Cow Tags

[buglebuster]

you can hunt any elk west of the PCT 

False

[400out]

you can hunt any elk west of the PCT 

False

sure you can! and in many areas you can shoot more than one!

[Killmore]

Thursday Daily record  paper, Sounds like the Game department and the DOT are going to have help figuring out how to reduce elk loss on I 90 near Vantage. The state says there are to many elk in the herd (6500). The game department wants the herd to be reduced to 4500 head. So how does reducing the cow permit numbers going to help that??

[Bullmoose]

The Archery Hunters will take of it for them,

[lastmk8]

Thursday Daily record  paper, Sounds like the Game department and the DOT are going to have help figuring out how to reduce elk loss on I 90 near Vantage. The state says there are to many elk in the herd (6500). The game department wants the herd to be reduced to 4500 head. So how does reducing the cow permit numbers going to help that??

Here is a link to the article....

http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/state-directed-to-help-with-elk-issues-in-kittitas-county/article_a6648eef-cfa8-5b90-bd35-e0aa1fb3fd54.html

[Killmore]

So why reduce cow tags?

[jstone]

I would doubt that the herd is still 6500 animals. There where lots of cow tags given out in the past.

[Mfowl]

Thursday Daily record  paper, Sounds like the Game department and the DOT are going to have help figuring out how to reduce elk loss on I 90 near Vantage. The state says there are to many elk in the herd (6500). The game department wants the herd to be reduced to 4500 head. So how does reducing the cow permit numbers going to help that??

Too many elk is only something WDFW would say. I'd rather see an elk fence with game by pass points than a reduced herd. I'd rather my tax dollars pay for that than any Seattle waterfront projects or Good to Go lanes.

[Rainier10]

Thursday Daily record  paper, Sounds like the Game department and the DOT are going to have help figuring out how to reduce elk loss on I 90 near Vantage. The state says there are to many elk in the herd (6500). The game department wants the herd to be reduced to 4500 head. So how does reducing the cow permit numbers going to help that??

Too many elk is only something WDFW would say. I'd rather see an elk fence with game by pass points than a reduced herd. I'd rather my tax dollars pay for that than any Seattle waterfront projects or Good to Go lanes.

Ding, ding, ding.  This is the winning idea in my mind as well.  There is tons of wintering ground for them right there.  There is a freeway running right through the middle of it with no way around for the elk.  Put up a fence and paths over/under the freeway, problem solved.

[Stein]

Someone could always call the WDFW bio and ask if they really wanted to know.  My experience is they are usually very knowledgeable and able to give you all the information surrounding decisions and herd management strategies.

[ALLTERRAIN]

There was some winter kill this year from the fall forage and cold winter weather and freeway kill's. As for the high tag number's given out, look up the success rates and you'll see a very low # tagged. Last year's #'s I believe was around 146. Maybe I read it wrong but talking to one of the local bio's, was told it's been approx. 25% rate since they started the cow hunt's again. But yeah, such a drastic drop from one year to the next does raise question's.

[Igor]

Someone could always call the WDFW bio and ask if they really wanted to know.  My experience is they are usually very knowledgeable and able to give you all the information surrounding decisions and herd management strategies.