Yellow WDFW landowner permision signs

[oldschool]

 Does the landowner really get paid for this? I have made numerous calls and left messages on 5 land owner's phones the last 2 weeks absolutely no response. What a waste of our money. Anybody else have same problem? This is in Douglas County.  

[PA BEN]

I don't know about the program now, but back in the late '90's to the early 2000's a local farmer got on this program so the game dept. would post and patrol his land. That's all they got at that time, only thing the land owner had to do was let hunters on the land to hunt.  I got a permission slip every year until they locked it up for a kid who works for them who wanted to harvest this one buck running around the place. There is no checks and balances who they give permission to. They can give them to hunting buddies and family only and the game dept. will post and patrol it.

[go4steelhd]

Oldschool: I have had the same issue in Grant county, and Asotin county's.  It's a joke. They need  refresh this program. Or shut it down if it's just being abused

[CAMPMEAT]

Now I heard a different story about the landowner getting money, at least up here. The WDFW doesn't patrol ANY land around here that has the yellow signs on it. They don't have the money to waste, since the state is broke, to have a WDFW Game Warden looking after a landowners land. Maybe on the westside, but not here. 

[bigtex]

Now I heard a different story about the landowner getting money, at least up here. The WDFW doesn't patrol ANY land around here that has the yellow signs on it. They don't have the money to waste, since the state is broke, to have a WDFW Game Warden looking after a landowners land. Maybe on the westside, but not here. 

Yes, WDFW Officers are supposed to patrol the private lands in WDFW Access programs (feel free to hunt, written permission, register, etc.) However, most of these areas are in counties with very low numbers of WDFW Officers. So you essentially are telling them to do more with the same amount of people. It's not like counties with a lot of private land access get another officer. But as part of landowners going into these programs, they are told they will get more patrol coverage. Now campmeat, historically WDFW has only had 1 officer stationed in Ferry County to cover the entire county. So that's probably why it seems like WDFW doesn't patrol private lands in the program.

It's not a westside vs eastside thing. I know officers in other parts of eastern WA who do patrol the lands in the private lands program.

[swanny]

The spot we deer hunt on the east side is private with a mix of feel free and private land. We were checked last year for our permission slips and one of the officers was actually from the westside, but was out on patrol on the east side providing assistance. Not sure how common this is, but I imagine during the first weekend of modern, they do move officers around to help cover in places where it's needed most.

[outdooraddict]

the program is a way for the game dept to be able to say they are working with the private land for public use.  its a joke, the landowner still has full control (and rightfully so, they do pay the taxes) however they give permission slips to their friends and now they have proof of giving permission. I asked a guy last year and his response was that his land wasn't in the program anymore, so I called wdfw and they responded with "oh yea we must not have gotten the signs down"  its all a publicity stunt, much like the dept of fish and game themselves

[HornHoarder]

I have had the same experience with those types of properties. Either nobody will answer at the prone number provided, or I leave a message never to be returned? Still curious if these landowners get compensation from the state? If so, what a waste.

[buckcanyonlodge]

I have had the same experience with those types of properties. Either nobody will answer at the prone number provided, or I leave a message never to be returned? Still curious if these landowners get compensation from the state? If so, what a waste.

No compensation is paid to the landowner. Have friends that were in and now out of the program.

[kirkl]

Now I heard a different story about the landowner getting money, at least up here. The WDFW doesn't patrol ANY land around here that has the yellow signs on it. They don't have the money to waste, since the state is broke, to have a WDFW Game Warden looking after a landowners land. Maybe on the westside, but not here. 

Yes, WDFW Officers are supposed to patrol the private lands in WDFW Access programs (feel free to hunt, written permission, register, etc.) However, most of these areas are in counties with very low numbers of WDFW Officers. So you essentially are telling them to do more with the same amount of people. It's not like counties with a lot of private land access get another officer. But as part of landowners going into these programs, they are told they will get more patrol coverage. Now campmeat, historically WDFW has only had 1 officer stationed in Ferry County to cover the entire county. So that's probably why it seems like WDFW doesn't patrol private lands in the program.

It's not a westside vs eastside thing. I know officers in other parts of eastern WA who do patrol the lands in the private lands program.

So why add a land owner into the program if there is not enough gamines to patrol it? I use to hunt some land like this for elk and land owner would let family hunt then general public. I'd tell them to patrol yourself if I was game department.

[ghosthunter]

Officers are often sent from west side to east side for deer and elk modern seasons.
I often see west side Skagit officers during east side elk and deer.

[Hilltop123]

The key to the "yellow signs", is to not hunt opening weekend....Opening weekend is, as I call it (Friends and Family weekend), if your neither, your SOL. You will find the landowner more receptive to your request to hunt if you hunt during the week M-F. Plus we are now 2 weeks out from the opener of modern, I sure as hell would not want my phone number hanging on a fencepost, for all to call, looking to hunt.  Yes I can hear it now, ( well if he doesn't want the call, then don't be in the program), chances are, if your waiting  until the 2 weeks before opener, your to late. This has been my experience. 

[bigtex]

Now I heard a different story about the landowner getting money, at least up here. The WDFW doesn't patrol ANY land around here that has the yellow signs on it. They don't have the money to waste, since the state is broke, to have a WDFW Game Warden looking after a landowners land. Maybe on the westside, but not here. 

Yes, WDFW Officers are supposed to patrol the private lands in WDFW Access programs (feel free to hunt, written permission, register, etc.) However, most of these areas are in counties with very low numbers of WDFW Officers. So you essentially are telling them to do more with the same amount of people. It's not like counties with a lot of private land access get another officer. But as part of landowners going into these programs, they are told they will get more patrol coverage. Now campmeat, historically WDFW has only had 1 officer stationed in Ferry County to cover the entire county. So that's probably why it seems like WDFW doesn't patrol private lands in the program.

It's not a westside vs eastside thing. I know officers in other parts of eastern WA who do patrol the lands in the private lands program.

So why add a land owner into the program if there is not enough gamines to patrol it? I use to hunt some land like this for elk and land owner would let family hunt then general public. I'd tell them to patrol yourself if I was game department.

Officers patrol ALL land within state jurisdiction. It's not like they only patrol land open to the public. An officer can check someone hunting on private property no matter if they are in this program or not. But lands in these programs do get a little bump in the frequency of the patrols.

[CAMPMEAT]

Now I heard a different story about the landowner getting money, at least up here. The WDFW doesn't patrol ANY land around here that has the yellow signs on it. They don't have the money to waste, since the state is broke, to have a WDFW Game Warden looking after a landowners land. Maybe on the westside, but not here. 

Yes, WDFW Officers are supposed to patrol the private lands in WDFW Access programs (feel free to hunt, written permission, register, etc.) However, most of these areas are in counties with very low numbers of WDFW Officers. So you essentially are telling them to do more with the same amount of people. It's not like counties with a lot of private land access get another officer. But as part of landowners going into these programs, they are told they will get more patrol coverage. Now campmeat, historically WDFW has only had 1 officer stationed in Ferry County to cover the entire county. So that's probably why it seems like WDFW doesn't patrol private lands in the program.

It's not a westside vs eastside thing. I know officers in other parts of eastern WA who do patrol the lands in the private lands program.

bigtex,

I don't think we even have a WDFW Game Warden here in Ferry County after Ron retired. I never see any.

[br8kitoff]

CAMPMEAT, you do. I met him last year on curley's property, down by singers place.  Seemed like a pretty nice dude.