Archery season suggestions

[RadSav]

Growing up in Oregon I'm accustomed to late August seasons.  So while I'd like better bugling here in Washington the early season doesn't get me too worked up.  However, what I would like to see more than anything is getting our 3 point or better option in the late Winston hunt.  Bowhunters never took enough bulls out of that unit during the late season to have much of an effect on anything animal management wise.  For years the last week to ten days of the late Winston hunt was bulls only.  Then all the sudden it was no bulls at all during the late season.  Never got an answer as to why that was.  I'd sure like to get the option to tag bulls again!

[brianb231]

2015 Sept. 5-12. Or always start the 1st Sat. and end on the 2nd Sat.

I know these are just suggestions, but this 5-12th is basically what we have now only less days, I don't understand how this is better. Guys wait many years to finally draw early archery Bull Elk tags and with it so close to Labor day it can really affect the hunt for the Majority. Now I know there are select group that like the pre Rut and Early stage of the Rut but I think the majority would like to see there hard earned dollars and vacation days and time waiting on a draw to increase their odds by moving the date back to at least the 8th like it was and run for two weeks.

Just my 

[dreamingbig]

Brian, he is a muzzloader hence his unhelpful suggestion.


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[D-Rock425]

Sept 8-21 sounds good to me and I'd also like to ask for the muzzleloader season to be Sept 22-30.


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if you did that you'd double the amount of muzzloader tags sold.

[ELKBURGER]

Sept 8-21 sounds good to me and I'd also like to ask for the muzzleloader season to be Sept 22-30.


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if you did that you'd double the amount of muzzloader tags sold.

EASILY! maybe triple....

[hogslayer]

I talked to a game warden today and he told me that they are going to be following the Labor Day schedule for next year to which puts it back to the 8th as the opener.

[washelkhunter]

     Yeah the fix is already in for next year, the wardens are setting the dates now right? What they should do is roll AR & ML into one 14 day long season at the end of sept beginning of oct. Call it the PW for primitive weapons. Wood bows and sidelock rifles only. Relegate the compounds, crossbows and inlines to MF only. You know, I'm going to begin actively advocating for that.    Get us back to our roots.

[jackelope]

If you were setting the seasons, then what changes would you make and WHY?

I would eliminate all muzzleloader early seasons.  They get in the way of archery seasons and there isn't enough units open to ML anyway........might as well just eliminate them.  ML guys can use their ML's during modern season.

Please don't string me up guys; that is just what I would do if I were in charge. 

Better yet, do the floating weekend start date thing as Ed suggested, then just push everyone else back a week. Hunting would be better all around.
 

The more weekends, the better for a guy like me with not a ton of vacation time. I'm sure that I'm not alone there, and probably am in the majority of hunters.
 

[jackelope]

p.s. pretty crazy to me that this thread has gotten significantly less views than a public schools/social skills thread that has been open for a lot less time on a Washington state hunting forum.  Really makes me wonder.

[Curly]

If you were setting the seasons, then what changes would you make and WHY?

I would eliminate all muzzleloader early seasons.  They get in the way of archery seasons and there isn't enough units open to ML anyway........might as well just eliminate them.  ML guys can use their ML's during modern season.

Please don't string me up guys; that is just what I would do if I were in charge. 

Better yet, do the floating weekend start date thing as Ed suggested, then just push everyone else back a week. Hunting would be better all around.
 

The more weekends, the better for a guy like me with not a ton of vacation time. I'm sure that I'm not alone there, and probably am in the majority of hunters.
 

I agree with that weekend idea . Vacation time is really hard to come by. I don't get much time as it is and even if I do have time on the books it is very hard to take off for more than a couple days at a time.

[snarkybull]

I would trade the entire late archery elk season for additional days in early season.  just my preference.

[D-Rock425]

p.s. pretty crazy to me that this thread has gotten significantly less views than a public schools/social skills thread that has been open for a lot less time on a Washington state hunting forum.  Really makes me wonder.

the problem is a lot of people think we just get what we get and that's it.  They don't realize that there are people and groups fighting for them.

[dreamingbig]

I write letters and they never address the issues with real answers; it gets old which is their point I guess but I won't stop


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[hughjorgan]

I write letters and they never address the issues with real answers; it gets old which is their point I guess but I won't stop


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Would the wdfw take bow hunters more seriously if more of us were part of the wsb or other organizations that lobby for our seasons? Lots of guys out there that hunt the archery season and don't really have a voice because they aren't a member of any the groups that lobby for our seasons. Then they wonder why we have crappy seasons. IMO, the more people that join these organizations the the stronger our lobby looks when negotiating for a better season.

[dreamingbig]

I have been a member the past few years (expired at the moment) but they need more organization to be effective.  To me it seems like the WDFW puts more imprt on the gmac but who only knows how the gmac reaches consensus.  Anyone ever been asked by them for real input?


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