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| bearpaw:
--- Quote from: Ray on August 06, 2009, 08:29:45 AM ---Sounds unintentional to me. Maybe they should have something like the montana bear id test before you get a bear tag. Oh gotta hear the response to that :chuckle: --- End quote --- Ray I agree with your comment.....Many hunters who especially live in areas of the state with no grizzlies have no idea they are really in the woods in NE WA. I have been all over these mountains and have never seen one, but some idiot shot one less than 10 miles from my house a few years back and I think had to pay $10,000. The state should require a bear test like MT does. Only takes a few minutes to do it from any computer. :twocents: you guys know I am normally against any extra laws, but I think this would help educate those who need it the most.... :twocents: |
| bearpaw:
--- Quote from: Ray on August 06, 2009, 08:45:39 AM ---There's no excuse for not knowing how to ID your bear species. However I believe the punishment should be lesser if there was no evidence that it was intentional. I agree completely that it is illegal and punishable. Who bets these guys get more punishment for accidentally killing a grizzly bear than the kid who killed the lady on Sauk Mountain? --- End quote --- Ray, I agree with you here too.....they are in far deeper doodoo....sad thing is, it sounds like they innocently made a mistake, but then used poor judgement in their reaction to the mistake. I simply can not imagine anyone moving anything they thought was illegal from truck to truck in a motel parking lot....that in itself indicates it probably wasn't intentional, and indicates just how uneducated some hunters are about hunting....thus my reasons for saying there should be a bear test. :twocents: |
| huntnphool:
I have wondered why there wasn't a test for a long time, I've also wondered how many mule deer get shot in the late whitetail hunt on the eastside. Last year on my moose hunt I saw a game warden with a 30"+ mule deer buck in the bed of his truck, it was late Nov. in 49DN, smoker of a buck going to waist. |
| Machias:
--- Quote from: hangumhi on August 10, 2009, 10:06:59 PM ---Monetary fines won't bring this bear back nor will jail time and they're obviously not dangers to society so quit with the get a rope attitude. --- End quote --- Look don't be mad but this line is really funny coming from a guy with a name like hangumhi. :chuckle: :chuckle: |
| Kain:
We dont have to wait for Washington to implement the test just take it yourself and ask your friends to also. Most of us have taken the test already. http://fwp.mt.gov/bearid/default.html We could even ask WDFW to add the link to their site. A little hunter proactive action might go a long way here. |
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