Deer hunting on base

[tlbradford]

Can one of you guys send a copy of that email to me?  My contractors badge is good through next summer.

[robb92]

Good luck with the hunting. I bet the wing commander is getting with c/e emtomology to find out about the impact hutning will have on the base. The wing king here did the same thing and they also said it was a safety issue with the deer inside the flightline area.

[SpokaneSlayer]

TL - PM sent

Robb - You're probably right.  I think it's approved now since the permits are available for us.

[colockumelk]

So they're not going to have another proficiency shoot?  Crap.  Is there a late season there at all?

[tlbradford]

Heck, I just want to hunt those trees in front of the Bx where they sit in the shade and let us drool at them.

[SpokaneSlayer]

So they're not going to have another proficiency shoot?  Crap.  Is there a late season there at all?

No there isn't.  The GMU we're in, GMU 130, doesn't have a late season at all.

[tlbradford]

Thanks Slayer.  If I don't get a permit, and you want a photographer to tag along, would they let me come on a hunt with you as long as I didn't carry a weapon?  that would be pretty cool to get you in a photo drawing on a nice muley with a tanker in the background.  Or even the president's plane if it is still out there.

I'll ask the gal when I give her a call.

[robb92]

Do they know how many deer they want removed from the base to drop the herd size but still maintain a healthy herd?

[SpokaneSlayer]

TL - That would be pretty cool.  You'd win the POM contest for sure.  I'll probably be hunting out there everyday after work next week, all day the last 2 days of the season since I took leave.  That's all assuming I don't get a deer before then.  I don't think they would have a problem with that.

Robb - I have no idea.  There were 15 guys at the shoot and we can all take one.

[robb92]

You should check to see who is setting the limits for on base, and how many deer total they want removed they might tell you that you can take more than one. C/E emtomology and wing safety should be the ones running the program. I would make some calls to find out.

[SpokaneSlayer]

Apparently, per our base commander, it's now a lottery to be able to participate.    They are drawing names at 1600 today.  Good thing I have other places I can go.

[robb92]

Nice of him to change the plan after you already qualified!!! 

[SpokaneSlayer]

Nice of him to change the plan after you already qualified!!! 

The day before it opens no less!

[robb92]

When we had the deer team here on base, there were 10 of us that were the only ones who could hunt on base. Then they decided to have Andrews part of the AFDW and they split the base in two, the 89th and then 316th, pretty much the deer team instead of falling under wing safety it would fall under entomology, and they were going to pay a private contractor over 20 grand to do what we were doing for free. After that we said f it and left the program. I do know in 6 months we took over 50 deer out of the flightline area and around the base, plus around 100 duck and geese off the base lake.

[SpokaneSlayer]

Man the hits just keep coming!  They aren't notifying the guys who were drawn until tomorrow!  WDFW must be running it now.   There goes the opening morning hunt.  I feel bad for the guys who went off the previous info and took leave tomorrow.