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backwoods_boy:
WDFW WILDLIFE PROGRAM
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
Dear Washington Hunter,
This email is being sent to you to inform you about changes being made to the WDFW special hunt permit drawings for 2010.  We will contact you again in the coming weeks as the details about permit submittals are finalized. 
Background:
In recent years, some hunters have expressed dissatisfaction with the selection process used to issue special-hunt permits, which give successful applicants hunting options beyond those authorized by a general hunting license. 
Many of those frustrations stem from the fact that all special-hunt permits are randomly drawn from the same pool of applications, meaning applicants often face a choice between applying for popular hunts or settling for less-popular hunts with better odds of being drawn.
What's Changing:
Under the plan before the Fish and Wildlife Commission since 2009, WDFW would create separate applications for several different categories of big game permits, ranging from buck or bull hunts to senior permits.  This means you would be able to apply in as many categories as you qualify for, per species. 
This plan was developed with broad public input and support from the WDFW's Game Management Advisory Committee.
Under the new plan, "points" accrued by hunters toward special permits in previous years would be applied to each of the new permit categories created under the new plan.  Additional revenue generated would be used to expand hunter access to private lands.
What's Next:
The commission is scheduled to take action on the proposal April 9-10.
Special-hunt permit applications will go on sale starting April 26 and the submittal deadline is by midnight on May 26.
Please plan accordingly and allow enough time to familiarize yourself with this year's new hunt choices and the 2010 Big Game Hunting Seasons and Regulations pamphlet so that you can submit your hunt choices prior to the May 26 deadline.   
The hunting pamphlet will be posted online by April 20 and be available at all license dealerships no later than April 23.
Learn more about the proposed changes here .     
-Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

bobcat:

--- Quote ---This plan was developed with broad public input
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Bob33:
Sounds like a done deal. I'd bet good money the pamphlets are already printed and the online changes in place.  Sadly, the Commission meeting may be window dressing.  I hope not.

SkookumHntr:
Ya there completly giving us a line of *censored*! Im voting to get rid of the WDFW! I hope all those pukes get *censored*canned and the DNR takes over!

bobcat:
I agree, it's hard to believe with such a short time from the Commissioner's meeting and the deadline for submitting special hunt applications, that it's not already set in stone. They say the regulations will be posted online April 20th, that's just over 3 weeks from now. It really irks me that they pretty much gave the public no notice about this change, and then they lie about it and say it was "developed with broad public input."  I used to support just about anything the WDFW did, but not anymore. I'll be watching them like a hawk from now on.

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