No more general ML elk for me.

[erk444]

I think the advanced guns and tech allowing 100-200yard shots is what destroyed the front stuffers.  Either restrict the guns or the seasons.  I dont know but its alot different then when I used the old cva kentucky long.  100 yard shot was max. Seasons and units seem to get worse every cycle for powder.

I agree, change the muzzle to round ball old school no scope.  I'd go back to muzzy if that was the case.  Used to hunt it then too many pumpkins started showing up. Archery is getting more and more crowded every year too.

The good thing about the seasons getting more and more crowded is that hunting is alive and well and all these yuppies trying to shut it down are failing. We all need to continue to teach our kids and the young generation about ethical hunting and to respect the woods so that their kids and generations to come can enjoy it.

Ok, I'm loading the truck and gonna go kill me a doe!

Its funny to read the first line of your post your post when your avatar shows a compound with sights and carbon arrows

[Jonathan_S]

I left WA and don't miss seeing 3x the amount of hunters to elk. Where I live now I can get a tag every 4-7 years and hunt 30-40:100 bull to cow herds as well as see hardly any other hunters. 300"+ bulls all over.

I'm glad you enjoy your current situation BC.  The 4-7 years thing makes it unattractive to me.  I understand that it works there and who knows, it might work here but I am not jealous.

I'd rather hunt every year and kill a bull every 4-7 years than to hunt every 4-7 years and kill a bull.

No disrespect intended.   

[Bean Counter]

None taken, Jon. 

Yes this system requires patience. It has caused me to look into out of state options. I drew this year in my home state, and will try to draw in the next few years in another state.  Id rather spend the off years shooting photos or helping friends and coworkers who draw prized elk tags in the years that im not the hunter. Navigating the sea of pumpkin patch is what I find unattractive.