youth season...am i imagining things?

[jackelope]

so my buddy asked me about a youth season that i swore up and down was a week before the general season, maybe a weekend only or something along those lines. he called me last night to ask me WTF i was talking about and i just went and looked and there is no youth only season this year...did they eliminate it? i don't have any youth hunters in my house yet, so i don't recall stuff like this.
am i imagining things or did they get rid of it this year?

[julzzz]

Skookumckuck D is a youth only permit and its for any deer and it starts Oct. 10 and goes to the 31st.

[cabin308]

There is a youth modern firearm season in some Eastern WA GMUs like last year but they removed the late season any WT deer in NE WA GMUs.  Plus there are the youth special permits for deer, too. 
The only youth season I can think of that opens before the general season is the statewide youth only upland bird hunt this weekend (Sept 26-27). 

[jackelope]

There is a youth modern firearm season in some Eastern WA GMUs like last year but they removed the late season any WT deer in NE WA GMUs.  Plus there are the youth special permits for deer, too. 
The only youth season I can think of that opens before the general season is the statewide youth only upland bird hunt this weekend (Sept 26-27). 

i should have been more specific. last year there was a youth only whitetail hunt in the NE and if i remember correctly it was the weekend before the general modern opener. i have looked over the reg's thoroughly(by my standards) and found nothing this year. i could have missed something.
youths can still shoot whitetail does down in some gmu's in the Blues this year during general, but i couldn't find the youth NE seasons.

[cabin308]

You're right, I went through this years regs and found nothing about an early youth hunt.  On that note though, looking at the 2008 regs I can't find what you're saying about an early opening youth hunt last year that got eliminated this year?      Not trying to    or call you out but I don't see it. 
   http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/huntregs2008.pdf

[jackelope]

You're right, I went through this years regs and found nothing about an early youth hunt.  On that note though, looking at the 2008 regs I can't find what you're saying about an early opening youth hunt last year that got eliminated this year?      Not trying to    or call you out but I don't see it. 
   http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/hunter/huntregs2008.pdf

you're certainly not calling me out or stirring the pot. i said i could be imagining things 2-3 times.

[cabin308]

It's all good  .  You said that hunt existed last year when it didn't.  I only meant to help clarify  .

last year there was a youth only whitetail hunt in the NE and if i remember correctly it was the weekend before the general modern opener. i have looked over the reg's thoroughly(by my standards) and found nothing this year. i could have missed something.

[runningboard]

last year's  NE youth season ran from the close of modern season until the open of late season. shortened this year.

[jackelope]

last year's  NE youth season ran from the close of modern season until the open of late season. shortened this year.

thank you..i guess i had it on the wrong end of the season.

[turbo]

I wonder why they are cutting back on youth hunts? Not a good idea IMO unless your goal is to reduce future hunters??

[JackOfAllTrades]

I have last years regs at home.. For three years runnin I've taken my son to LPO for the youth any deer hunt in November for a doe. Then we continued my general/late hunt for the east side. They did away with the youth only season this year. Last year, the youth hunt carried into the late buck, for any deer for kids, but it wasn't a 'youth only' season. General tag holders had to shoot a buck.

-Steve

[bowpredator]

The only one I can think about is the skookumchuck unit which opens on the 10th. My son drew this tag this year so it should be interesting.

[Pathfinder101]

I'll bet it had to do with the winter kill in the NE.

[lazydrifter]

The state started cutting back on a lot of the youth seasons some years ago.  They had alot of 200 unit seasons that were either sex whitetail and mulie for youth.  I was told that they had to many complaints from adult hunters because the kids all wanted to shoot bucks so they were shooting alot of the 2 points.  Then they went to a permit and it was for a doe or 3 point or better.  In a lot of the 100 unit areas it still is either sex for youth but it must be a whitetail and it is not a permit.
I hope I made sense with all of this babble.

Brant

[runningboard]

I'll bet it had to do with the winter kill in the NE.