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On another note.You guys do realize that timber company has a hand in this.Using feed barrels and other means of control tree damage ,not allowing access to spring bear hunters,ECT. Have turned the spring bear hunt from a damage hunt / to a recreation hunt.
Quote from: hunter399 on January 31, 2021, 09:16:57 PMOn another note.You guys do realize that timber company has a hand in this.Using feed barrels and other means of control tree damage ,not allowing access to spring bear hunters,ECT. Have turned the spring bear hunt from a damage hunt / to a recreation hunt.Timber companies utilize bear feed in the spring because it is what is most effective at limiting damage, aside from depredation removals which were able to use hamstrung versions of the banned methods of take. Boot hunting in western Washington has proven ineffective for decades at addressing the massive damage to their property, what do you expect? Would a spring bear boot hunt be a great recreation opportunity? Yeah! Help out our struggling deer populations? Heck yeah! Stop private property damage? Not at all... Insinuating that private property owners have done anything to push this is ridiculous. If anyone knows how overpopulated bear populations are in western WA it's the timber companies!
Quote from: Alan K on February 10, 2021, 06:06:52 AMQuote from: hunter399 on January 31, 2021, 09:16:57 PMOn another note.You guys do realize that timber company has a hand in this.Using feed barrels and other means of control tree damage ,not allowing access to spring bear hunters,ECT. Have turned the spring bear hunt from a damage hunt / to a recreation hunt.Timber companies utilize bear feed in the spring because it is what is most effective at limiting damage, aside from depredation removals which were able to use hamstrung versions of the banned methods of take. Boot hunting in western Washington has proven ineffective for decades at addressing the massive damage to their property, what do you expect? Would a spring bear boot hunt be a great recreation opportunity? Yeah! Help out our struggling deer populations? Heck yeah! Stop private property damage? Not at all... Insinuating that private property owners have done anything to push this is ridiculous. If anyone knows how overpopulated bear populations are in western WA it's the timber companies!
The more tags we can get in the hands of the guys who know how to bear hunt the better. Unfortunately I don't believe the number of guys hunting specifically for bear is very high. I suspect most are incidental, glassing one up during deer season etc. Anything we can do to reduce the out of control predators in this state is vital to help out the ungulates.
So.............@Alan KHelp me understand.The animal activist that sued to get timber company's spring hound permits taken away. Now they are are trying to stop the spring recreational hunt .No connection there,even though the hound permits have left a bad taste in everyone's month that doesn't hunt.The feed barrel ,I have no idea how long timber company been feeding bears.Its a short term solution causing themselves more problems.Its like putting a bandaid on a gunshot wound.You feed bears-they don't eat tress,but at the same time bears population increase through feeding.Then snare them to a tree and shoot them.Sounds like a plan,that's a winner.Basically.........Spring hunt started as a damage hunt.And it didn't work like timber company's wanted ,So they went more to hound permits issued by WDFW .Now recreation permits in certain tree farms are decreasing for recreational hunts ,but that's the place where this damage occurs.Ohh ya that's right I don't think they want the public to see what's going on in them woods.I believe......Our wildlife is held in a public trust of management where hunters should be used to manage wildlife with opportunities to hunt,through fair chase,and not wasted meat,ECT. Snare a bear to tree and shoot it and leave it is not proper management.I think we just have a different of opinion that we will never see eye to eye on .I'm done posting on it.