Now that it snowed they need to lock up Watt Canyon

[RG]

I spend a lot of time up there horseback, and on the roads.   For the past two weeks I’ve seen rig after rig cruising up and down Hutchins Rd and Watt Canyon Rd. Today there were even more.  I see who is in the rigs as well. I understand there is a legal hunt going on but I also understand that these elk come out of the backcountry at the first decent snow and stage up on Hutchins toward Tamarack Springs and that whole upper area which is criss crossed with roads.  This is my back yard and I know what’s going on. No I don’t follow them around trying to take a picture.  The winter herd numbers were down last winter, per both bios who work this area. I’d like to see the gate locked because there are going to be a lot of elk standing near roads now.  It’s time. 

[MADMAX]

It’s BS and we all know it
Someone turn the lights out when the last ones are killed
Next it’ll be whales 
 

[RG]

Or hey, here’s an idea, make it spike only for everybody without a special permit.  What’s good enough for the goose ought to be good enough for the gander it seems to me.  Oh, I forgot, Washington wildlife management theory is management by special interests with the deepest pockets or the best attorneys and lobbyists.  We don’t let the biologists that we hire to be the scientists, trained experts, make policy decisions because they are neutral and unbiased.  That doesn’t work here.

[fishngamereaper]

Someone with a 10 yd dump should "loose" a load of 4 man rock in a narrow spot...

[Oh Mah]

I don't know,Maybe some are bashing on the wrong user group.The tribes do a lot for the game in WA.No matter what most people think.they have the right,they were given that right by people that are not even alive any more and those rights are not gonna go anywhere while we that are alive still live period.

THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE POST THAT JACKELOPE PUT UP THIS MORNING.IT DOES NO ONE ANY GOOD.   

[Skyvalhunter]

They might have the right but they don't have to abuse the right and maybe they should consider what is RIGHT for the future of Game animals

[kball4]

Sanford Pasture is close on 410 but open up on top.  Made the drive 45 minutes longer.

[Oh Mah]

They might have the right but they don't have to abuse the right and maybe they should consider what is RIGHT for the future of Game animals

think before you type. yall may have the right to bare arms but that dont mean you need to abuse that right by poaching.

how do you like it when it gets turned around on ya?

[elkaholic123]

They might have the right but they don't have to abuse the right and maybe they should consider what is RIGHT for the future of Game animals

think before you type. yall may have the right to bare arms but that dont mean you need to abuse that right by poaching.

how do you like it when it gets turned around on ya?

Pictures of this poaching? 

[Oh Mah]

Exactly  GOES BOTH WAYS. 

Hunters that don't fill their tags have got to have an excuse.Must be someone else's fault not their own.

[Oh Mah]

If you need to kill a dozen deer to “feed” your family you have failed at a lot of things in life and probably shouldn’t be spreading your spawn

"family" The way you say this makes readers think you know how many there are in a "family" Do you?

[dvolmer]

The Jerky business is going full bore!!!!  Need elk!!!  Lots of Elk!!!!!!

[Naches Sportsman]

If you need to kill a dozen deer to “feed” your family you have failed at a lot of things in life and probably shouldn’t be spreading your spawn

"family" The way you say this makes readers think you know how many there are in a "family" Do you?

When supporting 5 different households, 12 deer is reasonable.

There are some people on this forum who shoot 6+ deer a year and an elk or two in the west. How is that any different?

[Oh Mah]

 

[boneaddict]

Hunters that don't fill their tags have got to have an excuse.Must be someone else's fault not their own.

I chose not to shoot a deer or an elk this year because I think the herd could use a break. I am concerned with the future of the herd and feel its hypocritical to take more than I need.  Its well within my right, I bought tags.   Are you saying I dont have the skills to kill something?  I really dont see anything wrong with his statement.

They might have the right but they don't have to abuse the right and maybe they should consider what is RIGHT for the future of Game animals