Quality Elk (and deer) - 2 Choices

[BLUEBULLS]

the new system would be great in my opinion if they made everyone pick one category to use their old points in. I'll be screwed for deer for a long time since I was drawn laste year

If I would've known exactly what was coming I would have put in for pts only last year.

[Wenatcheejay]

I have hope that the new system will work for my son and This year. We will see in a month.

[Curly]

the new system would be great in my opinion if they made everyone pick one category to use their old points in. I'll be screwed for deer for a long time since I was drawn laste year

If I would've known exactly what was coming I would have put in for pts only last year.

  (except it still would not have been great........just ok)  Dave Ware says they can "tweak" it next year, but that won't fix the problem of distributing points across all categories........

[WDFW-SUX]

I got 50+ free points whats not to like 

[Curly]

I got 50+ free points whats not to like 

  Maybe the fact that there is not much of anything good to apply for ML in W. Washington.?

[WDFW-SUX]

The muzz choices are better than the archery on the westside

[Chesapeake]

They killed western Washington muzzy. They needed to have draw tags for the catagories so they took them from the general seasons.
No more cow hunting in West Klickitat, Washougal, or Wind River unless you draw a tag. They are all 3 pt or better now.

SW Washington looks shot for muzzy hunting for elk. Crappy units, 3 pt or better, short seasons! About all they probably did was get rid of some of the crowding. I suspect there will be alot of the muzzy guys going back to rifle for elk.

[bobcat]

I suspect there will be alot of the muzzy guys going back to rifle for elk.

I am.

[bearpaw]

I didn't read all the posts, but I agree they are being hard on muzzy as well as archery. Lots of archery losses too.

[carpsniperg2]

 

[WDFW-SUX]

There are still great hunts out there on the westside OTC archery hunts and thats about the only thing Im really happy about....  I see one Muzzy westside hunt that I think is a gimme if people would just spend one day scounting.

I think the westside elk is totally under rated there are some really good hunts that can be had every year.  If guys would do there homework they would be really surprised what's available.  Some quality areas are down 80% from there historical levels of hunter participation and there are more elk than there have been in 20 years!  

[Chesapeake]

There are still great hunts out there on the westside OTC archery hunts and thats about the only thing Im really happy about....  I see one Muzzy westside hunt that I think is a gimme if people would just spend one day scounting.
 

If were thinking about the same unit, I dont know about a gimme, but I agree one good unit remained pretty well unchanged. But its a small one and I suspect lots of crowding cause its the only game in town for the end of the season. Last year in December you would have thought it was the rifle deer opener cause it was bout the only place to hunt. Now it IS the only place to hunt.

I havent looked over archery yet. I primarily hunt muzzy and they got raped. This year its rifle for me and maybe archery after that, havent decided. If they keep flogging archery every 3 year cycle like they have bean I might just stay with rifle.

The WDFW is like Obama, all about supporting the lazy who dont want to work. Ever since they started the whole "equalization of harvest between the user groups" they have had to curtail the archery and muzzleloader seasons and give more opportunity to the Rifle hunters to try and equalize the success rates. Problem is I believe there is a much higher percentage of "hunters" amongst the muzzy and bow ranks than there are in the Rifle ranks. We constantly get punished for working hard and being succesfull. If we do too well they shorten our seasons.

I guess I'll just go hunt with the rifle guys.

[WDFW-SUX]

i did one app for my westside archery tag...nooksack and zero apps just points for the bull category... 

[spikehunter]

BOB for president !!!

[sneakyjake]

I didn't see crap for the bull cat in archery also.  Not sure what the point of the choices was.