Another Permit Question

[billythekidrock]

Just think guys, they haven't messed with Duck Hunting yet. That could be a whole new permit issue. Permits for Mallards, Pintails, Buffleheads, Goldeneye. Drake permits and Hen permits, the possibility is endless on how to generate more hunter dollars for state funded things like basket weaving.      

Ya know..that is not a bad idea. Why should big game hunters have to carry the burden of paying for access?

[Antlerking]

So when can we apply for the shed hunting permits for 2011, I havnt seen em yet but there will b some money to b made.

[Curly]

Come on guys, quit giving them ideas.....

(I think much of the access they are trying to get is for bird hunters, though)

[billythekidrock]

You know it.

So when can we apply for the shed hunting permits for 2011, I havnt seen em yet but there will b some money to b made.

[Huntinsparky]

I feel that this is a good thing you have more options on what you can apply for. If you don't feel like spending more money on permits then don't. No one is forcing you to apply for all the categories only put in for the one you want. If you put in for all of them then you obviously want every chance you get and the new system helps in a great way. Besides that if you want a doe permit you don't lose your point towards a buck tag.    That's my

[billythekidrock]

I feel that this is a good thing you have more options on what you can apply for. If you don't feel like spending more money on permits then don't. No one is forcing you to apply for all the categories only put in for the one you want. If you put in for all of them then you obviously want every chance you get and the new system helps in a great way. Besides that if you want a doe permit you don't lose your point towards a buck tag.    That's my

Actually you only get the ability to give F&W more money for the same options you have always had. It is a money grab plain and simple.

[Antlerking]

can u just imagine that all the people that only meat hunt and that only put in for doe/cow tags, can now put in for and will put in for the buck/bull tags cause they dont loose there points. In my oponion the draw odds for any quality hunt has now gone out the window now and for ever.

[bobcat]

You know, I think where they need to look for more money is the access permit they require for using WDFW lands. We get it at no extra charge for buying a hunting license, but those who don't hunt (or fish) have to buy it for $10. They should raise it to $25, and then actually enforce it. There are lots of people that use the Scatter Creek Wildlife area, who I am sure do not hunt or fish. I see people with horse trailers parked there every day on the weekends, and I wonder how many have the parking pass. There are also tons of people who use WDFW boat launches, especially in the summer, just for accessing the water to swim, canoe, jet ski, etc. These people should pay their fair share and I think $25 would not be out of line.

(WDFW, are you listening?)

[Curly]

Make it $40.  (Actually, make it $100 for any jetskiers.........just because they piss me off).

[billythekidrock]

can u just imagine that all the people that only meat hunt and that only put in for doe/cow tags, can now put in for and will put in for the buck/bull tags cause they dont loose there points. In my oponion the draw odds for any quality hunt has now gone out the window now and for ever.

You are absolutely right. But the funny part is that many "trophy" hunters and "meat" hunters have stated that they wouldn't apply for the other permits. You can be that once they draw in their desired category that the points in the other categories will start to look really good. Those trophy hunters will be applying for meat hunts and vice versa in the next few years.

[Huntinsparky]

Like I said if you don't feel like giving them more money then don't. In fact why don't you not buying a license at all. That's just giving money away to the money grab.

[Curly]

As much as I'd love to not buy a license in protest of the b.s. that WDFW has been doing, I can't do that.  I can't sit out hunting season and I'm not going to poach.  Oregon's prices have gotten too high and Idaho costs too much just in fuel to get there and back. 

I feel like not buying permit applications, but then do I really want to get behind everyone in the point system??? It sucks......

[bobcat]

Huntisparky,

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, since you're new here, but the biggest problem with the new special permit system, is that they are putting people's current points for each species into every category. So for someone who has been applying since the beginning of the point system in 1996, they could have 14 points for every species. This person with 14 points can now apply, for example, for a cow elk permit, which before would have been a sure draw every three years, and this person with 14 points is now just about guaranteed to draw that cow permit before any of the people who had been regularly applying for it, because these people will only have 2 or 3 points at the most. How is this fair? A person with 14 points did not earn those points by applying for relatively easy to draw cow permits. The only fair way to allocate a person's points would have been for every person to choose ONE category in which they would go. So I'm assuming since you like the system you must have a high number of points for all species?

[Huntinsparky]

No I don't but I like the fact that I could do a meat hunt and not lose points toward a quality hunt

[winston2789]

Huntinsparky- Either you're not very smart or you can't read  maybe both!!! Good luck on those draws this year