White river gmu closed

[rosscrazyelk]

Just heard it.

[Elkcollector82]

Link or anything to support this?

[jackelope]

Link or anything to support this?

He pretty much lives in the unit.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Found this:

[trophyhunt]

Man I feel sorry for the archery and rifle rut tag holders!!  This fire can go away now!!

[trophyhunt]

I believe Ross is talking about the entire unit not just the Hancock property

[Bob33]

I can't believe they could legally close an entire GMU, especially one with private land. I can believe they would close public areas like national forests, and that forest companies could close their lands.

[trophyhunt]

Well they basically closed the woods down from Chinook Pass to Snoqualmie Pass, so I can see the white getting shut, down that fire is huge.

[jackelope]

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/5509/40388/

[Bob33]

A significant portion of the GMU is private.

There's nothing on WDFW's website about the GMU being closed.

[trophyhunt]

 Just talk to a permit holder and he said fish and game called him and told him the entire unit is closed and are given him his points back

[Bob33]

Wow. That's the first time I can recall an entire GMU being closed.

[jackelope]

Wow. That's the first time I can recall an entire GMU being closed.

Could it be a matter of wording? Maybe the closure encompasses the GMU? They were emailing peaches permit holders yesterday. A phone call would be not their normal means of communication based on the emails yesterday.

[jackelope]

A significant portion of the GMU is private.

There's nothing on WDFW's website about the GMU being closed.

The Hancock portion is closed for sure.

[Stein]

My guess is that it is linguistics, the vast majority, if not all, public access is closed so they are giving all the points back rather than calling everyone and seeing where they were planning on hunting or letting guys head over there without checking and getting pissed.