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elkboy:
Hey HuntWA!    If any of you are hunting deer in GMUs 139 or 142, I have a favor to ask. I have been working on blood trailing for big game recovery with my 11 month old puppy, and she loves it (just artificial trails with elk blood from last year). If any of you are successful on the deer hunt, and wouldn't mind letting me and Sylvia the pup come out, we'd be grateful. It doesn't matter if it was an easy tracking job and you've already recovered the deer.  I just need to put her on a few actual trailing jobs. PM me and we can trade contact info.

Thank you all! Best of luck in your fall hunts!

carpsniperg2:
I knew they were talking about changing the law to allow this, I take it that it passed?

HillHound:
Yep it passed for deer and elk. You still have to let your bear or cougar rot though. Stupid in my opinion. Make us call it in first and let us find our wounded animal, regardless of what it is.

elkboy:
Carpsniperg2, that is correct. See pages 21 and 87 of the 2022-2023 regulations. One dog, leashed, during legal hunting hours, may be used to aid in recovery of wounded big game. I think it is a great move, which will allow better utilization of the wildlife resource. Common practice in Europe, and increasingly throughout the USA. There are some great videos out there showing some of the tracking jobs that dogs can do!

elkboy:

--- Quote from: HillHound on September 05, 2022, 11:50:59 AM ---Yep it passed for deer and elk. You still have to let your bear or cougar rot though. Stupid in my opinion. Make us call it in first and let us find our wounded animal, regardless of what it is.

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Good point, HillHound.

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