two way radios

[washelkhunter]

Ok hypothetical situation...ethical or not?

Partner and I spot elk on the opposite hillside.

I begin stalk.

Elk change direction and feed towards where I am.

Partner gets on radio and tells me to stay put, as the elk are coming right at me.

This scenario is illegal in Wash.

[xd2005]

Ok hypothetical situation...ethical or not?

Partner and I spot elk on the opposite hillside.

I begin stalk.

Elk change direction and feed towards where I am.

Partner gets on radio and tells me to stay put, as the elk are coming right at me.

Does partner have license to hunt, or is he assisting with the hunt without a license? 

[Kazekurt]

Rino's are awesome.  The 530hcx and 655t are my favorites.  The peer to peer locating is also very useful on drives in thick timber to make sure everyone is keeping their distance and maintaining a similar pace.  It also makes it easy for hunting partners to find you when you need help packing out a kill.  The only downside is other hunters sometimes moniter radio frequencies looking to capitalize on intel you broadcast to buddies.  Funny story! A friend of mine got bored and shot a stump a couple years ago in the Klickitat And then got on the radio and said he downed a huge bull and four other bulls were headed down the mountain.  You should have seen the orange flock to that location:-)

[JLS]

Ok hypothetical situation...ethical or not?

Partner and I spot elk on the opposite hillside.

I begin stalk.

Elk change direction and feed towards where I am.

Partner gets on radio and tells me to stay put, as the elk are coming right at me.

This scenario is illegal in Wash.

No, it isn't.

[JLS]

Ok hypothetical situation...ethical or not?

Partner and I spot elk on the opposite hillside.

I begin stalk.

Elk change direction and feed towards where I am.

Partner gets on radio and tells me to stay put, as the elk are coming right at me.

This isn't the way I hunt, but to each their own.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I got a pair of Midland 2-ways years back for a hunting buddy and I to report in every hour on the hour.  We are both oldsters, and although I'm a couple of years older, I'm the one that's in better health.  Other than that, they are on "Standby" the whole time.

[Russ McDonald]

Rhinos I believe are the top of the line.  You want to know all about radios DM me. 

[ghosthunter]

We use the Rhinos for checking in and when we have made the shot and are blood trailing. Even with peer to peer it would be difficult to coordinate guys on animals in this state.
We set check in times and have the radios off until than or we here a shot.

One year we were blood trailing . My buddy had one my rhinos I had the other, I got a shot stopped to reload the muzzle stuffer and my buddy went on.
I dropped my rhino unknowingly .
Fast forward next morning . No rhino. Grabbed my other rhino and polled my rhinos position. 2500 ft above me up the road.
I knew the general area where I reloaded. Tracked right to the rhino.

It had lay  in the open all night in a rain storm. When I got to it it's batteries were dead. The internal memory battery I guess was answering the polls.
New batteries and good to go.
Some of the better models have the ability to text message back and forth.
Buy a Rhino.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Ok hypothetical situation...ethical or not?

Partner and I spot elk on the opposite hillside.

I begin stalk.

Elk change direction and feed towards where I am.

Partner gets on radio and tells me to stay put, as the elk are coming right at me.

This scenario is illegal in Wash.

No, it isn't.

I wonder if he didn't read a single other sentence in this entire thread. 

[Alchase]

FCC info:
You only need a FCC GMRS license if you are using the GMRS frequencies within the United States.

Almost all GMRS radios also support FRS frequencies, which can be used without a license. Channels 8-14 on a typical 22 channel consumer radio reserved exclusively for FRS. These channels can be used license-free, but are limited to a half watt of transmit power and will have limited range.

From the WDFW Help page:

39. Can I use two-way radios while hunting?
Yes. There is currently no prohibition on using two-way radios to hunt in Washington. However, if radios are used for location of or herding of game there may be a question of ethics involved. It is illegal to use radio-telemetry equipment to locate and hunt wildlife with transmitters attached ...


http://wdfw.wa.gov/help/categories/Hunting/General+Hunting+Rules/?page=2