Special Permit Dilemma

[CavemantheHunter]

Just posting to vent. Didn't expect to draw Toutle Quality Bull Archery tag with only 2 points and learned today that I was drawn. Normally I would be ecstatic, but I just found out two wks ago (after submitting my apps) that I will be working six 12 hour days in Anacortes from July through October with little chance at taking vacation time. I don't want to just take the points since it will take me years longer to draw again and who knows what the population will look like then. So that's just my luck, whether good or bad I don't know at this point. Will just pray I can get some time off and am super thankful that I know the unit really well!

[Gringo31]

I think most people would feel a bad cold coming on....

[adamR]

With only two points if you dont get a chance to hunt i wouldnt be all that upset! With ten points and your situation i can see being ticked off... But even if you only get to hunt 1 or 2 days with two points who cares

[C-Money]

  I know its "not right" but ...... Hope you can work something out.

[X-Force]

I had the same problem in 2008 but it was college (I was on the fence about going back when i applied). I ate 3 points.

[huntindork]

I would quit!!!!

[Austrian Hunter]

I think most people would feel a bad cold coming on....

Yup, I would not mention one word or I would just tell him I have a surgery scheduled that can't be rescheduled, heck, I tell him my mother in-law died or anything I can think off.  GO HUNTING!!!!! 

[snowpack]

Yeah, go with the surgery...say it is for a gall bladder removal or something.  Technically it would be true, because you would be performing a removal by 'surgical' means on an elk.

[elkkillin5]

So how do you know that you got a Toutle tag it always says draw not run yet. The only draw that ran is the antler less.

[CavemantheHunter]

Elkkillin: call in, the draw has been run but not showing online. It took me ten points to draw the tag two years ago, so I had no inclination tht I would be drawn this year. Thought my 8 bull points and 9 quality deer would hold up better, but no dice for either of those. I'm going to do all I can to get some time off for it, especially now that I have hunted and scouted and camped all over that unit. I know it's not a terrible problem to have, especially comparing it to those who haven't drawn a tag this year, but it is still a stressful one for me.

[elkkillin5]

Right on man thanks good luck get out there and fill your tag!

[Jonathan_S]

I know this doesn't help much:

At least you have hunted it before so if you end up eating the tag it won't be as bad.

You'll have a good knowledge of your hunt area so you'll have an effective short hunt

And finally...at least it isn't mudflow or nooksack   

[b0bbyg]

Doesn't that tag allow for a late hunt as well?  You should still be able to hunt the later portion of the tag with the schedule you stated.
 
Might be mistaken but I thought there was a late portion for Toutle archery.

[huntnphool]

I would quit!!!!

Over a two point Toutle tag?

[WSU]

Been there.  I drew a peaches rifle tag (the later tag, which isn't at all as good as the early tag) with 2 points during my first year of law school.  I just hunted as much as I could, passed up a few elk for the first couple days, and wacked a spike on the 3rd and final day I had to hunt.  With so few points, just chalk it up to good luck and make the best of it.

[BULLBLASTER]

In 2008 I drew toutle with 12 points and absolutely no time off to hunt. Started a new job. I had opening day and the second morning to hunt. Shot me a 3 point Dink. But he was sure tasty! That's just how it.goes man.

[CavemantheHunter]

Yeah there is a late tag but by that time they've been pretty much slaughtered and spooked thanks to the million tags they give out in that unit.

[firefighter4607]

Simple you just call in sick, "elk fever" is a very serious condition. The only medicine that helps is time in the woods.

[b0bbyg]

They may be a little harder to find in the later season but at least they are still there.

We have the Archery cow tag for the Toutle.  If I find any really dumb slobbering bulls I will let you know where they are 

[throttlejocky20]

Yeah there is a late tag but by that time they've been pretty much slaughtered and spooked thanks to the million tags they give out in that unit.

I was in there for the late archery hunt last year if you hunt hard and have an idea on how to hunt elk its doable. We were into elk every day we hunted. I only had a cow tag but the bulls were still there.

[Bullkllr]

Last time I had that tag I killed a really decent 5 point on the first evening I hunted. Got there about noon. Bull was dead by about 6:00 pm. It a can be done, just sayin' 

[Jayfire83]

Not to discredit your situation, but i drew the tag as well with my group. Being that my hunting partener is my co-worker, my jealous boss told us only one of us could have the time off. And he is a hunter too....

[Hyde]

If one of my employees came to me with your dilemma, I would find a way to make it work for him.  Even if only for a few days.  Maybe your boss will too if you ask. 

[coachcw]

comit as much time as you can and maybe the boss will be flexible . Is he a hunter ?

[CavemantheHunter]

I'm working on it, already planted the seed. Hoping we can get far enough ahead on the project so that I can miss a few days. No he isn't a hunter but he is a real good guy. I quit my old job to come work here and have only been here a month so I'm a little slow to ask for too much quite yet.