WDFW Spring Bear 2022 cancelled!

[Mr Mykiss]

Why is it comical?

He's saying there's a lot of em.

...focus on the task at hand

[Mr Mykiss]

Commission contacted. Respectfully and differently for all parties.

I am not sure how much difference it would make now to contact the senate ag committee members (http://www.sci-washington.com/advocacy.html)...and say what?? "Told you so!!" Please advise.

[KFhunter]

The radicals own the vote upon threat of litigation. 


It's done.

[dreamingbig]

If I was a betting man, I'd bet that there will be little to no noticeable dip in permit app sales because of this. Everyone has far too much perceived investment in their points. Nobody is willing to sit out unfortunately.

I am getting out.  The points don’t change our odds enough to move the needle.

I know I am in the minority.


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[hunter399]

If I was a betting man, I'd bet that there will be little to no noticeable dip in permit app sales because of this. Everyone has far too much perceived investment in their points. Nobody is willing to sit out unfortunately.

I am getting out.  The points don’t change our odds enough to move the needle.

I know I am in the minority.


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Ya my points are at zero,drew last year,so I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
I guess I'll wait and see if the department comes out with an email with a little more info.

[Karl Blanchard]

If I was a betting man, I'd bet that there will be little to no noticeable dip in permit app sales because of this. Everyone has far too much perceived investment in their points. Nobody is willing to sit out unfortunately.

I am getting out.  The points don’t change our odds enough to move the needle.

I know I am in the minority.


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agreed.

[pickardjw]

Here's a link to contact the Commission and my letter if you want to base your's on it.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/contact

[KFhunter]

I'll add a few more species to my non-res tags and totally forgo all WA tags.

[idahohuntr]

Here's a link to contact the Commission and my letter if you want to base your's on it.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/contact

Those are excellent comments!  Thanks for sharing.

I really hope we are all inundating their inboxes over this travesty.

[Karl Blanchard]

Here's a link to contact the Commission and my letter if you want to base your's on it.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/contact

Those are excellent comments!  Thanks for sharing.

I really hope we are all inundating their inboxes over this travesty.

  great comments there pickard

[carpsniperg2]

  Most excellent

[buglebrush]

WDFW is hopeless.  I hunted almost exclusively out of state this year, and am not looking back.  Washington's head is so far in the sand it's unbelievable. 

[Mtnwalker]

I would direct much of my frustration at Chairman Carpenter. He was the deciding vote, and at one time had his head screwed on straight.

  I would also recommend phone calls in addition to emails, I'm sure a vast majority of these emails get deleted without ever being read once they see what it's about

[buglebrush]

I am in the camp that 5000 testimonies from hunters wouldn’t have mattered.  They are hell bent to end hunting in this state.  The ignore science and vote with emotion.  They don’t think they have a predator problem unless the problem is we do not yet have enough!  Hunting is spiraling down the drain in this state.


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[steeliedrew]

I’m all for a nuanced perspective on things but when we have a commission that’s not 100% on board with hunting as whole, and will bend the knee to groups like the humane society we have a serious problem.  This is along the same lines of why we can’t hunt bear and cougar with hounds. Emotion based game management as a conservation model is laughable at best. 


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