Archery hunters being phased out...

[Snapshot]

archery hunters for years have had great seasons.... Your season in some parts of the state last 6 weeks including hunting during the peak rut. I talk to archer hunters at work about this and they just smile knowing that THEY have great seasons.

actually the more i read the hunting regs the more pissed i get.   

Everyone is free to choose an archery tag.

[garyltbh]

as bow hunters in washington we have some great places to hunt just pick the best place you can go hunt and have a great time and shoot straight and eat some meat and have a great time doing it

[granola/hippyslayer]

actually the more i read the hunting regs. the more pissed i get.the arguement that the archers are getting screwed holds no water NONE!!!i.e for quality bull tags in the peaches ridge, observatory goose prairie bethel and rimrock hunts combined tags break down as follows:modern firearm total tags 5; archery total tags 337;muzzle 68.yes the rifle hunters get 360 bull permits but tell me how one user group who has less then 1/3 of the hunting public gets close to 44% of all bull tags combined in these units.Out of 770 bull elk tags in these units modern firearm get 365 archers 337 and muzzle 68.and your the one complaining.Its even worse for deer I dont even hunt elk.If you cant stand to archery hunt in this state then buy a modern or muzzy tag.To me it seems that archers have been spoiled for so long that now that they are feeling what the rest of us felt for years BEND OVER AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN   

good point on the special hunt, but how am I as an archer supposed to be capable of competing against a smoke pole in the late season that we now share. effective ranges are drastically different.

[rasbo]

actually the more i read the hunting regs. the more pissed i get.the arguement that the archers are getting screwed holds no water NONE!!!i.e for quality bull tags in the peaches ridge, observatory goose prairie bethel and rimrock hunts combined tags break down as follows:modern firearm total tags 5; archery total tags 337;muzzle 68.yes the rifle hunters get 360 bull permits but tell me how one user group who has less then 1/3 of the hunting public gets close to 44% of all bull tags combined in these units.Out of 770 bull elk tags in these units modern firearm get 365 archers 337 and muzzle 68.and your the one complaining.Its even worse for deer I dont even hunt elk.If you cant stand to archery hunt in this state then buy a modern or muzzy tag.To me it seems that archers have been spoiled for so long that now that they are feeling what the rest of us felt for years BEND OVER AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN   

good point on the special hunt, but how am I as an archer supposed to be capable of competing against a smoke pole in the late season that we now share. effective ranges are drastically different.

what do the animals keep a certain distance from you when the muzzies are out there?

[native-1]

Well i guess i happy i have my tribal tags.lol.and the funny part is they are free.

[dreamingbig]

Well i guess i happy i have my tribal tags.lol.and the funny part is they are free.

There is no free lunch.

[BOWHUNTER45]

yeah.. I agree with bobcat.. Been bowhunting 30 yrs now and thats why... better opportunity BUT the more people getting involved will mess it up sooner your later... Just lost my elk hunting area due to bad judgement in the field last year by some bowhunters... Well according to the game dept. who opened a season for 3 months and everyone went and bought a bow tag and surrounded a herd along a public highway which is the boundry...nothen but open fields where EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU... BAD JUDGEMENT OR NOT??? OPEN AREA BUT WATCH OUT YOUR TAG IS ONLY GOOD FOR WATCHING NOT HARVESTING......

[BOWHUNTER45]

DREAMING BIG


Well I do thank my local tribe ... As much as I complained about tribal hunting it bit me in the butt.. Thanks to the upper skagit tribe I drew a permit of a life time and took my biggest bull ever 349 1/8 in 2008 and i will add it would not of happened without the tribes approval ... thank you BOWHUNTER 45