EAST/WEST DEER TAG SPLIT POLL

[TeacherMan]

Is this really a thing or just curiosity? Really break it up and make a dozen regions similar to what we have in Idaho. Personally I like that system here.

[hughjorgan]

Is this really a thing or just curiosity?

Yes it is to be considered before the commission meeting on march 14-16

[jason stevens]

My question will be how do they implement this when you have a multi season tag put in for already

[Karl Blanchard]

My question will be how do they implement this when you have a multi season tag put in for already

no different than they do with elk. Multi season tags are valid both east and west.

[ASHQUACK]

Wetside, tried and true blacktail hunter. I've kilt more blackies than any other deer by far. Hunting whitetail once every couple of years. Hoping to draw a quality mule deer tag so I can finally kill a mule deer in Washington. But that is probably a dream just like the moose tag.

[TeacherMan]

Be interesting to add another poll of how many people this would even affect. Example when I lived in WA I never hunted the Westside. I wonder how many people there are that actually hunt both sides every year.

[baldopepper]

Be interesting to add another poll of how many people this would even affect. Example when I lived in WA I never hunted the Westside. I wonder how many people there are that actually hunt both sides every year.

  I actually know several who do, but most just do the late whitetail hunt.  Suspect that hunt might be the most affected if they change

[Karl Blanchard]

Be interesting to add another poll of how many people this would even affect. Example when I lived in WA I never hunted the Westside. I wonder how many people there are that actually hunt both sides every year.

I think there is a whole pile of dudes that hunt muley's but race back west to hunt the blacktail rut. Then if that doesn't pan out had Northeast to try and get a whitetail.  I know quite a few guys who make the rounds each fall.

[fishngamereaper]

Be interesting to add another poll of how many people this would even affect. Example when I lived in WA I never hunted the Westside. I wonder how many people there are that actually hunt both sides every year.

I think there is a whole pile of dudes that hunt muley's but race back west to hunt the blacktail rut. Then if that doesn't pan out had Northeast to try and get a whitetail.  I know quite a few guys who make the rounds each fall.

 
Yup...

[rtspring]

Do our mule deer have a serious problem in this state? YES they certainly do.   But quit thinking a DRAW will solve all the world problems!!!  I didn’t invest thousands of dollars in gear over 40 years to MAYBE go hunting!!!

Here is the problem, Washington does not have enough game to satisfy the hunting population numbers!  Its been that way since I started hunting at 10 years old. 

Yakima elk numbers are better than I have ever seen, I probably spend more time in that unit than most.  So I think I would know if we were in a decline for elk.

I kill a buck almost every year in one of the yakima units. 

You want wyoming, but in reality you live in Washington.   

Your saying the elk numbers are better in that unit then they were 10 , 15 , 20 years ago  Why are the Elk numbers down in ALL the neighboring units ? Why have  Bull and cow tags been drastically cut in all these units in the past 20 years ?

Eastside for me .

Thats exactly what I’m saying.  Do you really believe harvest numbers?? Do you really think the state counts every elk?   I would like to know why permits have been lowered myself.. 

[raydog]

Be interesting to add another poll of how many people this would even affect. Example when I lived in WA I never hunted the Westside. I wonder how many people there are that actually hunt both sides every year.

I think there is a whole pile of dudes that hunt muley's but race back west to hunt the blacktail rut. Then if that doesn't pan out had Northeast to try and get a whitetail.  I know quite a few guys who make the rounds each fall.

 
Yup...

I used to go over and hunt mulies then return home for the rut blacktail hunt. That was before the game department tried killing every doe/fawn in the methow.

[raydog]

Karl, don't be jealous because we can carry our deer out on our backs whole.. 

Jesus! I'm thankful my jab at you blacktail boiz didn't go unnoticed 

Easy side is for deer hunters that lack skill 

Taco is right and you know it! My deer don't have big white butts!

[hughjorgan]

Do our mule deer have a serious problem in this state? YES they certainly do.   But quit thinking a DRAW will solve all the world problems!!!  I didn’t invest thousands of dollars in gear over 40 years to MAYBE go hunting!!!

Here is the problem, Washington does not have enough game to satisfy the hunting population numbers!  Its been that way since I started hunting at 10 years old. 

Yakima elk numbers are better than I have ever seen, I probably spend more time in that unit than most.  So I think I would know if we were in a decline for elk.

I kill a buck almost every year in one of the yakima units. 

You want wyoming, but in reality you live in Washington.   

Your saying the elk numbers are better in that unit then they were 10 , 15 , 20 years ago  Why are the Elk numbers down in ALL the neighboring units ? Why have  Bull and cow tags been drastically cut in all these units in the past 20 years ?

Eastside for me .

Thats exactly what I’m saying.  Do you really believe harvest numbers?? Do you really think the state counts every elk?   I would like to know why permits have been lowered myself..

From reading the status and trends report for a few years they were below the 12 bulls to 100 cows and the harvest numbers of spikes harvested was low so with those two data points they decreased opportunity. In reality there numbers have been way off on cow to calf ratios being that our herd has been growing. A lot of their low counts came during our mild winters when the majority of the herd hasn’t come down to the feeding stations.

[muleyslayer]

EASTSIDE it’s closer to Idaho lol

[TeacherMan]

Okay let’s just step this up. Eastern WA, Western WA, different states 😂 I may move back to the Eastern WA if they did this lol…