Hunt Master permits

[Wahoo]

I recently talked with a wdfw employee who told me the order of the list to be called is created by the drawing itself. First successfull drawing for that permit is the first one on the call list and so forth. I drew the MH Moose Tag and was going to try and find out where I am on the list but I didn't think of the caller not sticking to the list. I don't think I am going to get my hopes up to high. 

[high country]

I have been drawn 2 times. there is a little politics involved since the dept just gives the HM a list and he is not paid.

[Caretaker]

Depends on where you draw.  Some hunt masters are ill-tempered control freaks, the order in which they contact potential hunters has no ryme or reason to it, and you have to be on their favorite list, god forbid you get called and make a mistake....any mistake, you will forever be blacklisted....inside their circle if you know what I mean.  Other HM's will let you hunt on your own once you have been given a tour of the hunting area.  Bob33 probably has the most knowledge in this area.

[Bob33]

New hunt master guidelines and policies have been drafted but are not fully implemented at this time. The state will provide the hunt master with a list of permit holders and the order in which each was drawn.  It is expected that the hunt master will use that list and contact the permit holders in the order they were drawn.

Since these are damage control hunts, there is no assurance that a permit holder will be called.  It really depends on the animals and when and how often they're on huntable land.

[high country]

I should add that I have had great results from the HM's, but I have seen first hand that there are MH's that are truly stupid.....at least before the super cutback. I would not want to be one of them dudes if I could not test every hunter myself.

[high country]

Depends on where you draw.  Some hunt masters are ill-tempered control freaks, the order in which they contact potential hunters has no ryme or reason to it, and you have to be on their favorite list, god forbid you get called and make a mistake....any mistake, you will forever be blacklisted....inside their circle if you know what I mean.  Other HM's will let you hunt on your own once you have been given a tour of the hunting area.  Bob33 probably has the most knowledge in this area.

the HM might be cool with it, but the the enforcement guy could have both of their arses for lunch. the HM i to be a liason, not hunt god.

I know that one hunt master will allow you to come back after your permit season and hunt another permit season (one you didn't draw) if you didn't kill an elk.