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Pugetsound:
WDFW HUNTING RULE CHANGE   
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov
December 29, 2009
Elk Area 4941 (Skagit River) closes for elk hunting
Action: Closes Elk Area 4941 to elk hunting
Effective dates:   December 28, 2009 to January 20, 2010
Species affected:   Elk
Location:   Skagit River south and east of highways 9 and 20, near Concrete; for more information on the closed area, please consult page 80 of the 2009 Big Game Hunting Season pamphlet.
Reasons for action:   The elk harvest objective for the area has been met and the conduct of hunters has become disorderly and unsportsmanlike.
Information Contact:   Wildlife Program (360) 902-2515 or Wildthing@dfw.wa.gov 

Redmist:
Just read about this in the Columbia Basin Herald.  Pretty big article.  Sounds like a bad spectator sport.  Something like this happened up North on deer a decade or so ago with modern firearm.  But that opening morning of the Yakima Elk Season when the herd gets ran along the high fence and butchered isn't sportsmanlike hunting either.  How about when the Elk crossed over at Cresent Bar years back and took that royal beating.   I guess when something like this happens with arrows, it's a slower death, and probably can be more visually ugly and equated to bullfighting which I think is coward sport.  Don't let me forget to mention the tribes who have to kill Refuge and Snow yarded big game like they are great hunters.  Truthfully, the Indians are the most unsportsmanlike since they have unlimited opportunity to kill in a sportsmanlike manor, but choose to take advantage of whats "easy" on the ground that most of Washington citizens pay taxes to protect.  But the truth of the matter is that none of the above means *censored* to our kids getting killed in war.  So think about them first, and send them some Elk sausage.

Special T:
I went to a bull fight in Mexico...One of the guys did a hack job.... So for the beginning of the next round, with a fresh bull he knelt in front of the chute about 40 yards with the red facing the bull and holding his empty hands in the air... He didn't seem like a coward to me.  :dunno:  :twocents:

GoldTip:
Good thing they didn't have video cam's with how the hunt used to happen out on Deckard flats near Gardner in the late 80's/early 90's during regular season after a heavy snow. :yike:

chrisb:
I've heard a lot about this and what the DFW officials said, but never got the story on what went on.

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