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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2013, 08:11:37 PM »

I'm not saying I agree with the law. I think It would be total BS to get a ticket for calling elk with out a hunting licence. I once got the riot act from a Gammie when I was elk hunting And I spotted a phased colored deer and fallowed it.  He said I was Harassing the deer and it was out of season. He then said I could get a ticket. He just gave me a warning and told me to  tread lightly.
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2013, 01:17:59 PM »
Sounds like its illegal. Now ask me if i would still call for my dad if he drew a tag and i didnt. BET UR ASS I WOULD!
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2013, 01:21:59 PM »
Better call and tell every elk guide in the state and tell them they're breaking the law all the time.
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2013, 01:26:11 PM »
Probably should just ask Big Luke....he will know.

In all seriousness not in a million years will a person calling elk during their buddys bow hunt ever get cited.

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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2013, 01:29:13 PM »
Man ...Some of the things we come up with  :o  You can tag along with or call for anyone you please ...being in the state of Washington I just would not be packing a weapon without the right permit ...when talking to wardens ( never give out more information than needed ) They are all ears  :dunno: :chuckle:

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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2013, 01:31:30 PM »
I am tagging along for this train wreck.  How bored can people get?  Good lord, next people are going to say you can't even look at an elk without a permit/license.  This is Nucking Futz.
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #21 on: June 21, 2013, 01:49:36 PM »
It all boils down to the state's definition of hunting and the way it is interpreted by the people who enforce the laws.  I don't like the state's definition, but I can see how someone might try to interpret it to mean you can't call elk.  :o
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #22 on: June 21, 2013, 01:51:37 PM »
I call elk when I am hiking and photographing.. I am also carrying a sidearm.. so am I illegal????  No game officer has said anything, to me ever..
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2013, 01:52:26 PM »
I will buy that... The email doesn't help much either.  To be quite frank, it was written in a deceptive matter.
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2013, 01:55:55 PM »
It is technically illegal. Depending on the circumstances it is highly unlikely a third party caller would be cited.
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #25 on: June 21, 2013, 02:30:43 PM »
You break the law every day with out realizing it. YOU ARE A CRIMINAL! Any time i see this kind of crap it makes me go  :yike:
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #26 on: June 21, 2013, 02:46:50 PM »
I call elk when I am hiking and photographing.. I am also carrying a sidearm.. so am I illegal????  No game officer has said anything, to me ever..

Calling elk in and of itself is not what would make it illegal. What would make it illegal would be calling the elk with the intention of killing (either by yourself or someone else). The purpose is what matters. This also means whether one has a firearm or not is irrelevant.

Sure, a game could stop and talk to you and you could convince him you are just out for a leisurely stroll and happen to come upon your friend in the woods (or maybe that you don't even know them). But if he sees you assisting and you walk out both carrying the animal, or rode in the same truck, he may not take too kindly to that.  :twocents:

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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #27 on: June 21, 2013, 02:50:18 PM »
I call elk when I am hiking and photographing.. I am also carrying a sidearm.. so am I illegal????  No game officer has said anything, to me ever..
knowing you it is illegal as your harassing not just the elk but anyone or anything in the woods.   :chuckle:
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #28 on: June 21, 2013, 02:55:32 PM »
Hell, I suppose someone could possible make the stretch that placing trail-cams is illegal because it might harass the animals.  :rolleyes:
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Re: Calling elk legal?
« Reply #29 on: June 21, 2013, 02:56:26 PM »
I call elk when I am hiking and photographing.. I am also carrying a sidearm.. so am I illegal????  No game officer has said anything, to me ever..
knowing you it is illegal as your harassing not just the elk but anyone or anything in the woods.   :chuckle:

And I know the areas you will hunt....  :chuckle:
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