Do your research before you draw tags!

[Roperfive88]

Too many thread with the word "I drew this tag but know nothing about it"    Is it that hard to research the few hunts you put in for! 

[Blacktail Sniper]

Yes, that's why we have HuntWa!!!   

[bobcat]

I don't see the issue. It's their points, they can choose where to use those points. I don't care if they ever hunted there or researched the unit. Spend your points where you want, makes no difference to me. It's not my business.

[JoeE]

Too many thread with the word "I drew this tag but know nothing about it"    Is it that hard to research the few hunts you put in for! 

you must be an expert on every GMU in the state then. Let me ask you this, did you put in for goat, sheep and moose? In each of those units are you ready today to know exactly where to harvest an animal? I put in for goat but I've not haning out in goat country scouting all the time because I'm most likely not going to draw a tag and I don't have endless time to be spending time in these units. I'm just gonna wait and draw the tag and hop on hunt-wa and find out where to go 

[Dbax129]

I put in for units I haven't seen. This might be naive, and this is my first year applying, but I figured looking to see which permits had a success rate of 60% or better, then looking at the 4 easiest ones to draw, then prioritizing the ones that gave me extra hunting days, like January cow hunts and such.  I can always ask for pointers and then go scout a new area the rest if the year. Plenty of time.

[Roperfive88]

First I do know where I can go hunt the tags I put in for and i don't put in for mountian goat.  Im not saying be an expert but know that you can hunt. What made me start his thread is  the Prescott elk tags. Why not ask before the draw if there is any public ground with elk or is it possible to get on private ground

[Roperfive88]

I don't see the issue. It's their points, they can choose where to use those points. I don't care if they ever hunted there or researched the unit. Spend your points where you want, makes no difference to me. It's not my business.

True. I guess it is just my feeling on how i think about it.  It sucks seeing good tags you put in for get wasted.

[huntnnw]

I put in for Blues for bull tags..Ive never hunted it in my life nor will I till I draw a bull tag.I will not hunt spikes

[PolarBear]

What pisses me off more is those who put every member of their family in for every tag they can think of wether or not those family members want to hunt.  I know a bunch of guys who put their wives and kids in for tags only to hunt themselves when drawn.   

[Eli346]

 I don't know of anyone that does that but if I did I would definitely be expressing my opinion; bullship. Most of us work to hard to get in a position to even draw a decent hunt to even consider doing something like that or letting it pass without a word. I would be giving the game dept some info such as license nos. and locations of the hunts.

[boneaddict]

In each of those units are you ready today to know exactly where to harvest an animal?

Yes

[Skillet]

What pisses me off more is those who put every member of their family in for every tag they can think of wether or not those family members want to hunt.  I know a bunch of guys who put their wives and kids in for tags only to hunt themselves when drawn.   

Sounds like you could have an easy 10 pts coming your way when one of their wives do draw and they kill the animal.

[Skillet]

I don't know of anyone that does that but if I did I would definitely be expressing my opinion; bullship. Most of us work to hard to get in a position to even draw a decent hunt to even consider doing something like that or letting it pass without a word. I would be giving the game dept some info such as license nos. and locations of the hunts.

WDFW assumes a success ratio when deciding the number of tags to issue for a certain area.  People not filling tags - for whatever reason, no knowledge of the area included - is part of the calculus.  Calling them up to report people you happen to feel are undeserving of the tag is just a fart in the wind.
Lets say there was some kind of litmus test that had to be taken, some kind of proof that a guy could make use of the tag before he applied, then the success ratios would go up for that tag.  Meaning that the number of tags would have to go down.  Don't think that would be better cor anybody.
Complaining about this is like complaining about the millionaire who buys a lottery ticket.  It's their points, they plunked down their app fee just like everybody else involved did.  Game of chance.

[Bob33]

I don't know of anyone that does that but if I did I would definitely be expressing my opinion; bullship. Most of us work to hard to get in a position to even draw a decent hunt to even consider doing something like that or letting it pass without a word. I would be giving the game dept some info such as license nos. and locations of the hunts.

WDFW assumes a success ratio when deciding the number of tags to issue for a certain area.  People not filling tags - for whatever reason, no knowledge of the area included - is part of the calculus.  Calling them up to report people you happen to feel are undeserving of the tag is just a fart in the wind.
Lets say there was some kind of litmus test that had to be taken, some kind of proof that a guy could make use of the tag before he applied, then the success ratios would go up for that tag.  Meaning that the number of tags would have to go down.  Don't think that would be better cor anybody.
Complaining about this is like complaining about the millionaire who buys a lottery ticket.  It's their points, they plunked down their app fee just like everybody else involved did.  Game of chance.

He was referring to party hunting, which is illegal.

[westside bull]

State of washington really isn't that big to scout GMU's sounds like you didn't draw a tag good luck to you next year!