28 Desert Unit bucks taken by Yakima Indian Nation rumor or truth?

[trophyhunt]

Instead of continuing on with all the bashing,  does anyone have any legitimate information they can contribute on the original topic? I'm more interested in hearing about actual hunting and deer taken in the desert unit rather than seeing page after page of Indian bashing. The archery season is still going on out there after all. Wonder how they are faring....

I completely agree. The original poster's comment was the third level of he said, she said gossip. Such juvenile behavior is fair game for high school kids, but totally out of place and borderline irresponsible for an adult to partake in. I think others have said something similar to what I just said, and it is quite telling that the original poster has not responded with any facts at all. It's very clear that hardly anyone on this sight understands that the Natives merely reserved rights that they already had under their tribal systems. Native hunting rights are in fact better than the hunting rights that come from European legal systems (as reflected in our hunting laws). That is our problem, not the Native American's. Heck, way back in the day all the forest belonged to the king and most people underneath him could not hunt it at all. Bottom line, Europeans (myself included) did not fight hard enough for their hunting rights when all the laws were made. The Natives did fight hard and they got what they wanted. Thus, jealousy and resentment runs rampant on these Native bashing threads.

So are you a native or do you just hunt with them?              To be serious though, it's those that abuse their rights that cause bashing!  Some natives don't even follow their own tribal laws, I know non natives poach, but at least the non natives that poach have to answer to someone if caught.  In today's environment everybody wants to be equal, with tribal laws separate from ours, being equal can't happen.   Besides, I don't think a "support tribal hunting rights" thread would be very positive either.  😎

[benhuntin]

I haven't read any of this thread but there were 7 rifle hunters out there this last weekend with the archery special tag holders.


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[trophyhunt]

I haven't read any of this thread but there were 7 rifle hunters out there this last weekend with the archery special tag holders.


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7 native hunters?  Pics or it didn't happen!!

[sagerat]

I haven't read any of this thread but there were 7 rifle hunters out there this last weekend with the archery special tag holders.


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7 native hunters?  Pics or it didn't happen!!

I believe it

[benhuntin]

I haven't read any of this thread but there were 7 rifle hunters out there this last weekend with the archery special tag holders.


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7 native hunters?  Pics or it didn't happen!!

Ok it didn't happen. I could give a damn.


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[trophyhunt]

I haven't read any of this thread but there were 7 rifle hunters out there this last weekend with the archery special tag holders.


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7 native hunters?  Pics or it didn't happen!!

Ok it didn't happen. I could give a damn.


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I was just messin

[OutHouse]

So are you a native or do you just hunt with them?              To be serious though, it's those that abuse their rights that cause bashing!  Some natives don't even follow their own tribal laws, I know non natives poach, but at least the non natives that poach have to answer to someone if caught.  In today's environment everybody wants to be equal, with tribal laws separate from ours, being equal can't happen.   Besides, I don't think a "support tribal hunting rights" thread would be very positive either.  😎
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Not Native and don't hunt with them.

However, you mention inequality and that goes back to what I was saying: we aren't all born equal. Most people's advantages come from accident of birth i.e. how much money their parent's made while they grew up OR what special privileges they got because of who they had connections with etc..

I live pretty close to the Yakima reservation and I know for fact that they have tribal officers/wardens who do enforce their rules. People who are upset with the differing systems have a remedy. Apply pressure to the state legislature to make our laws as good as the Native's in terms of seasons, bag limits etc.. Does no good to whine about it online.

[carpsniperg2]

I once saw a deer in the desert 

[bobcat]

Apply pressure to the state legislature to make our laws as good as the Native's in terms of seasons, bag limits etc.. Does no good to whine about it online.

You've got to be kidding. So you think we should pressure the state to give us a year around season with absolutely no limit to how many deer or elk each person can kill per year?

And as to the whining about it online, it actually does do some good, because it's due to all the "whining" over the last several years on this site that I've been made aware of how bad the problem really is.

Many of the Yakama tribal members kill trophy size deer and elk for no reason other than to sell the heads. And again, they can kill as many as they want, and there is no season. If we all could do that, there would be no deer or elk left in the state.

[jrod]

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[TheKid#10]

Looks like sustenance hunting to me.   

[Naches Sportsman]

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Well at least he can't  hunt as he's dead. His family will probably continue to hunt though.

[Boss .300 winmag]

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Well at least he can't  hunt as he's dead. His family will probably continue to hunt though.

How did he die?

[fishngamereaper]

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Well at least he can't  hunt as he's dead. His family will probably continue to hunt though.

How did he die?

Karma I'm guessing

[Tbar]

Some of you are classy.