2020 spring bear apps

[Bango skank]

Im surprised people on this forum, in the bear section, havent heard of this.  We had a couple pretty damn active topics going about it.  Its probably a little late to send emails out about the crappy proposal at this point, but i guess it couldnt hurt.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,240421.105.html

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,242375.0.html

[HillHound]

This will be annoying and hopefully short lived. Unless you live down the road from a Fish and game office it’s already  Hard enough to even get a couple tooth envelopes for fall bears not to mention finding someone to seal a hide within 72 hours. If you have to send teeth in and get hides sealed they should be able to do it all anywhere you can buy a license. When I shot my moose a bio wanted to take some samples but said I would need to meet him in downtown Spokane 9-5 M-F. That wasn’t gonna happen so he didn’t get his sample. If they want accurate/honest results they need to make it easier and less time/cost consuming for the hunters.

[KFhunter]

This is just going to ramp up false reporting, already a big problem...now exacerbated.   So easy to just click "unsuccessful" at years end.

[Bango skank]

This will be annoying and hopefully short lived. Unless you live down the road from a Fish and game office it’s already  Hard enough to even get a couple tooth envelopes for fall bears not to mention finding someone to seal a hide within 72 hours. If you have to send teeth in and get hides sealed they should be able to do it all anywhere you can buy a license. When I shot my moose a bio wanted to take some samples but said I would need to meet him in downtown Spokane 9-5 M-F. That wasn’t gonna happen so he didn’t get his sample. If they want accurate/honest results they need to make it easier and less time/cost consuming for the hunters.

Game wardens can seal hides.  When i got my cat a few weeks ago i called spokane regional headquarters on my way out of the mountains as soon as i got phone service and told the lady on the phone i had a cat and would like to get in touch with whatever game warden was on duty in the area to have it sealed.  She put th ed call out and within 20 minutes an on duty officer called me told me where i could meet him on my way through colville.  It was that quick and easy.
Had the hide sealed, tooth pulled and tissue sample taken like an hour sfter i got the cat loaded into my truck.  The carcass was still warm.  Was really not an inconvenience.  And its not hard to get tooth envelopes.  Just call your wdfw regional office and ask them to mail a couple to you.  Of course you will only need to get tooth envelopes for fall bear now, as whatever wdfw employee checks your spring bear will pull the tooth in the proccess.

Still, the hide sealing requirement for bears does annoy me.  While it may not be a giant pain, it is still one more damn thing to have to deal with and consider, and i hope like hell they dont start requiring it for fall bears.  If they do, the gamies around here are going to have their hands full in august.

[Antlershed]

Im surprised people on this forum, in the bear section, havent heard of this.  We had a couple pretty damn active topics going about it.  Its probably a little late to send emails out about the crappy proposal at this point, but i guess it couldnt hurt.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,240421.105.html

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,242375.0.html

They adopted the proposal last month, and it’s already in WAC.

[Bango skank]

Didnt know it was adopted yet.  I assumed it would be, but i stopped paying attention because its a crappy proposal that does nothing for me.  Thinking i wont even put in this year.  I can take care of business in august here, and do my spring hunting in idaho.

[Bob33]

Harvest Check, Submitting Biological Samples and Bear Teeth: All successful bear hunters must validate (notch) their bear tag, notify the department within 72 hours of kill (excluding legal state holidays), provide the hunter's name, date and location of kill, and sex of animal. The raw pelt, evidence of sex, and the first premolar must be presented to an authorized department employee for sealing within 5 days of notification of kill. All permit hunters must comply with harvest reporting and submission of biological samples as described above. Failure to comply with the submission of biological samples is a misdemeanor pursuant to RCW 77.15.280.

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-415-080

[BreezyBear]

So if a guy harvests a bear during the spring season now, and then jumps through all of their ridiculous hoops, you can still harvest one more in the fall?

[Bango skank]

Yes, we still have a 2 bear bag limit, so if you get a spring permit you can notch 1 tag in the spring season and 1 in the fall season.

[boneaddict]

How annoying....

[trophyhunt]

Yes, annoying!  When I draw spring bear I'm hunting in a unit that is 1.5 hours from Asotin, I have never seen a warden in my many spring bear hunts.  So now I'm supposed to drive an hour and half out of my way when I kill my bear?  I drive 9 hours to hunt spring bear and to just be in the blue mountains, driving a 3 hours round trip to get a bear sealed is not part of my vacation.  If they want to meet me in Troy OR or in the woods, ok, no problem.  But no way am i driving out of my way that far when I'm on vacation, sorry, click the unsuccessful box.

[Shannon]

Why doesn’t Okanogan have a few spring bear tags? My property is over run with bears in the spring. Wreak havoc on the fawns and then start to move on by hunting season. Doesn’t make sense to me why there aren’t a few tags.

[trophyhunt]

Why doesn’t Okanogan have a few spring bear tags? My property is over run with bears in the spring. Wreak havoc on the fawns and then start to move on by hunting season. Doesn’t make sense to me why there aren’t a few tags.

same with unit 113, they need spring bear tags now!  I'm sure its to protect their precious grizzly bears and wolves.

[Karl Blanchard]

So self admittedly, I pay little attention to bear stuff. Here is my question. Say you shoot a bear that is rubbed out pretty bad and decide to not salvage the hide. Is this now illegal or can you still leave the hide and just check the skull with the state?

[Ghost Hunter]

Harvest Check, Submitting Biological Samples and Bear Teeth: All successful bear hunters must validate (notch) their bear tag, notify the department within 72 hours of kill (excluding legal state holidays), provide the hunter's name, date and location of kill, and sex of animal. The raw pelt, evidence of sex, and the first premolar must be presented to an authorized department employee for sealing within 5 days of notification of kill. All permit hunters must comply with harvest reporting and submission of biological samples as described above. Failure to comply with the submission of biological samples is a misdemeanor pursuant to RCW 77.15.280.

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-415-080

A week old hide in June could be pretty rank time it gets sealed.