Shed Hunting - License Requirement

[fly4fish]

I get what your saying fly4fish. Most of these guys doing the bashing have never been to the east to see all the out of state guys

I think you are right that most of the bashers haven't spent much time in the Blues during March and April. At the same time, maybe I generalized the rest of the state to have the same issues, which apparently it does not.  Also, no matter how often I say, it seems people are thinking I am proposing an extra permit for everyone, which I think I have made clear that I am not.  I do understand the stance against more regulations and the potential of more regulations following the last. I guess I thought it to be a bigger issue than it is.

Thanks for understanding where I am coming from, whether you agree or not.

[Cap.Silver]

Put Tabs on bicycles and I might think about paying for a shed permit?

NOW WE ARE TALKING!!!!   Do they pay road taxes at ALL

and require by law to wear High visibility /w reflective stripes not less than 30sq.in on each side of the body (front and back) along with running red and white daylight strobes .

[Landowner]

No to shed license. 

But I would go for GPS chipping the obsessive compulsive shed hunters.   

[Sitka_Blacktail]

Now be careful, before you know it there will be a charge for each post you leave on Hunting-Washington. 

But seriously, from what I saw from the OP's posts, part of this idea is all about money. In fact probably most of it. He states that the serious collectors do it for money and that he has done it himself and he seems not to like the competition. Then he paints the competition as "Mostly out of state shed hunters" to drum up support for his idea. Out of staters = bad and good old local boy = good, apparently.

[fly4fish]

Now be careful, before you know it there will be a charge for each post you leave on Hunting-Washington. 

But seriously, from what I saw from the OP's posts, part of this idea is all about money. In fact probably most of it. He states that the serious collectors do it for money and that he has done it himself and he seems not to like the competition. Then he paints the competition as "Mostly out of state shed hunters" to drum up support for his idea. Out of staters = bad and good old local boy = good, apparently.

I do not think out of towners bad, locals good; I welcome the $ of both. I hunt out of state on occasion, paying out of state prices, and I do get this feeling from the locals, understandably. I have not shed hunted in several years, and I don't miss it. I was just thinking about ways the F&G  could raise more funds and thought this to be a way without affecting the masses. Obviously, from the responses I got from the masses, this is the most horrible idea that has ever been brought up on this forum. Sorry for making everyone angry. I assure you I am not a lawmaker and this idea has not been submitted to anybody other than this forum. I was just wondering it anybody else thought this might be a good idea; apparently not.

[Knocker of rocks]

Localism is only good when you're the "local".

[Hawgdawg]

They really need to go to a permit system for sheds. Quality Shed, Bull Shed, Antlerless Shed, Disabled Shed, Youth Shed. Hunters have said they want it to increase opportunity.

 :bash:Bob,
I usually agree with about 23.8 % of your comments. But leaving out Master Hunters on porcupine and mouse food is uncalled for!  We should have first water on that bone. MODS!

[Bean Counter]

Ooh, ooh, oh! How about initiative 694? Before transferring an antler to another a background check must be completed....

[bone head]

Just charge all the west siders that sounds fair enough, sounds like your wanting to bark up a tree with nothing up there or just jealous of others actually putting in the time in finding em. Next theyll be want us to pay a fee in crossing the state line

[Old Man Yager]

Don't forget to register your sheds with the Feds!

[Bango skank]

Don't forget to register your sheds with the Feds!

That's taking it a little too far, don't be unreasonable.  There is no reason for that, all we have to do it call the WDFW to schedule a shed sealing appointment within 72 hours of finding a shed.  And be sure to call in and check the hotline after March 31st to make sure the shed quota hasn't been reached in the unit you're hunting.

[Sitka_Blacktail]

You'll also have to register all the sheds you've ever found in your life and the ones handed down from your father, so they know how many sheds there are and who has them and they'll want to be able to cross check to make sure you haven't found any new ones without a license.

[raydog]

Don't forget that if you die, your wife has 60 days to get the sheds in her name.

[Knocker of rocks]

Just charge all the west siders that sounds fair enough, sounds like your wanting to bark up a tree with nothing up there or just jealous of others actually putting in the time in finding em. Next theyll be want us to pay a fee in crossing the state line

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[skeeter 20i]

Where do I send my money to get preference points for shed hunting?