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I believe Blue tongue was the main reason for reduction of deer harvest after the 4 pt destruction was lifted.
We don't have a game department, but the Washington Department of Fish and Wildpife did not "plant wolves." Just FYI.
It's funny how the game department planted wolves in Washington to kill everything off and now hunters want to change the hunting rules and take away doe tags for the youth and elderly people and other opportunitys because of population of deer and other game . it's the game department fault wolves and cats killing everything and the game department doesn't want to manage the problem . I don't see how we the people hunters is the problem the numbers were fine before all the predators got out of control . just saying it's pretty sad reading how people want to take away hunting . My friend a Wise man said they planted the wolves back in the States because the government doesn't want hunting and planted grizzlies in the mountains so they can close mountains down to people and hunters because of bear attacks . . Witch looks to be true game numbers are falling and and people want to close tags or numbers and last hunting season they closed grand Teton national park for elk hunting do to grizzly bears . Pretty sad the future of hunting Very well said! Ask the old timers that ran our game dept. 30 - 40 years ago. They know what the problem is and how to fix it. The state just doesn't want to. We need the ted turners out of Washington state! This state has become one of the worst states to even live in anymore. Sad! Problems are a easy fix if they would just do them. Fix the "REAL" problems!
The one guy was suggesting we end all deer hunting in dist 1 to allow the herds to rebound....well that wouldn't work, the predators would just keep doing what they do keeping the herds suppressed and we'd never see hunting re-opened. The one farmer was telling how he used to fence and gate off his hay pile to keep the deer off, but now he doesn't need too. I've found the exact same thing to be true. I've got a pile of hay sitting out there exposed with just a tarp to keep off the snow and rain and there's only two does hitting it. 15 years ago that hay pile would have been getting hammered by deer, no way could I have left it exposed like it is today or the hay would have been ruined, strings pulled off and I'd just have a pile of loose trampled hay. No so much now! In the 90's we'd have 50+ deer in the fields each night...now I'm down to 2 does that stay very close to the house. The only thing that 's going to bring our animals back is to get people with some Balls to run this states dept. of wildlife. Period!I didn't agree with the anti-baiter at all, the 5 gallon bucket rule is a great compromise and served the purpose it needed too, ending the massive baiting piles by outfitters targeting mule deer. I don't want to see baiting changed from the current status quo, unless it's to allow baiting for more predators such as bear. I do agree with ending all doe hunting for everyone, we are at crisis levels with our deer herds, sacrifices need to be made. I especially liked the idea of minimum limits instead of maximum limits on Cougar. If the harvest drops below 45 animals (or some other number) per year for 2 years consecutively, then the season is adjusted or quota's reinstated. brilliant idea!Also increase the season duration. Lot of people calling for reinstatement of hound hunting - agreed! It can be done. We need to bait bears, it's being done on big timber just expand that to all timber to protect DNR and FS trees from being peeled too, exploit loopholes and get it done. Also strongly agreed with the feller calling for over the counter spring bear seasons All in all a good showing by Stevens CO residents, together they sent a strong message to the commissioners....and I wouldn't want to be a WDFW police being named at the commission hearing, a couple guys got called to the carpet
Quote from: snake on March 01, 2019, 07:33:54 PMI believe Blue tongue was the main reason for reduction of deer harvest after the 4 pt destruction was lifted. That made a huge impact, but our herd has continued downward since them. Proper management should allow a herd to rebound!
The one guy was suggesting we end all deer hunting in dist 1 to allow the herds to rebound....well that wouldn't work, the predators would just keep doing what they do keeping the herds suppressed and we'd never see hunting re-opened. The one farmer was telling how he used to fence and gate off his hay pile to keep the deer off, but now he doesn't need too. I've found the exact same thing to be true. I've got a pile of hay sitting out there exposed with just a tarp to keep off the snow and rain and there's only two does hitting it. 15 years ago that hay pile would have been getting hammered by deer, no way could I have left it exposed like it is today or the hay would have been ruined, strings pulled off and I'd just have a pile of loose trampled hay. No so much now! In the 90's we'd have 50+ deer in the fields each night...now I'm down to 2 does that stay very close to the house. I didn't agree with the anti-baiter at all, the 5 gallon bucket rule is a great compromise and served the purpose it needed too, ending the massive baiting piles by outfitters targeting mule deer. I don't want to see baiting changed from the current status quo, unless it's to allow baiting for more predators such as bear. I do agree with ending all doe hunting for everyone, we are at crisis levels with our deer herds, sacrifices need to be made. I especially liked the idea of minimum limits instead of maximum limits on Cougar. If the harvest drops below 45 animals (or some other number) per year for 2 years consecutively, then the season is adjusted or quota's reinstated. brilliant idea!Also increase the season duration. Lot of people calling for reinstatement of hound hunting - agreed! It can be done. We need to bait bears, it's being done on big timber just expand that to all timber to protect DNR and FS trees from being peeled too, exploit loopholes and get it done. Also strongly agreed with the feller calling for over the counter spring bear seasons All in all a good showing by Stevens CO residents, together they sent a strong message to the commissioners....and I wouldn't want to be a WDFW police being named at the commission hearing, a couple guys got called to the carpet
The Fish and Wildlife Department is wrecking the hunting in NE Washington. Our deer harvest last year will be the lowest on record. Surveys of deer average 43% below their objective for 6 of the last 7 years. Fawn to doe ratios show unsustainable recruitment. We need a 4 point restriction for all of District 1. The economy will continue to suffer. If you want things to change then the Game Commission meeting at the Ramada Inn at the Airport on March 1st and 2nd is the place to make your voice heard. Come to the NWWG meeting on Wednesday, Feb 27 at 6:30 at the Chewelah Casino. (fixed date)
Quote from: Old Deer Slayer on February 23, 2019, 02:31:36 PMThe Fish and Wildlife Department is wrecking the hunting in NE Washington. Our deer harvest last year will be the lowest on record. Surveys of deer average 43% below their objective for 6 of the last 7 years. Fawn to doe ratios show unsustainable recruitment. We need a 4 point restriction for all of District 1. The economy will continue to suffer. If you want things to change then the Game Commission meeting at the Ramada Inn at the Airport on March 1st and 2nd is the place to make your voice heard. Come to the NWWG meeting on Wednesday, Feb 27 at 6:30 at the Chewelah Casino. Very Very well said! I totally agree! We need some "Backbone" in this State. (fixed date)I like Your Passion!.. we need to flat out attack full bore a game commission that protects predators. It's gross miss management buy the state of Washington to protect big game and economy. Sportsman are the reason wildlife flourishes.. Sue the state. It should be law that unless you purchase a hunting license that your not allowed to comment or be apart of Big Game management issues. We built wildlife! We built what sportsman have today that brings billions into the US economy and were gonna let a bunch of tree hugging liberal phucks that have never purchased a big game license in their lives dictate how we manage big game?Heads need to roll at all levels of our Game Departments.
The Fish and Wildlife Department is wrecking the hunting in NE Washington. Our deer harvest last year will be the lowest on record. Surveys of deer average 43% below their objective for 6 of the last 7 years. Fawn to doe ratios show unsustainable recruitment. We need a 4 point restriction for all of District 1. The economy will continue to suffer. If you want things to change then the Game Commission meeting at the Ramada Inn at the Airport on March 1st and 2nd is the place to make your voice heard. Come to the NWWG meeting on Wednesday, Feb 27 at 6:30 at the Chewelah Casino. Very Very well said! I totally agree! We need some "Backbone" in this State. (fixed date)
