CURRENTLY WDFW FEDERAL AGENTS SHOOTING 15 bulls in Skagit River Unit!!!!

[Tbar]

I would like to see problem elk relocated across the river into the hills of the sauk unit.

The OP did say the shooting was on the S Skagit highway

Do you just enjoy trying to discredit everyone? Go back and read my post about the problem elk on hiway 20 and the watchable wildlife area. The op was talking about S. Skagit,  i was not. I have many co-workers that have these elk in there yards daily. I have second hand info from what i consider to be a reliable source, but sharing it here will be a waste of my time obviously.

What I was trying to point out, is that the problem is on the south side of the river, right where you want to relocate the north side animals to.  One doesn't have to be the smartest man in the room to wonder if that would not exacerbate the problem.

Sorry I got you  butt hurt

 Knocker 437 is a large unit that has some awsome country with good habitat that could support a great herd (if they would stay). This is not simply taking them from one side of the river to the other.

[RB]

Speechless 

[pianoman9701]

How interesting that all of us posting on this comment think that, if this is confirmed, this sucks for hunters of WA. Yet, some of us are fighting amongst ourselves even as we agree with each other. Someone please explain this to me. 

[turkeyfeather]

How interesting that all of us posting on this comment think that, if this is confirmed, this sucks for hunters of WA. Yet, some of us are fighting amongst ourselves even as we agree with each other. Someone please explain this to me. 

Exactly the same thing I was getting at. At what point are we gonna actually start to stick together to solve these things. WDFW probably keeps tabs on here laughing their butt's off knowing that they can do whatever they want cause we can't agree on anything. Hate to use a wolf analogy, but we could get more done as a pack than a lone wolf.   

[snowpack]

Who, from wdfw, can we email about this?

I would not bother with DFW . I would rattle local reps. Starting with Kirk Pearson.
He is holding a senate resource meeting in Mount Vernon on Tuesday.

The DFW is not afraid of us. They are afraid of law makers.

The name Ranker seems to come to mind.... 

[Bob33]

Who, from wdfw, can we email about this?

I would not bother with DFW . I would rattle local reps. Starting with Kirk Pearson.
He is holding a senate resource meeting in Mount Vernon on Tuesday.

The DFW is not afraid of us. They are afraid of law makers.

The name Ranker seems to come to mind.... 

I don't think you'll need to notify anyone. I suspect that once the story gets out, there will be plenty of (adverse) publicity.

[Knocker of rocks]

http://m.goskagit.com/news/local_news/residents-elk-herds-wreaking-havoc/article_aea2c30b-843c-5760-ab08-88ba2324f8cb.html?mode=jqm

Contacting Kate Martin would not seem displaced

[Tbar]

Who, from wdfw, can we email about this?

I would not bother with DFW . I would rattle local reps. Starting with Kirk Pearson.
He is holding a senate resource meeting in Mount Vernon on Tuesday.

The DFW is not afraid of us. They are afraid of law makers.

The name Ranker seems to come to mind.... 

These lawmakers have been begged by residents for relief of elk problems. Have you guys attended the elk meetings? This has become a huge problem in the valley and there are no easy answers.

[boneaddict]

There are answers....landowners, allow people to hunt on your land.   

[Tbar]

I'm not crying. I also have little sympathy for those who moved into elk country and are bothered by elk. The general hunt was messed up by archers. Lawmakers who depend on votes are not likley to tell the community to pound sand and deal with it. Brandon Griffith quite possibly has the toughest job in the wdfw right now.

[returnofsid]

I'm not crying. I also have little sympathy for those who moved into elk country and are bothered by elk. The general hunt was messed up by archers. Lawmakers who depend on votes are not likley to tell the continuity to pound sand and deal with it. Brandon Griffith quite possibly has the toughest job in the wdfw right now.

Care to explain your stance that archers messed up the general hunt? Admittedly, I'm not very informed on this issue, living in Spokane, but I'm still curious to read the explanation.

[snowpack]

I'm not crying. I also have little sympathy for those who moved into elk country and are bothered by elk. The general hunt was messed up by archers. Lawmakers who depend on votes are not likley to tell the continuity to pound sand and deal with it. Brandon Griffith quite possibly has the toughest job in the wdfw right now.

Care to explain your stance that archers messed up the general hunt? Admittedly, I'm not very informed on this issue, living in Spokane, but I'm still curious to read the explanation.

A group of them more or less chased a herd into a fenced pasture and started raining down arrows and making elk get tangled in fences and a huge mess---worst of all was there were lots of people watching (greeny types).

[Bob33]

Care to explain your stance that archers messed up the general hunt? Admittedly, I'm not very informed on this issue, living in Spokane, but I'm still curious to read the explanation.

2009. Very public and ugly situation. WDFW had to publicly denounce that hunt and promise to not do it again.

http://nwsportsmanmag.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/skagit-valley-elk-culling-draws-comments/

http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/dec3009a/

[Oldguy]

A group of them more or less chased a herd into a fenced pasture and started raining down arrows and making elk get tangled in fences and a huge mess---worst of all was there were lots of people watching (greeny types).

Weren't those Master Hunters on a damage control hunt? 

[Bob33]

A group of them more or less chased a herd into a fenced pasture and started raining down arrows and making elk get tangled in fences and a huge mess---worst of all was there were lots of people watching (greeny types).

Weren't those Master Hunters on a damage control hunt?

No. Master Hunters were not brought in until the following year.