damage elk hunt being sold master hunt

[wheels]

contacted the guy its basically a lease for season 250 bucks

[Karl Blanchard]

contacted the guy its basically a lease for season 250 bucks

Out of curiosity wheels, are you a master hunter?

[PlateauNDN]

"Just cause it's legal......

Hey you stay out of this red man!  We will get to the Indian bashing soon enough!  Wait your turn   (<Are you seeing how serious that face is!?!!  That is an aggressive grimace )













 

Hey, no distractions! Let's get back to tribal bashing cuz this ain't a serious thread...














































 

[PlateauNDN]

contacted the guy its basically a lease for season 250 bucks

Out of curiosity wheels, are you a master hunter?

I'm a "Master Hunter" can somebody please give me a ride this area.

[wheels]

yes im a master hunter

[wheels]

i was misinformed not damage  tag its 250 for  access fee for master hunters and me and my dad are one

[gasman]

I know a guy that hunts his property every year. It's 250 for access to his land to hunt. He's only successful, about 50% of the times.

The elk come and go and no guarantee you will be successful. 


He has been on this forum before, defending his position and admitting that he leaves feed for the elk to cross on his property for hunters.

 Heard that there is so much snow on his place right now, that the elk have move ed on.

[jdb]

There is a fair amount of snow there but there are still elk there

[M_ray]

I don't agree with a guy claiming damage and then baiting them or luring them to stay around so he can profit. I know plenty of ranchers with damage problems and none of them bait them in order to keep them around ... they all want them gone. Personally I think the game Dept should pull the damage tags if a landowner baits in order to profit, it's not the way the program was designed to work.

 

[Bob33]

I don't agree with a guy claiming damage and then baiting them or luring them to stay around so he can profit. I know plenty of ranchers with damage problems and none of them bait them in order to keep them around ... they all want them gone. Personally I think the game Dept should pull the damage tags if a landowner baits in order to profit, it's not the way the program was designed to work.

 

He doesn't get damage tags.

[M_ray]

I don't agree with a guy claiming damage and then baiting them or luring them to stay around so he can profit. I know plenty of ranchers with damage problems and none of them bait them in order to keep them around ... they all want them gone. Personally I think the game Dept should pull the damage tags if a landowner baits in order to profit, it's not the way the program was designed to work.

 

He doesn't get damage tags.

Ok I must have got the wrong impression, the title is "Damage Elk hunts" and usually Damage elk tags are awarded by the state to help with damage issues    if this is not the case then maybe the title should be changed as it sounds like you are saying the landowner is just selling a trespass fee 

[Bob33]

The title is misleading. He is charging an access fee.

i was misinformed not damage  tag its 250 for  access fee for master hunters and me and my dad are one

[Landowner]

I get my damage permits in lieu of a cash claim.  Maximum allowable cash claim by RCW is $10,000,00.  I can sell the permits (I don't). 

Never heard of anyone who has a growing crop trying to get elk to damage crops.  Would be nice to know the real story. 

[Bob33]

He is baiting elk to his property so he can sell access to his land to shoot them.  At $250 a person 30 to 40 hunters per year is bringing in $7500+. Perfectly legal, and seems logical to me.

[jrebel]

Not sure how that is logical??  Regardless of the circumstances.......to draw a natural resource to your property so you can charge access, not ok in my opinion.  If the resource is there without bait.....I have no problem with it.  Just another access fee for private.   Also wouldn't have a problem if the bait was used to make them easier to hunt.....but it is solely there to bring them on his property.  Reality is his land has no value to hunters unless he baits them there.  I am not an anti nor am I an anti baiting hunter.....but this is just wrong.  There is a reason the elk fence exist.