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This is a real hunt to me. It is an opportunity to achieve WDFWs objectives of hitting the herds near where they lay up while giving me an opportunity at a mature bull.
Quote from: JDHasty on July 31, 2015, 11:57:22 PMThis is a real hunt to me. It is an opportunity to achieve WDFWs objectives of hitting the herds near where they lay up while giving me an opportunity at a mature bull. Can you please clarify what hunt this is? All Master Hunter permit hunts are antlerless.
Mental telepathist, are ya. Why a sooth sayer like that you should be staring in your own reality show. //sYou don't know anything more about my motivation than the man in the moon. What you conveniently have missed from what I have said is: "I'm a team player when that is what I signed up for, and if they want me to chase the herd out of the area and take "any elk" just to press the point home - that is what I will do. I will still have my General Season tag. "Any elk" will feed the lil' Hasty chillens for another year, and they likes them some meat."Damage control hunts are all different and you are correct, actually almost correct, not all but most of the opportunities are for antlerless animals. But in some cases the WDFW is trying to completely eliminate a band of elk that is in an area in which the presence of elk is totally incompatible with where they are located. As an example: There are areas in which few people expect to see elk and their presence poses an unacceptable level of risk to the motoring public. Not that it is any business of the individual who thinks they are all knowing - FYI, I did volunteer work for WDFW long before joining the Master Hunter Program. This will be the first time I have been called out and I consider it a blessing to be able to have the opportunity this year. We have a new baby and I have used up quite a bit of my vacation leave already. Being able to take advantage of this opportunity will allow me to spend time actually hunting big game in the field, w/in an hour or so drive from our home, with my six-year old daughter and for that I am thankful.
I had spoken with a Master Hunter and who participated in a hunt in which the WDFW wanted all elk removed from an area and that he had actually shot a mature bull. He wanted to shoot a bull, he worked at it and he was successful. What I had written is that I hoped to be called out on a hunt of that nature. In order to end any further controversy I have elected to remove what I had posted.
The conversation was taking place place in Welcher's Gunshop in Tacoma. I was in there buying something and one of the other customers had a photo of a mature bull elk he had taken on a damage removal hunt. He said that the WDFW wanted all elk removed from that area and so he decided to try to shoot a mature bull and he was successful. He may, or may not have offered more information on where the hunt took place, I think he did, I am almost 100% certain that it was in Western Washington because I think I remember the vegetation in the photo being "western Washington" looking, but I honestly don't remember more details.
Thank you JD, just looking for clarification. I know of several "master hunters" who shot bulls in the program that resulted in revocation of their master hunter status.
I'm assuming hunt 2717 on page 63.
If hoping is against the rules, I doubt any of us would hunt. I also clearly stated that I am a person who plays by the rules and am a team player and whatever WSDOT sets as the rules that I will be grateful for the opportunity.
