Baiting on the chopping block

[Rainier10]

 

[lokidog]

 

[Blacktail Sniper]

Very well done!!

[bearpaw]

excellent letter 

[Bango skank]

I have recieved no email about this, and the wdfw website has no news release on it, so when it happens, cant we have it overturned like the cougar harvest increase, since there was no period of public input?

[Bob33]

I have recieved no email about this, and the wdfw website has no news release on it, so when it happens, cant we have it overturned like the cougar harvest increase, since there was no period of public input?

It's been mentioned in several places. Give your input.
wdfw.wa.gov/news/aug1314c/

[Bango skank]

Oh i gave my input.  But what you linked was for 2015-17.  So pre 2015 season was the time they sought public input, and restricting baiting was voted down.  So now theyre putting it back on trial without reannouncing it.  Something stinks

[Bob33]

Oh i gave my input.  But what you linked was for 2015-17.  So pre 2015 season was the time they sought public input, and restricting baiting was voted down.  So now theyre putting it back on trial without reannouncing it.  Something stinks

I'm not aware of a new formal proposal to ban baiting at this time. The Commission is free to discuss topics of interest as they choose.  Hunters should give their input to the Commission any time they wish.

[Bango skank]

Yeah they can discuss what they want, but the change to cougar quotas was vetoed because the lack of an official public comment period was against procedure.  There is no current official public comment period about restricting baiting.  Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.  The public input period was last year, and restrictions were opposed.

[winshooter88]

Bango,

Baiting wasn't voted down by the commission, they put the decision on hold until they could get more information and asked the Game Management Advisory Council to look into possible options so that they could make a better informed decision. As far as I know the Game Commission will not make a decision until the meeting in Moses Lake and I think that happens in February or March.

[csaaphill]

Baiting:

1.  Bring back the ability to bait bear.
2.  Deer and Elk Baiting:  Leave it alone, we don't need more rules / laws.  How does it affect anything???  We are still only allowd to harvest one animal per year.  What is next.....you are not allowed to hunt orchards because the deer are coming to bait, corn fields, alfalfa, wheat, etc. etc. etc.  What is next you can't wear camoflauge because it give the hunter another advantage??  Where does all this insanity end?? 

Preference points:  Not sure what you mean by this?  If you mean the draw system, I would like to see where a person can only draw one "draw" per animal per year.  Keep all the Catagories but if a person draws "quality" they cannot draw "buck" "doe" "second deer", etc.  Start the draw with the quality and go down from there.  This would prevent a person from drawing two tags and only being able to harvest one animal.   

I will say I don't bait though other than hunting near an orchard or wheat field if possible.

[bobcat]

There will be another opportunity to provide comments, once they come up with the new proposals.

[stw]

What's the word on baiting for 2016. I got word that there doing away with it. That's came from a friend that was talking to a game warden yesterday . just wondering if anyone got more on it

[bobcat]

The proposals are here: 

http://wdfw.wa.gov/about/regulations/hunting_regulations/

I think baiting deer and elk will either be banned, or there will be a limit to how much bait can be used.

[stw]

There taking more and more every year . just wait next it be like Montana hunters will have to have cameras out of woods be for season starts