Bear tooth turn in, WSDFW rules suggestion, my letter, their response

[saylean]

Nor I ....tooth was sent in late may or early june...

Of this year?
I am still waiting on two from last year.

Correct, May or June of this year I sent it in...(first time I got a bear...I misread the rules {see letter above} hence the delay..)

[bowpredator]

I shot a bear one year and called down to olympia to see if I could get a toot envelope and they had me send them a self addresed stamped envelope so they could mail it back to them. Well I didn't get it back so guess what? they didn't get a tooth. Have even asked a gamewarden if he had one and he didn't carry them. They should carry them in there trucks, or they should give them out with the tag if they want the info. just my 2 cent.

Rodger

[saylean]

"they should give them out with the tag"...


I agree completely.

[billythekidrock]

Yes, I agree. I usually stop by the region 6 office on my way to or from hunting. I pick up a couple every year usually before I kill a bear just to have them.

[GoldTip]

I agree, the envelope should come with the tag.

[bobcat]

On the cow moose my dad got last year (Oct '06) I talked to the biologist and asked him when we would get results back on the teeth we sent in. He told me we would not, something about they don't have the money anymore to send out that information (IIRC.) His suggestion was to wait a year, and then contact him, either by email or phone, and he could give me the age of the moose.

[bobcat]

I agree, the envelope should come with the tag.

They sell a lot of bear tags that never get used, so that would be a lot of wasted envelopes, and wasted money. I would guess those envelopes are rather expensive since they are some type of waterproof/tearproof paper.