Margaret general season

[kball4]

I don't know about anyone else but I plan on being apart of the elk slaughter in the Margaret unit this year for modern fire.

[HntnFsh]

Good luck with that. Lot of people going to be in for a big surprise.  And it wont be a good one!

[kentrek]

Good luck  ...i think youl find by the time rifle season comes around all those margret bulls will become mudflow & monument bulls

[kentrek]

Good luck with that. Lot of people going to be in for a big surprise.  And it wont be a good one!

Whoops, beet me to it 

[Tbar]

Good luck with that. Lot of people going to be in for a big surprise.  And it wont be a good one!

That unit is not what it once was in the 90s. Some of the areas that still hold some good bulls are still draw hunts.  There will be a few good bulls taken from the tree farm for sure but I think the masses that flock there and buy a pass will be largely disappointed.  I think this is just a money grab by Weyco with the fee access and has little to do with providing opportunity or even herd management.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

It's funny how people think it's just gonna be this great hunt because it was a draw for so long.  There's a reason it's not a draw unit.  Besides the numbers it's a ton of deprod.  Probably gonna be a zoo I hope so that means less people in the unit I hunt ; )

[Bigshooter]

I wouldn't waste my time in the Margaret.  Unless you like hunting reprod and with ton of people.

[longwalker]

It's going to be an amazing hunt. Especially for archery, everyone with a west side archery elk tag should hunt there. Garanteed trophy class bull if you do, I mean dan Agnew himself bribed public officials to get it open up for his own personal trophy hunting grounds . Go get um boys

[_TONY_]

 

[Nice Racks]

Not sure who Mr. Agnew is, but it seems he isn't too popular on here.

[h2ofowlr]

With the later archery season this year, it will be crawling with arrow fingers.  Hopefully a few will be left afterwards.

[longwalker]

Not sure who Mr. Agnew is, but it seems he isn't too popular on here.

Didn't pick up on the sarcasm huh? In all seriousness I do hope this unit takes a ton of hunters this year releaving pressure in other units. Where I hunt I never have to worry about a ton of pressure but the type of hunters that will just blindly flock to this unit since now it's "finally open!! " deserve the zoo they'll create and the rest of us can enjoy our elk season just a little more

[fireweed]

Here's the real question--how much will more Weyerhaeuser charge over last year for a permit??  Bet they will jack up the price or spin off the Margaret as a separate permit.  Supply and demand, right.  Oh, I forgot, the whole permit deal isn't about making money and selling the public's wildlife, it's all about garbage dumping... 

[bobcat]

They did jack up the price- by $10.00.

It was $150 last year. This year it's $160, with a limit of 5,000 permits.

[Curly]

Does Weyco allow camping on the St Helens tree farm if you pay for an access permit?  If they allowed camping I think it would be worth the price.