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2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« on: April 15, 2025, 09:31:46 AM »
Holy smokes, they were actually on time for once  :chuckle:

https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/02608/wdfw02608.pdf
"master" hunter - still a noob.

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2025, 09:40:23 AM »
Quality bull tags continue to dwindle!   :bash:
Fish hard, hunt harder!

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2025, 10:19:24 AM »
Thanks for the alert!
Introduce someone new to hunting this year.

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2025, 10:39:27 AM »
Really hard to get excited anymore about draws....



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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2025, 12:18:15 PM »
So politically correct they can't even put a harvest picture on the cover...

"Here is what hunting in Washington looks like now, just go volunteer to fix fence on a ranch with no deer"

Offline trophyhunt

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2025, 12:24:57 PM »
So politically correct they can't even put a harvest picture on the cover...

"Here is what hunting in Washington looks like now, just go volunteer to fix fence on a ranch with no deer"
Just what I was thinking, odd cover.  But, I kinda think it's cool. 
“In common with”..... not so much!!

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2025, 02:33:05 PM »
If they were going to highlight a RMEF project on the cover they could have at least had him where a hat with their logo on it.

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2025, 03:25:24 PM »
When can we start buying our tags

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2025, 03:44:25 PM »
When can we start buying our tags

January 1st I think.

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2025, 04:43:00 PM »
No more Manson Sheep

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2025, 06:49:13 PM »
Don't look at what the goat odds are going to be......plus loss of a few sheep tags, slim pickings for OIL this year.

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2025, 07:09:41 PM »
I see the cougar caps suck.
Few areas probably won't even open.
Added a few more GMU for the bear test.
i can't tell for sure ,moose permits look different to me.

« Last Edit: April 15, 2025, 07:27:05 PM by hunter399 »

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2025, 07:36:28 PM »
Bios state the Yakima elk herd is exceeding abundance objectives and meeting bull:cow ratios so of course they reduce Quality archery tags yet again, why wouldn't they?  :bash:

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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2025, 08:12:52 PM »
How in gods green earth do they think the goose prairie archery hunting gmu can only handle 2 archery bulls to be taken. Do the bios even do anything or are they still blaming covid? I do believe they have caught the stupid.
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Re: 2025 Big Game Rules are out!
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2025, 08:20:52 PM »
How in gods green earth do they think the goose prairie archery hunting gmu can only handle 2 archery bulls to be taken. Do the bios even do anything or are they still blaming covid? I do believe they have caught the stupid.

They don’t think it can handle 2 bulls being taken by archers. Typically archery is calculated at about a 50% success rate so if they take 2 this year there probably won’t be a season next year…

 


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