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

[MtnMuley]

   Let's see a pic of the good one you got. I need to to know what they look like!

[JJB11B]

The difference is that my ancestors hunted,fished and gathered in all these places and your did not

actually my ancestors did as well.

[boneaddict]

Eating good Red, though I do have an acute lack of salmon.  My own fault on that. 

[little_red_wagon]

Hhhmmm this topic would get out of hand if that happened 😎 Jkjk

[little_red_wagon]

Ya salmon season was weird this year.. I am in the same boat on that one bone

[3nails]

I have a question. how long does it take your family to eat a deer?
 And how long does it take your  family to eat an elk?

 Be honest you guys.😇

It's been awhile boys. I been around you know hunting season and all

Why do I feel like this is a loaded question?    Our family subsists off of 5 a year so roughly 2 1/2 months per deer.

[PlateauNDN]

I liked the original name

[Jpmiller]

Thanks for the explanation Plat, sounds reasonable and more likely than me telling everyone I would have got an elk this year but for the Indians.

I am assuming that this topic is kind of like all things, most native hunters behave responsibly while a few ruin it for everyone yes? If all natives were truly going out with wanton destruction in mind we would be already experiencing the post apocalyptic wasteland I hear described with no game animals left.

[little_red_wagon]

Mtnmuley 3nails thank you for ur honesty. I like those numbers but you got to bump them up a bit 😂😂😂😋 Jkjk

I am like you but that's all my family eats organic meat😉 I raised a bunch of meat eaters. We can wipe a spike out in two weeks easy.  A deer about a week.

The things I hate are tthe guys on this site that prolly have there whole deer for 3 years ago talking bad about people that eat it one then one a year.

Now the trophy taking.

But before I finish. I understand why people are mad about natives hunting quality units and taking not so quality deer or more then one quality deer. Trust me I dislike them too because their in my spots 😬😬. I do believe in management of deer so the quality stays around.

I am a firm believe in heard preservation and proper management. But I won't lie if I am hunting a a monster and I meet. I would do what any of you would do in that same situation if we all had the same cards to play

[MtnMuley]

I can respect that wagon. I trophy hunt and am still able to eat well every year thanks to being able to fall back on certain states OTC tags even if I have to settle for meat bulls. We have the pleasure to hunt many areas basically all year, but we chose not to do that. Killing trophy class animals should be a privedeldge, not a given. I know you understand what I mean......

[JJB11B]

Mtnmuley 3nails thank you for ur honesty. I like those numbers but you got to bump them up a bit 😂😂😂😋 Jkjk

I am like you but that's all my family eats organic meat😉 I raised a bunch of meat eaters. We can wipe a spike out in two weeks easy.  A deer about a week.

The things I hate are tthe guys on this site that prolly have there whole deer for 3 years ago talking bad about people that eat it one then one a year.

Now the trophy taking.

But before I finish. I understand why people are mad about natives hunting quality units and taking not so quality deer or more then one quality deer. Trust me I dislike them too because their in my spots 😬😬. I do believe in management of deer so the quality stays around.

I am a firm believe in heard preservation and proper management. But I won't lie if I am hunting a a monster and I meet. I would do what any of you would do in that same situation if we all had the same cards to play

I can respect that. Do you feel the same way about fisheries?

[sled]

I liked the original name

[jackelope]

Curious to know if there is any science to the management side of Yakama tribal hunting regulations. Good, bad or indifferent. Any at all?

[PlateauNDN]

I liked the original name

I know, I know, I know...it wasn't politically correct.

[mfswallace]

I heard a rumor last week that up to 28 bucks were taken by members of the Yakima Nation in the Desert unit.  A relative of mine spoke to his friend with the game dept and said that he would not recommend putting in for the Desert Unit anymore and that the state may make the unit a public hunt and no longer a special permit now because of the tribe starting to take so many deer from it.  Has anyone else heard of this or can someone in the know please find out?  His friend couldn't confirm the number of kills though.

I must be narrow minded.....that, on a hunting web forum, one cannot ask about information obtained from information gathered by a relative from a friend who works for the department who manages the game in question, without being accused of getting something started? I get it, it is sensitive. So, MLcoug,  I live across the street from the Desert. The area I see every day...no, I have not seen or heard anything about bucks being taken out in any significant numbers. Road kill, yes, there have been a few destructive hood ornaments along I 90. Dang shame, cause one was a monster.

I Work in 90%(George to Moses/Frenchman to i90) of the desert unit every day. I travel ditch banks, field access rds, circle hop and any other short cut or way to get around you can think of while in this unit. My customers are the smallest farmer to the biggest. I have contacted WDFW officers to report poachers, some have been European Americans as well as Mexican American, I also know in a few instances Native Americans were involved(exercising their hunting rights but trespassing).
 I know of 13 native taken bucks in the last 2months which is far from 28 but I'm sure like everyone, including Plat & Time, I don't know all bucks that are taken by natives out of this unit. I don't have pictures or license plate numbers and some knowledge comes from the land owners I work with as well as WDFW people whom I'm not gonna name but for ME it is reliable enough to write this without thinking it is exaggerated or untrue, u guys take it however you want...

I do know in the last 5 yrs this unit has gone way down in quality but more disturbing is in quantity!!! Without WDFw and Native American tribes working together to Compare and regulate harvest numbers in this unit and throughout the state, like YTC and others areas before it will be a shadow of the reason they were once considered "special or quality" 
Predator control(cats&dogs) is a constant in this unit so that isn't the issue  imo