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The quality of the experience has certainly dropped. Speaking mostly to goat rocks and adams. Only know carlton from others report and not my own boots. Every couple years someone will catch one that crosses the trail and ends up with 3 cows in a drainage on the west side and that is what has kept the hunt alive for the past decade. Part of a quality hunt imo, is seeing ample animals and healthy herds passing on a few and waiting for that special one, or having the freedom to know you can likely fill a tag with a lesser animal at the tail end of your hunt. Not spending an entire season for a glimpse of a couple critters that may or may not be a "quality". I dont like that they cut it, but it likely saved alot of high points holders tons of frustration. Aside from a very few that know the areas intimately and have some success, their is simply not enough animals and certainly not enough big animals to justify a quality tag.
Is there a link to this information about the upcoming seasons permits?
https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/about/regulations/filings/2022/WSR%2022-04-103.pdf
Quote from: trophyhunt on March 03, 2022, 11:00:51 AMhttps://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/about/regulations/filings/2022/WSR%2022-04-103.pdfThey have literally destroyed Washington elk hunting in less than 5-7 years.
Pretty discouraging after 20 years that the hunting thrill of your life would be to draw a deer permit. A bull permit to me now is OIL, as I will not even participate after that.
If they want to move it to the bull permit instead of quality, I get that, but don’t eliminate it for bs reasons.