collapse

Advertisement


« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: WHOOOOOOA  (Read 3196 times)

Offline ctwiggs1

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2009
  • Posts: 4221
WHOOOOOOA
« on: September 09, 2014, 11:04:44 AM »
Have I seriously misunderstood the rules?
Spike Bull Restrictions: Elk taken in these game
management units (GMUs) must have at least
one antler with no branches originating more
than four (4) inches above where the antler
attaches to the skull. An animal with a spike on
one side (1x2) is legal in spike only units. An
animal with more than one antler point more
than four inches above where the antler attaches
to the skull on both sides (2x2) is illegal.

Does this mean that I can shoot a 1x2 with eye guards?  Something in years past I've always thought of as a 3x2?
Logged

Offline jason stevens

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Feb 2013
  • Posts: 1568
  • Location: Gold bar
Re: WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2014, 11:18:23 AM »
Yes and I've passed on them too.
Logged

Offline ctwiggs1

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+10)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2009
  • Posts: 4221
Re: WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2014, 11:19:56 AM »
 :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:
Logged

Online blindluck

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2013
  • Posts: 1025
  • Location: Over yonder
Re: WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2014, 03:09:09 PM »
one time i passed on a 5x spike that was 3 feet long with two brow tines at 40 yards, I cant believe it. it was legal and I let it go, unbelievable.
Logged

Offline 7mmfan

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+7)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Nov 2008
  • Posts: 5509
  • Location: Marysville
    • https://www.facebook.com/rory.oconnor.9480
Re: WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2014, 03:40:25 PM »
They really need to adjust the images in the regs to account for this description. We all know what a regular spike looks like, as seen in the image below. How about one that shows a spike with small brown tines near the base and saying that this is legal as well?

UPDATED: Also attached is Oregon's image of a legal spike bull. Much clearer.
Logged
I hunt, therefore I am.... I fish, therefore I lie.

Offline Tbar

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+26)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 3066
  • Location: Whatcom county
Re: WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2014, 03:48:16 PM »
Yes it's legal, as long as the eyeguards don't originate more than 4 inches above the burr(which most young bulls don't).  3 points are even legal in true spike units. Is a screwy and bass ackwards reg, but it's the law.  :dunno:
Logged

Offline gaddy

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Frontiersman
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2010
  • Posts: 2920
Re: WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2014, 04:11:51 PM »
had a guy in camp a couple years ago that watched a bull for 20 minutes at 70 yards that was racked on one side and a spike on the other with an eye guard. he let him walk. heard through the grape vine that a 6x1 was killed the next morning in the same draw. he just wasn't sure & erred on the side of caution. when he heard the news and consulted the reg's again, the dude was physically ill, would have been his first. hard to tell some times, but you really have to know the reg's and pay attention to what you are looking at. I know I've let a few walk because I just cant measure an 1/8th of an inch through a scope at any yardage.
Logged

Offline kevinlisa06

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2010
  • Posts: 1246
WHOOOOOOA
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2014, 07:43:41 PM »

Unit 368 last season opening morning yep it's legal to shoot with the eye guard.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
« Last Edit: September 09, 2014, 07:50:02 PM by kevinlisa06 »
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
 


* Advertisement

Quick Links

* Recent Topics

Hunting with a suppressor - dumb idea? by EnglishSetter
[Today at 01:00:59 AM]
Early Huckleberry Bull Moose tag drawn! by jrebel
[Yesterday at 11:04:40 PM]
Looking for a mentor by addicted1
[Yesterday at 10:58:58 PM]
Reproduction for a Euro Mount in Wa??? by MADMAX
[Yesterday at 09:34:00 PM]
49 DN Moose Success by avidnwoutdoorsman
[Yesterday at 08:24:07 PM]
2025 Canning by b0bbyg
[Yesterday at 07:41:08 PM]
Smoked salmon by buglebuster
[Yesterday at 07:17:16 PM]
Boring & relining .22 barrel, any recommendations? by Boss .300 winmag
[Yesterday at 06:14:28 PM]
Any OBS/IDI Ford Guys here? by Smokeploe
[Yesterday at 04:18:56 PM]
Big Timber Whitetail Food? by elkboy
[Yesterday at 02:56:11 PM]
Methow Wildlife Area Shooting Range by h2ofowlr
[Yesterday at 02:14:24 PM]
Moose's 2025 Upland Season by bighorns2bushytails
[Yesterday at 01:37:20 PM]
wings wings and more wings! by birddogdad
[Yesterday at 10:47:09 AM]
Mt. St. Helens Goat by CNELK
[Yesterday at 09:18:42 AM]
Speer deep curl performance by HntnFsh
[Yesterday at 09:13:04 AM]
Honor Mission - Billy Davis, 80, Navy Vet by pianoman9701
[Yesterday at 08:19:55 AM]
2025 elk success thread!! by MADMAX
[October 07, 2025, 10:30:02 PM]
Westside Muzzy Elk Habitat Help and Rut Help by MADMAX
[October 07, 2025, 09:14:29 PM]
Winthrop - Winter Range Road Closures by MADMAX
[October 07, 2025, 09:09:38 PM]
GROUSE 2025...the Season is looming! by fly-by
[October 07, 2025, 09:02:51 PM]
SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal