Free: Contests & Raffles.
How many of us have hunting partners that don't buy a hunting license? This will affect a very small portion of those in the woods this year.
Blacktailsniper- I don't believe the burden of proof falls on the hunter. The burden of proof would be wdfw's job to establish. I bet you can find thousands of videos online that depict every instance in which you described. Except the video wasn't hand delivered to the department for scrutiny. If they would like to scrutinize these videos they are public and are there for them to look over. Personally I have seen a lot of videos where multiple people are hunting one has tagged out on film and is filming/ calling while the other is hunting. Or videos depicting guides calling for permit holders so they can focus on shooting. If it were a crime lots of money would be made in fines and such just by going through you tube. The department has made lots of cases by way of social media and more likely than not, not a signal one is for calling w/o a tag. So just cause the hunter isn't willing to stick his hand out to get bit doesn't mean the department will prosecute.
Did I expect or think anyone would accept the challenge or actually do it?? No, not in a million years. But it was funny to see the post suddenly go quiet for so long afterwards....
Okay!
Here is the Email...Im not liking this at all and all of us need to change this...Dear Mr. Maybee, Thank you for contacting the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Your friend is correct. If you are only watching or guiding, you do not need a hunting license. However, if you are directly assisting and participating (such as driving game or packing hunting weapons), you will need the appropriate hunting license. Calling elk for a friend is directly assisting and participating in the hunt. In this case, both would need the appropriate elk license and tag. Best regards, Wildlife Program Customer Service(360) 902-2515 Two things come to mind. If you have a partner that submits and draws the same permit. You call and he tags out..He now cant help you?? No returning the favor because legally he doesnt hold a permit any longer. BS. Another is better start applying with a partner because you wont legally be able to have help.
Quote from: Blacktail Sniper on June 23, 2013, 08:19:07 PMOkay! Great way to concede.... You could of said yeah your right no judge/jury would convict a crime of this nature and it's wrong for me to place the burden of proof on law biding sportsman while trying to make them look/feel stupid for not accepting a horribly thought out "challenge"....
God knows wild life customer service has never been wrong.... To think you believe some hippy at the headquarters couldn't have miss interpreted the verbiage is crazy. I'm no attorney but even I could convince a jury that the verbiage used is not intended to enforce such instances as calling for friends. If so they would be convicting all that have posted such videos. Why would people posting videos of calling for friends, state in said video that they were breaking laws if they weren't? To satisfy you? Or to satisfy those who choose to miss construe the harassing wildlife law ? Believe the customer service all you want. I believe the lack of convictions speaks for itself. Even though they don't say the are breaking the law. I doubt any conviction by way of social media has the defendant stating "I'm breaking the law". But if that's your logic....
Blacktail sniper- the fact is many members of hunt wa (whom I am sure share the same adamant stance on the topic as discussed previously) have already filmed and posted these scenarios on the very real world Internet for all law enforcement agencys to view. Maybe the lack of response was due to the lack of intelligence in your "challenge". If thousands of these videos exist already why would the department need them delivered to the headquarters? They have the Internet. As stated before the department would surely capitalize on a law being broken and published online. They have prosecuted by way of public media before and will continue to do so. But laws that don't exist require no prosecution.