Some Wa. Hunters in E. MT.

[bornhunter]

Just talked to a good buddy of mine I retired with who moved to Mt 8 years ago. He buys a bunch of deer,elk and lope tags every year for anout 90 bucks. He says he and and other resident hunters love NR hunters because the NR's keep the R's hunting fees so low. He it makes for great conversation when they read all the stuff like this. Just sayin.

[jstamp]

Just talked to a good buddy of mine I retired with who moved to Mt 8 years ago. He buys a bunch of deer,elk and lope tags every year for anout 90 bucks. He says he and and other resident hunters love NR hunters because the NR's keep the R's hunting fees so low. He it makes for great conversation when they read all the stuff like this. Just sayin.

That's awesome for your buddy, I'm sure he has a honey hole that isn't overwhelmed by non resident hunters shooting every doe they see on private property. And yes it does make for great conversation, especially on this site since everyone is so quick to jump on the band wagon that Washington has the best and greatest hunters of any state. What's funny is that most people that post stuff on the internet, don't do much else, other than post stuff on the internet. Hey, if your 650 dollar mt deer tag is worth a spike to you, I say go for it. If I wanted to kill a spike, id stay in Washington and hunt blacktail on peterman.

[Skyvalhunter]

 

[bornhunter]

Just talked to a good buddy of mine I retired with who moved to Mt 8 years ago. He buys a bunch of deer,elk and lope tags every year for anout 90 bucks. He says he and and other resident hunters love NR hunters because the NR's keep the R's hunting fees so low. He it makes for great conversation when they read all the stuff like this. Just sayin.

That's awesome for your buddy, I'm sure he has a honey hole that isn't overwhelmed by non resident hunters shooting every doe they see on private property. And yes it does make for great conversation, especially on this site since everyone is so quick to jump on the band wagon that Washington has the best and greatest hunters of any state. What's funny is that most people that post stuff on the internet, don't do much else, other than post stuff on the internet. Hey, if your 650 dollar mt deer tag is worth a spike to you, I say go for it. If I wanted to kill a spike, id stay in Washington and hunt blacktail on peterman.

I've seen a few dandy BT's on peterman. Never got one there though. Usually see them at night along 12.

[jstamp]

Just talked to a good buddy of mine I retired with who moved to Mt 8 years ago. He buys a bunch of deer,elk and lope tags every year for anout 90 bucks. He says he and and other resident hunters love NR hunters because the NR's keep the R's hunting fees so low. He it makes for great conversation when they read all the stuff like this. Just sayin.

That's awesome for your buddy, I'm sure he has a honey hole that isn't overwhelmed by non resident hunters shooting every doe they see on private property. And yes it does make for great conversation, especially on this site since everyone is so quick to jump on the band wagon that Washington has the best and greatest hunters of any state. What's funny is that most people that post stuff on the internet, don't do much else, other than post stuff on the internet. Hey, if your 650 dollar mt deer tag is worth a spike to you, I say go for it. If I wanted to kill a spike, id stay in Washington and hunt blacktail on peterman.

I've seen a few dandy BT's on peterman. Never got one there though. Usually see them at night along 12.

That abouts sums it up right there....spotlighting from the highway! And you wonder why wa hunters get a bad rap....

[JimmyHoffa]

This sounds about the same as the fishing woes of 'Some MT flyfishermen in W. WA.' 

[jstamp]

I've never been a big fly fisherman, but if I was, I probably wouldn't pick Washington as my fly fishing destination. Now if we're talking about free drifting bait for steelhead on the Cowlitz then maybe, but definitely not going there to battle all the people to fly fish.

[elksnout]

I've hunted three different states more seasons than I can recall. Not a single incident ever while flying my Washington license plate. Go in humble and respectful, mind your manners and be a good steward. End of story.

Elksnout

[bornhunter]

Just talked to a good buddy of mine I retired with who moved to Mt 8 years ago. He buys a bunch of deer,elk and lope tags every year for anout 90 bucks. He says he and and other resident hunters love NR hunters because the NR's keep the R's hunting fees so low. He it makes for great conversation when they read all the stuff like this. Just sayin.

That's awesome for your buddy, I'm sure he has a honey hole that isn't overwhelmed by non resident hunters shooting every doe they see on private property. And yes it does make for great conversation, especially on this site since everyone is so quick to jump on the band wagon that Washington has the best and greatest hunters of any state. What's funny is that most people that post stuff on the internet, don't do much else, other than post stuff on the internet. Hey, if your 650 dollar mt deer tag is worth a spike to you, I say go for it. If I wanted to kill a spike, id stay in Washington and hunt blacktail on peterman.

I've seen a few dandy BT's on peterman. Never got one there though. Usually see them at night along 12.

That abouts sums it up right there....spotlighting from the highway! And you wonder why wa hunters get a bad rap....

Very funny amigo!

[Mr Mykiss]

Since my only social media experience is 100%  hunting forums it’s funny how state-ism is such a thing. Like seriously it’s not far from suggesting that hunters from _____ state must fuel up at separate pumps or eat in different sections of the restaurant, etc
It’s absurd.
Since nobody wants to hunt with me i hunt out of state alone quite a bit, I always end up meeting great people on these hunts, friendly, helpful and accommodating.

[CaNINE]

I've hunted three different states more seasons than I can recall. Not a single incident ever while flying my Washington license plate. Go in humble and respectful, mind your manners and be a good steward. End of story.

Elksnout

 

[Bigshooter]

What I find funny is that you read on this site all the time how much east side guys hate seeing west side guys come hunting season.  But then can't believe that MT residents hate seeing all the WA hunters come hunting season.

[greenhead_killer]

The group I hunt with has always had great interactions with the locals. We trade info, shoot the breeze, it’s always been good. We’re not on the roads except for first and last light so maybe that’s why we don’t have issues

[Odell]

I love how people think your gods greatest gift to a small town and keeping them all alive by buying gas on your 4 day weekend in October. That’s always the funniest comment  on these threads. “ boy oh boy they’d be hurtin if it weren’t for all my big out of state money for half a week” get over yourselves. those folks are out there for a reason and it’s not to cater to you for two weeks out of the year.

 Out of state tags should be straight draw only with full cost fronted. Cut down on the riff raff

Montana and Idaho wouldn't be able to support their fish and wildlife departments without all of the out of state money. It's not just about the small town economics for two weeks, so maybe you should get over yourself and thank out of state hunters for keeping your fish and game departments thriving from all of the out of state license sales.

Your delusional

Some basic math for you..... Idaho sold 15,500 non resident deer tags this year.  at 301.75 apiece, that comes to $4,677,125.  And they sold 12,815 nonresident elk tags at $416.75 each for a total of $5,340,651.25. So just between elk and deer tags, that is over $10,000,00 dollars. That doesn't include hunting licenses or fishing licenses or permit drawing fees or tags for other big game species, or hunters who just get a small game license and maybe do some bird hunting.  Out of state hunters provide about 50% of all license and tag fee revenue in Idaho. So basically, if you got rid of out of State hunters, resident hunters would have to pay double what they do now to keep the same revenue stream to the State.

Just to play devils advocate, it might be worth it to pay double to remove 15- 20 k hunters from a state

Go for it.

 I don't want to do it, I can see how others might. It's not a feasible plan imo

[idaho guy]

Since my only social media experience is 100%  hunting forums it’s funny how state-ism is such a thing. Like seriously it’s not far from suggesting that hunters from _____ state must fuel up at separate pumps or eat in different sections of the restaurant, etc
It’s absurd


You might think that’s funny but I better not catch you eating at any resident only restaurant s or fueling up at resident pumps!