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

[jdw12885]

ELK HUNTIN TOPIC: How do you hunters feel about Brandon Griffith with the WDFW (elk conflict specialist) secretly bringing in Federal Agents with in the last couple days to shoot 15 bulls out of the Skagit River heard? They are using spotlights and night vision/infared equipment to do this hunt. Don't you think we the citizens-hunters-taxpayers should be able to hunt these elk after all the money we pay into this joke of a department???

[T-Dozzer]

ELK HUNTIN TOPIC: How do you hunters feel about Brandon Griffith with the WDFW (elk conflict specialist) secretly bringing in Federal Agents with in the last couple days to shoot 15 bulls out of the Skagit River heard? They are using spotlights and night vision/infared equipment to do this hunt. Don't you think we the citizens-hunters-taxpayers should be able to hunt these elk after all the money we pay into this joke of a department???

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[rosscrazyelk]

would like to know more... why does it have to be 15 bulls? why not cows?

[Mfowl]

Whats your source? Why would federal agents need to do a covert op to thin the elk herd? Seems too spendy,WDFW could just do this right infront of our faces if they deemed it necessary. If its true than it is a shame and an outrage!

[whuppinstick]

ELK HUNTIN TOPIC: How do you hunters feel about Brandon Griffith with the WDFW (elk conflict specialist) secretly bringing in Federal Agents with in the last couple days to shoot 15 bulls out of the Skagit River heard? They are using spotlights and night vision/infared equipment to do this hunt. Don't you think we the citizens-hunters-taxpayers should be able to hunt these elk after all the money we pay into this joke of a department???

Citation please.

[jdw12885]

I know this info by talking to local land owners in which I hunted their land for my Skagit river cow tag I drew this year. They have currently been up their the last two days and again tonight. There was a 7x8 heard bull that was the biggest bull I seen in the 2 weeks of hunting up their that was taken last night along with another 6x. They are taking bulls because of the damage they are causing and an over abundance of bulls compared to cows. They were told to harvest 15 preferably bulls over cows. I think since the land owners are having such a problem they should extend the season they have provided OR hey...maybe add some bull tags instead of all cow (archery and muzzy) THERES A BRIGHT IDEA!!!

[snowpack]

Would like to know more about this.  Lots of hunters would love the opportunity to take those elk...and have been paying for the licenses, tags, permits, etc that fund the WDFW.

[jdw12885]

 

Would like to know more about this.  Lots of hunters would love the opportunity to take those elk...and have been paying for the licenses, tags, permits, etc that fund the WDFW.

[Knocker of rocks]

ELK HUNTIN TOPIC: How do you hunters feel about Brandon Griffith with the WDFW (elk conflict specialist) secretly bringing in Federal Agents with in the last couple days to shoot 15 bulls out of the Skagit River heard? They are using spotlights and night vision/infared equipment to do this hunt. Don't you think we the citizens-hunters-taxpayers should be able to hunt these elk after all the money we pay into this joke of a department???

Citation please.

 

[huntnphool]

ELK HUNTIN TOPIC: How do you hunters feel about Brandon Griffith with the WDFW (elk conflict specialist) secretly bringing in Federal Agents with in the last couple days to shoot 15 bulls out of the Skagit River heard? They are using spotlights and night vision/infared equipment to do this hunt. Don't you think we the citizens-hunters-taxpayers should be able to hunt these elk after all the money we pay into this joke of a department???

Citation please.

+1, Anyone have any documentation/pics/first hand knowledge?

[meat hntr78]

If this is true that's crazy would love to see proof and yeah why in the world bulls that doesn't sound right at all. There would be many better ways to manage this herd spot lighting 15 Bulls can't be true no matter how backward the wdfw is they would more likely let the tribe kill them then send in snipers. I would more likely believe 15 Bulls being killed with spotlights by local drunken upriver poachers.

[jason stevens]

If this is true sounds like there stealing are chance to hunt them oh and breaking the rules they put in place.NOT RIGHT.

[jdw12885]

Wanna see all the proof in the world?? Get in your trucks right now and drive up the south Skagit hwy to Walberg Rd..........................

[huntnphool]

Wanna see all the proof in the world?? Get in your trucks right now and drive up the south Skagit hwy to Walberg Rd..........................

Anybody close enough to do this?

[Knocker of rocks]

That doesn't really answer anything.  We who post here are flung across the state, and really can't drive up there tonight.

You on the other hand live near by and are at least semi-computer literate.  You could go and take some photographs, which you could then post here.  In that way there would be a record of this event beyond anything that sounds like alarmist half-truths.