Conflict goat hunt?

[jackelope]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,173726.0.html

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,170168.0.html

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,155039.msg2054015.html#msg2054015

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,173726.msg2297963.html#msg2297963

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,161985.msg2136065.html#msg2136065

[CaNINE]

If you draw this tag send me a PM. I've participated in this hunt and will get you pointed in the right direction. The best goats are on isolated peaks not served by trails. You need to be in excellent physical condition to be successful. It's not as simple as climbing up the Mt ellinor trail and shooting the first goat you see.

[trophyhunt]

  you guys rock!  Thanks for the links Josh

[Katmai Guy]

 It's not as simple as climbing up the Mt ellinor trail and shooting the first goat you see.

 

[Katmai Guy]

TH, I had this tag the first year it came out.  PM me with a phone number if you want.
Ken

[EyeTooth]

Tag

[trophyhunt]

TH, I had this tag the first year it came out.  PM me with a phone number if you want.
Ken

Thanks , will do!

[shanevg]

I still think it's stupid that WDFW encourages you to shoot the first goat you see but then that counts as your OIL goat. I put in for that tag but it would be state record with a bow or bust for me. I won't give up my chance at a Mt Baker tag for a lesser billy. Really hope WDFW changes the conflict reduction tag to make it the same as a ewe sheep or cow moose tag (I.e. doesnt count as your once in lifetime harvest.)

[180-GRAIN]

I still think it's stupid that WDFW encourages you to shoot the first goat you see but then that counts as your OIL goat. I put in for that tag but it would be state record with a bow or bust for me. I won't give up my chance at a Mt Baker tag for a lesser billy. Really hope WDFW changes the conflict reduction tag to make it the same as a ewe sheep or cow moose tag (I.e. doesnt count as your once in lifetime harvest.)

 

[Katmai Guy]

If it didn't count as oil they would get more harvest which would accomplish what they want which is a reduction of goats.

[trophyhunt]

I still think it's stupid that WDFW encourages you to shoot the first goat you see but then that counts as your OIL goat. I put in for that tag but it would be state record with a bow or bust for me. I won't give up my chance at a Mt Baker tag for a lesser billy. Really hope WDFW changes the conflict reduction tag to make it the same as a ewe sheep or cow moose tag (I.e. doesnt count as your once in lifetime harvest.)

absolutely! 

[trophyhunt]

If it didn't count as oil they would get more harvest which would accomplish what they want which is a reduction of goats.

maybe they will change it??

[X-Force]

I still think it's stupid that WDFW encourages you to shoot the first goat you see but then that counts as your OIL goat. I put in for that tag but it would be state record with a bow or bust for me. I won't give up my chance at a Mt Baker tag for a lesser billy. Really hope WDFW changes the conflict reduction tag to make it the same as a ewe sheep or cow moose tag (I.e. doesnt count as your once in lifetime harvest.)

I totally disagree with you. I think its stupid that the state split up goat into different categories. Having 12,000 applicants for a total of 27 permits, the state should have left goat as 1 category and had a note on the Olympic permits that the hunt is a conflict hunt to reduce goat populations, that the goats can be few and far between and that hunter history has shown that hunter success in these areas has been substantially less than other areas. This way people would know there chance of success is low and that any goat harvest is OIL.

[WAcoueshunter]

I still think it's stupid that WDFW encourages you to shoot the first goat you see but then that counts as your OIL goat. I put in for that tag but it would be state record with a bow or bust for me. I won't give up my chance at a Mt Baker tag for a lesser billy. Really hope WDFW changes the conflict reduction tag to make it the same as a ewe sheep or cow moose tag (I.e. doesnt count as your once in lifetime harvest.)

I totally disagree with you. I think its stupid that the state split up goat into different categories. Having 12,000 applicants for a total of 27 permits, the state should have left goat as 1 category and had a note on the Olympic permits that the hunt is a conflict hunt to reduce goat populations, that the goats can be few and far between and that hunter history has shown that hunter success in these areas has been substantially less than other areas. This way people would know there chance of success is low and that any goat harvest is OIL.

Yeah, I agree.  There are tons of similar situations throughout the west, where circumstances in a unit make it less likely to fill a particular tag and/or find a trophy.  Provide the information, and let the hunter decide if that's how they want to spend their application and OIL opportunity. 

[lewy]

I just got off the phone with wdfw, the conflict tag is in fact a oil tag and prevents you from applying for goats again in Washington state.