There’s 1.3 elk hunters for every 1 elk in the state of Washington, we have to set hunters up for failure. That came right from the commissioners mouth. So would it be easy to state they being the department of screw everything up is over selling their elk herds and deer herds? Perhaps since the wildlife is an assets like a herd of black angus cattle are to a rancher, then a loan can be taken out on the asset. So did the state take out loans using the wildlife as collateral? Hence the same regulations for 30 plus years with no change. I know this is far fetched and the regular public will never get the truth out of a government official or state employee. So since the state owns the wildlife, our hunting license and tags are the bill of sale so to speak from the state to possess the wildlife, then how is this not a plausible idea that the state has taken loans out against the wildlife, over selling the herd numbers by not limiting tag sales and we the people get to pay the loans back by non stop license sales and poor regulations setting up failure. Although many hunters may only get to hunt elk every 5-10 years in other states with draw only regulations, some even longer. So do you want to hunt spikes every year with a otc tag or wait years to hunt an elk? Classic case of what don’t ya want.
