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To bring this back to life.... I cant imagine that this hunt is even going to take place??? What are all of your thoughts?
Just kind of fyi from a neighbor for any of the extremely lucky that got picked....The park has been super crowded lately---maybe more than ever. They have had to shutdown trailheads and the feeding roads because cars have been parked all along the sides for up to five miles. Other places (Lake Crescent) have had lawn/picnic areas used for additional parking to handle the crowds. I've been told that RVs and vehicles like sprinter vans and even trucks that can tow camping set ups have been selling faster than in years past---lots of road trips to America's parks, with Olympic seemingly getting a hefty share. Hopefully all your trails will be open and not too crowded. First group hunts in a couple weeks.
Hi, my first post here - just joined today. First, I am not a hunter, but a very experienced climber and hiker of Olympic National Park. I do support the hunting/culling of the mountain goat population in the Olympics, and am hoping to pass on some potentially helpful information to anyone on this forum who may be involved with this culling project. I've climbed Mt. Olympus eight times over the years, dating back to 1976. I've also backpacked up to the lateral moraine to show friends and family the view a number of additional times. The most recent was this past week when I took my wife there for her first repeat visit since 2016. I also took some friends up there last summer. Almost every time I've been to this area I have seen mountain goats on the Mt. Olympus massif.This past Wednesday, September 30, my wife and I ran into a culling team who had just topped out on the rope ladder below Glacier Meadows. When I asked if they were part of the culling hunters, they confirmed that they were and one of them asked us if we were part of "team three". I asked if they had any luck, and unfortunately the answer was negative. I told them where I usually saw goats, and they said they had glassed that area extensively without any sightings.We continued on to Glacier Meadows, then on up to the top of the lateral moraine. While eating lunch, I pulled out my pocket binoculars and started scanning Mt. Olympus, and sure enough spotted two goats.If anyone is on the next group that is headed into that area this coming week, or if you know someone who is, please respond to me and I can forward on a couple of photos I took. I also shot a compass bearing of the goats' location.Thanks!
