Baiting on the chopping block

[tonymiller7]

So how much longer is WDFW going to drag us along before they make their announcement?

[bobcat]

The commissioners should be voting on April 8th at the meeting in Olympia. I will try to be there for that.

[Duckslayer89]

Why don't we just make hunting illegal in one go instead of doing it slowly?

Because the anti's wouldn't have anything to do. They want to just keep chipping away so it's a slow painful death.

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The state barely gives us enough of a season to keep buying tags. I almost wish I wouldn't have started buying special permits, might opt out this year and cut my losses.

[Rainier10]

Why don't we just make hunting illegal in one go instead of doing it slowly?

Because this is way more fun, it is like a game of Jenga where you keep pulling out a piece at a time and see if stays standing.

Or even better yet, it reminds me of office space where all the guy wants is his red stapler but his cubicle just keeps getting smaller and smaller until he snaps and somehow the office catches on fire.

[grundy53]

No one called me or anyone I know or anyone they know...............

Same here

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[bobcat]

Audio transcripts are now available from the March 18th Moses Lake meeting:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/2016/03/audio_mar1816.html

[Rainier10]

Audio transcripts are now available from the March 18th Moses Lake meeting:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/2016/03/audio_mar1816.html

Wow, biggest file on there is for the baiting section.  I will have to listen to it when I get home tonight.

Thanks for posting the link.

[Bushcraft]

Audio transcripts are now available from the March 18th Moses Lake meeting:

http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/2016/03/audio_mar1816.html

Wow, biggest file on there is for the baiting section.  I will have to listen to it when I get home tonight.

Thanks for posting the link.

Ditto...thanks!  I don't get to make it to all the meetings.

[Rainier10]

Just sent this to the commission.  They are meeting next weekend to make their final decisions.  I will be replanting trees in the Snag Canyon burn area and won't be able to attend the meeting.

I know this has once again been a debated topic.  As you approach the final meeting and make your decision for this upcoming year I want to restate my position that I think there is a place for baiting and none of the options on the table are as viable as waiting one more year to come up with a plan to focus on the one or two problem areas versus making a broad ruling that affects all hunters and GMU's statewide.

As a hunter education instructor I see that there is a place and time to use this tool for new hunters.  As a master hunter I see this as a great tool to position animals away from sensitive property owners and still harvest the animal so that there isn't a surplus of animals thus creating a better habitat for those that remain.

I understand that there is an issue that you are receiving complaints about but to ban baiting or restrict it statewide seems like going after a mouse with an elephant gun.

I would think a plan for next year could be to restrict baiting in the one or two GMU's that are receiving the complaints during the late season only.  Kind of like a firearm restriction area.

Thanks for your time,

[pianoman9701]

Why don't we just make hunting illegal in one go instead of doing it slowly?

That's why we have the wolves. It'll be banned soon enough.

[WARHORSE]

Just sent this to the commission.  They are meeting next weekend to make their final decisions.  I will be replanting trees in the Snag Canyon burn area and won't be able to attend the meeting.

I know this has once again been a debated topic.  As you approach the final meeting and make your decision for this upcoming year I want to restate my position that I think there is a place for baiting and none of the options on the table are as viable as waiting one more year to come up with a plan to focus on the one or two problem areas versus making a broad ruling that affects all hunters and GMU's statewide.

As a hunter education instructor I see that there is a place and time to use this tool for new hunters.  As a master hunter I see this as a great tool to position animals away from sensitive property owners and still harvest the animal so that there isn't a surplus of animals thus creating a better habitat for those that remain.

I understand that there is an issue that you are receiving complaints about but to ban baiting or restrict it statewide seems like going after a mouse with an elephant gun.

I would think a plan for next year could be to restrict baiting in the one or two GMU's that are receiving the complaints during the late season only.  Kind of like a firearm restriction area.

Thanks for your time,

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Iam glad you can admit that baiting does draw animals off other property that maybe someone can hunt.  Just because you cant hunt it doesnt mean others cant. Lots of people cant admit that.

[singleshot12]

 

[Jonathan_S]

 And can you admit that WDFW would not be banning it for that reason?

[WARHORSE]

I dont think dwfw knows why they do most things how am i supposed to know why they do things.

[Curly]

I think WDFW enforcement would love baiting to be banned.  I'm sure some bait sites that people claim to be for deer, might attract bears at times..........they don't want that.  They'd rather just all bait sites be illegal so it is easier to enforce.

I could be completely wrong though.  Just what I've always figured.