Spike elk only units, your opinions?

[steeleywhopper]

True spike is bullschnit and WDFW can suck eggs on that one. Washington elk hunters are chasing unicorns when looking for a true spike and do they really know if its helping the herd? Im sure if it is helping its because guys are affraid to pull the trigger and spend more time glassing a spike to make sure its legal, only to have it walk off with no shot fired. Im a jaded elk hunter in Washington who loves the East side but hates the WDFW money grab. We manage elk for the tribes to shoot big bulls plain and simple.
I will be hunting in the Clockum this year so i can spend time with family and friends, next year West side Archery.
spike only sucks....

[Landowner]

I suspect I am in the minority.

But I'd be okay getting rid of spikes only in the Blues.  Go to 4 or 5 point minimum. 

WDFW has created a large geographic trophy area in the Blues for those fortunate enough to get a big bull permit.  But for anyone who doesn't get one, and there are very few who do, the elk hunting pretty much sucks. 

[rsarkks]

With the hunter densities in WA, I wonder if a 6-point minimum would maintain the quality of bulls? My friends in British Columbia have a 6-point minimum for bulls and it works great, though the number of hunters per square mile is substantially lower.

[kball4]

The east side if the state went to spike only when the bull to cow ratio went way down.  Now there are way to many mature bulls to cows but the state makes so much money on bull permits that it will never go away.