advantage of the system and has them by the balls, because he has a ton of land. This MasterHunter guy appears to be doing the same thing, based off the stories I have read. This guys says screw the game department, screw the hunters, and antagonize people within the forum for getting away with it.

[WaHeadhunter]

I also found out he was charged with 36 felonies for falsifying damage claims and his oat counts.

Well, that's B.S. the fact is that that those charges were all dropped and he was not convicted of anything. He does let hunters on his ground, all he asks for is a little help once in awhile to earn the right to hunt there.

If it weren't for private land in the 162 unit there'd be no elk for sure due to the overload hunters put on the public ground.

[bigtex]

I also found out he was charged with 36 felonies for falsifying damage claims and his oat counts. He is a known PROBLEM with the game department, yet they try and work with him and issue him tags etc.

Don't ever contact WILBER EATON in Dayton 162. He will screw you, just like he screws the game department and makes jokes about it to people like me. Bragging about how he takes advantage of the system and has them by the balls, because he has a ton of land.

Eaton has gone to court in Columbia County and lost numerous cases against State L&I, State Unemployment Dept, and the Local Farm Bureau. All public record.

[WaHeadhunter]

Eaton has gone to court in Columbia County and lost numerous cases against State L&I, State Unemployment Dept, and the Local Farm Bureau. All public record.

Then take it to the L&I, Unemployment or Farm Bureau discussion boards. 

As far as game dept violations, none, nada, zip.

[DeerThug]

Back to 3912  was passing through early this morning and spotted a cow by the river,  ended up being18 all to gether.  All the MH need to do in 3912 is put in the time.  this would have been a 15 minute walk and would have cost nothing...

[Bigtine96]

Back to 3912  was passing through early this morning and spotted a cow by the river,  ended up being18 all to gether.  All the MH need to do in 3912 is put in the time.  this would have been a 15 minute walk and would have cost nothing...

Thats just it, the people that go to this guy dont want to hunt or scout. They want to spend money to drive out and shoot a easy cow. If you spend time you can find easy cows below the elk fence.

[danderson]

Are you referring to the 3911, that unit is only on the south side of I-90

[Bob33]

Are you referring to the 3911, that unit is only on the south side of I-90

? 3911 is on both sides of I-90 in most places, and in several places is only on the north side.

[boneaddict]

Almost hit about 20 of them right past the slide the other night while I was heading to Whistling Jacks.

[ShaneTyTrey]

I paid Rob 500 back in 2010 he ended up having a buddy take me out to show me his land and no elk that day.  Never called me back either when I was leaving messages to try and go again once he had my money.  When the elk are in there it does seem like it would be easy and I can see why people pay for the access.