Opening morning woes

[Roadkill99]

First thing. Parked and walked in. Got a good mile or so in and let out a bugle. I get an answer. My second season I'm excited. I run towards the elk. I close the distance to under 100 yards and it's a kid with what looked to be a firearm. He sees me and runs back to their truck setting off their car alarm. I know fire arms aren't allowed where I'm hunting so I back out and call the MIPS. 3 minutes later they speed out.  As I'm on the phone with the MP's I walk into what's left of a poached elk. (Just the legs and a plastic bag). People with guns, high temps, poached animals I went back to my tree stand.

[boneaddict]

hopefully you got license on the rig, but behind a locked gate...tribal?


but yeah, that is a rough start to the day

[Roadkill99]

hopefully you got license on the rig, but behind a locked gate...tribal?


I didn’t get the license. They had guns and I’ve heard stories. They where native and not behind a gate, but They where on base.

[dvolmer]

Welcome to Washington!!!  Chaos, loonies, stupidity, and craziness!!!

[BD1]

Sorry that is how your season started...best of luck moving forward...and far from a "Washington" issue...far from it.

[Roadkill99]

Sorry that is how your season started...best of luck moving forward...and far from a "Washington" issue...far from it.

I moved past this morning pretty quickly and ended up having a great day. Saw a gray fox at less then 2 yards. I got to spend an hour with law enforcement after hunting hours. Which was really cool. They let me finish my hunting day.

And then the Washington thing. I agree it's far from a WA issue. There are bad, nasty, dishonest people in every state.

[boneaddict]

Many people have never seen a fox in Washington.  THat is indeed a cool event.   Way to move on in a positive fashion.   

[dvolmer]

If it is poaching then you are correct. All states have that problem. But if it is out of control native hunting like you mentioned, then Washington and Oregon take the cake!!!