Muzzy hunters getting more units to hunt !

[BOWHUNTER45]

Does anyone know about the new rules stating muzzy hunters will have more units to hunt ? does this mean you will be able to hunt west and east side ?  IF anyone heard of this 

[hughjorgan]

You still have to designate whether you are going to hunt east or west side for elk unless you draw a multi season tag.

[Todd_ID]

Same as always: choose east or west muzzy; they just have more options to choose from across the state. Some are VERY GOOD: as in places people have 18 points trying to draw quality elk.

[JimmyHoffa]

Does anyone know about the new rules stating muzzy hunters will have more units to hunt ? does this mean you will be able to hunt west and east side ?  IF anyone heard of this 

Still choose a side.  But what they did was add a bunch of new GMUs to the early muzzleloader season list.  It is quite a significant increase I think. 

[bobcat]

My post from two months ago:

The new units added are, if I can remember them all: Willapa Hills, Bear River, Stormking, Margaret, Packwood, Winston, Williams Creek, Mossyrock, Coweeman, Lewis River, Goodman, Clearwater, Siouxon, Wynoochee, Coyle, Stampede. (westside)

[kodiak 907]

You still have to designate whether you are going to hunt east or west side for elk unless you draw a multi season tag.

So if you draw multi season for elk, can you hunt seasons on the east and west side?  Could you hunt early archery in the bumping and then late archery in willipa.

[JimmyHoffa]

You still have to designate whether you are going to hunt east or west side for elk unless you draw a multi season tag.

So if you draw multi season for elk, can you hunt seasons on the east and west side?  Could you hunt early archery in the bumping and then late archery in willipa.

yes, and you could even hunt early muzzy elk on east and late muzzy elk west and the modern on both too.

[longwalker]

Oh man are there some good spots in the storm king for that season. I'll always hit elk with a bow but that is tempting

[ghosthunter]

Here you go.

[bowhunterforever]

Good news

[ghosthunter]

Yes we gained GMUs but lost the deer season because now deer and elk season run the same week. So we are out a week of hunting.

Now some will say they like that. But deer and elk like different country.

If you were a west side muzzy hunter you gained. If you were east side not so much.

[bobcat]

I agree, there is a down side to having the deer and elk muzzleloader seasons at the same time. Last year I was considering going to the eastside to hunt deer the first weekend of muzzleloader season. I never did make it, but this year that won't be an option, unless I don't hunt elk with a muzzleloader. But it's also nice in the fact that if you are hunting elk during muzzleloader season and see a nice buck, you can shoot it. In the past there was a one weekend overlap, in which that would have been possible. But that was only the first weekend of elk season. After that only elk was open. I think they couldn't have the muzzleloader deer season the week before elk because of how the archery elk season was moved back.

[ghosthunter]

I agree, there is a down side to having the deer and elk muzzleloader seasons at the same time. Last year I was considering going to the eastside to hunt deer the first weekend of muzzleloader season. I never did make it, but this year that won't be an option, unless I don't hunt elk with a muzzleloader. But it's also nice in the fact that if you are hunting elk during muzzleloader season and see a nice buck, you can shoot it. In the past there was a one weekend overlap, in which that would have been possible. But that was only the first weekend of elk season. After that only elk was open. I think they couldn't have the muzzleloader deer season the week before elk because of how the archery elk season was moved back.

Yeah I saw three nice bucks the week before elk opened. And was figuring on spending two weeks one on deer one on elk out of same camp.
Now not sure what I will do.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Tuff decisions to make again ..I was set on archery hunting this year ..But I did have a chance at a bull in early muzzy season ..I think I would have killed a bull in that area if I hunt with my bow ...I was the tail end of the rut when I was muzzy hunting last year and archery ended the before it started and I think these bulls were hot about the middle of archery season ..Need those regs to come out 

[getreal711]

Hunted 506 2 yrs ago with a cow only tag for muzzy season and jumped a 5X5. This year I planned to hunt archery there instead. Now its added a general muzzy season. Wish i had drawn a multi-season elk. Now i get the tough decision.