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Change #4 is proposed because the Department is planning an aerial and/or ground mountaingoat capture in the Goat Rocks Wilderness and surrounding area for September 2023.Overlapping hunting and capture operation activities will negatively impact both hunting andcapture success. Therefore, the Department is proposing to shorten the hunt dates for the GoatRocks West and Goat Rocks East special permits.4. A modification of the Goat Rocks West and Goat Rocks East hunt dates from September 1 November 30 to proposed dates of October 1 November 30.
Sounds like you answered your own question. While you are in there looking at commission docs, take a peek at all the activity around the Game Management Plan and Guiding Principles.
Quote from: Stein on April 17, 2023, 02:34:41 PMSounds like you answered your own question. While you are in there looking at commission docs, take a peek at all the activity around the Game Management Plan and Guiding Principles. The question, while rhetorical, is why on earth would they schedule a capture during what's supposed to be hunting season?
Quote from: Stein on April 17, 2023, 02:34:41 PMSounds like you answered your own question. While you are in there looking at commission docs, take a peek at all the activity around the Game Management Plan and Guiding Principles. Also, why would they schedule a capture so near Winter time when the goats will have less time to recover from the stress of the transfer before snow flies? ? F'n idiots
Isnt a capture done when the population is over the carrying capacity of the area? With permit numbers being reduced over the years, it seems a capture would not be needed. Unless next year there are zero permits due to reduced population. They just accomplished their goal, no hunting season.
I believe WDFW deemed them non-native, thus the goal population is 0.
Quote from: jackelope on April 17, 2023, 02:52:41 PMQuote from: Stein on April 17, 2023, 02:34:41 PMSounds like you answered your own question. While you are in there looking at commission docs, take a peek at all the activity around the Game Management Plan and Guiding Principles. The question, while rhetorical, is why on earth would they schedule a capture during what's supposed to be hunting season?Why would the capture take priority over the hunting season?If both would have negative outcomes in concurance, move the capture, not the hunt.
Quote from: Stein on April 17, 2023, 03:11:49 PMI believe WDFW deemed them non-native, thus the goal population is 0.Non-native where? In the Goat Rocks?
Quote from: jackelope on April 17, 2023, 03:14:22 PMQuote from: Stein on April 17, 2023, 03:11:49 PMI believe WDFW deemed them non-native, thus the goal population is 0.Non-native where? In the Goat Rocks?My bad, confused as usual. The only mention on the website seems to be Jan-March captures for collars. No mention I could find of captures this fall.