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[konradcountry]

This is overpriced and would be used by very few hunters. A big problem is that it ignores Eastern/Western differences. Eastern Wa hunters are unlikely to salt fish and Western Wa are unlikely to hunt turkey.

They should just have a discounted saltwater/freshwater/shellfish combo option for the big game package.

[KFhunter]

I'd go for a predator package

bear, cougar + discounted small game and eventually (probably never)  wolf, bear, lion + small game

[ctwiggs1]

I’ll be buying mine this week and will probably use everything except the seaweed license.... but maybe I’ll try that as well next year.

For those of us that do it all, it’s a nice option. If you want more combo options, write in and make suggestions.

[ThurstonCokid]

I usually do it all here in wa. Everything except saltwater fishing. Maybe I’ll give that a shot once i buy this. I try to buy less and less here in wa but not having a full understanding of out of state opportunities and only having one year out of state experience i think I’ll end up buying this.


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[Bango skank]

This is overpriced and would be used by very few hunters. A big problem is that it ignores Eastern/Western differences. Eastern Wa hunters are unlikely to salt fish and Western Wa are unlikely to hunt turkey.

Are you kidding me?  Turkey season here is slammed with westsiders.  I dont know anybody that lives here that hunts turkey.

[HillHound]

I think the locals shoot turkeys and some possibly even notch their tags. But you’re right they don’t actually go out and hunt them. They just shoot them out of their yard or out of the tree that they’re roosting in above their cars at night.  I knew an old boy with a dairy farm up that way who is long gone now.  He didn’t hunt turkeys but always had a freezer full of them. They destroyed his alfalfa fields and he’d always say the government doesn’t pay me to feed the damn birds.

[Russ McDonald]

This is overpriced and would be used by very few hunters. A big problem is that it ignores Eastern/Western differences. Eastern Wa hunters are unlikely to salt fish and Western Wa are unlikely to hunt turkey.

They should just have a discounted saltwater/freshwater/shellfish combo option for the big game package.

Lots of western Washington hunters hunt turkey.  14k plus tags sold in 2018 for turkeys.  I guarantee that they weren't all sold to east side turkey hunters.

This is a great discount for you all.  I am not eligible for the package because I get the disabled veteran discount.

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[konradcountry]

This is overpriced and would be used by very few hunters. A big problem is that it ignores Eastern/Western differences. Eastern Wa hunters are unlikely to salt fish and Western Wa are unlikely to hunt turkey.

Are you kidding me?  Turkey season here is slammed with westsiders.  I dont know anybody that lives here that hunts turkey.

You can look up the stats in the harvest report. Most hunters don't buy a turkey tag. Not even 20%.

So this package isn't designed for most hunters. Not really well thought out.

[bobcat]

I'm contemplating getting ONLY a deer tag. $45 and I'm done. I'll get deer, elk, bear, cougar for my daughter, and that's only $46. The savings will help pay for deer and antelope licenses in Wyoming for my daughter and I.

[Bango skank]

I'm contemplating getting ONLY a deer tag. $45 and I'm done. I'll get deer, elk, bear, cougar for my daughter, and that's only $46. The savings will help pay for deer and antelope licenses in Wyoming for my daughter and I.

So youre hunting deer out of state.  Id say if anything, get only bear and cougar tags here.  It would be about the same price.  When the day comes that i cant locate a worthy buck to target for the coming season, and the way things are going thats probably not far in the future,  ill just buy predator tags here in washington.  Got my target for 2020 though.

[KFhunter]

That's what I'm going to do as I'll be hunting Idaho and maybe Wyoming this year for antelope, really want to take pops out for a speed goat.   

[bobcat]

I'm contemplating getting ONLY a deer tag. $45 and I'm done. I'll get deer, elk, bear, cougar for my daughter, and that's only $46. The savings will help pay for deer and antelope licenses in Wyoming for my daughter and I.

So youre hunting deer out of state.  Id say if anything, get only bear and cougar tags here.  It would be about the same price.  When the day comes that i cant locate a worthy buck to target for the coming season, and the way things are going thats probably not far in the future,  ill just buy predator tags here in washington.  Got my target for 2020 though.

I want the Washington deer tag so I can hunt deer with my daughter. I always buy bear and cougar tags but never fill them. Seems like I've been wasting my money all these years. I do want to focus more on predators, and I'll be hunting predators this winter. I suppose I should buy a small game license next year so I can kill bobcats. So maybe I'll just do deer w/small game. If I decide I want bear and cougar, then it ends up being a better deal just buying the whole big game combo of deer, elk, bear, and cougar, for just over $100. Tough decision. Not sure what I'll do. If the state does anything more to violate my rights, such as requiring background checks for ammunition purchases like California did, then that will make the decision easier. In that case I'll do just the deer tag for $45 and call it good.

[goldenhtr]

There was another (newer) thread about this, someone did the math, I wanna say it was $20 or maybe a little better vs buying everything else combo'd/lowest price....

Yea i made that newer thread, and apparently someone felt it needed deleted. i dont understand why, it was a general topic but whatever, i just added up what i bought and beings i dont fish the salt, i spent around 175, thats for deer and elk with discoutned small game. if instead i do d/e/b/c with discounted small game plus a 2nd turkey tag, i come up with $206, so i guess i basically have to decide the chance that i end up fishing the salt, it would be 25 more dollars and i would get saltwater fishing along with some west side migratory stuff that i dont need on the eastside, or my other option is to give idaho my leftover $25.

Yep, here you go idaho, where do i write the check

I don't think the migratory stuff is a west side thing, It's across the US thing to hunt Geese and Ducks,Doves