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Begging your pardon, Buckrub, but I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that Washington 'squares' the points. So if a guy has accumulated 15 points, his name will be "in the hat" 225 times.
Go to this link and it will show you just how many more branch bull permits there could be given out every year if it was permit only. I also added the numbers for if the Yakima herd was permit only. It's an increas of about 3.42 times more permits given out. This means you all would get drawn 3.42 times more often for a big bull. For some archery units that would be every single year.
Buckrub, is it better to have a system where you can put in with only a few bonus points and have a chance at drawing a tag or do only the older generations who have been putting in for tags and have those 15+ bonus points get their tags before those with less points get drawn? With what you're complaining about, I would NEVER draw a tag as I've only had a few years of hunting to acquire bonus points and improve my odds but if we make sure only those with max points draw then I'll never have a chance. IMHO from what I've read you're pretty dillusional about your management proposals... You just want to be able to hunt year after year and want to be able to hunt branch bulls every year regardless of herd conditions... Well I got some solutions for you... go hunt Oregon, go hunt Idaho, go hunt the Westside of the state and let the colockum be managed by those who care more about the elk than getting their hunting time in year after year...Michael
one of the other 2 was me. Here it is from the Friday WDFW Alert. links should get you thereFrom: WDFW Public Affairs (do.not.reply@dfw.wa.gov) Sent: Fri 3/20/09 5:30 PM WDFW NEWS RELEASE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://wdfw.wa.gov/ March 20, 2009Contact: Susan Yeager, (360) 902-2267 Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider proposed hunting rules for 2009-11 OLYMPIA - The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider adopting a three-year package of statewide hunting seasons and rules during a public meeting scheduled April 3-4 in Olympia. The commission, which sets policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), will meet both days at 8:30 a.m. in Room 172 of the Natural Resources Building at 1111 Washington St. S.E. Hunting seasons under consideration include those for deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, black bear, cougar and small game in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Commissioners also will consider proposed revisions in special seasons and hunting restrictions; opportunities for terminally ill and disabled hunters; landowner hunting permits and damage-prevention permit hunts; trapping seasons; big game and wild turkey auctions, raffle and special-incentive permits; special closures and game management unit boundary descriptions; non-toxic shot requirements; and hunting equipment restrictions. The commission is scheduled to take action on the three-year hunting plan April 4, the second day of the public meeting. Proposals now before the commission are posted at http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/seasonsetting/index.htm#recommendations on the WDFW website. Several of those proposals reflect changes made in response to public testimony at the commission's meeting last month in Ellensburg, said Dave Ware, WDFW game manager. No further public testimony is scheduled on the three-year hunting plan at the April 3-4 commission meeting. The proposals, developed after extensive public involvement, are based on the 2009-15 Game Management Plan, available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/management/2009-2015/ . On the first day of the meeting, the commission is scheduled to take action on two proposed land transactions and will receive briefings from WDFW staff on issues ranging from the state's aquaculture industry to illegal marijuana growing on public lands. A meeting agenda and background materials are posted on the commission's website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html .
