Speed Goats in Washington

[benhuntin]

That'll be ONE more tag for 15000 of us to put in for. :chuckle:Just think how much money the state could make on one tag 6.50x15000=$97,500

[Bob33]

there are some on the hanford reach.

Have you heard of any recent sightings? It seems like ideal country.

They don't list pronghorn here, but that doesn't prove they aren't there: http://www.fws.gov/hanfordreach/documents/mammal-list.pdf

[WDFW-SUX]

If they were smart they would go kidnap a goat out Wyoming and then let it go on the YTC and have a draw for it. $$$$$$

No nothing recent but the rumors are persistent.

[rb2506]

  thinking the samething I'm in

That'll be ONE more tag for 15000 of us to put in for. :chuckle:Just think how much money the state could make on one tag 6.50x15000=$97,500

[Bob33]

If they were smart they would go kidnap a goat out Wyoming and then let it go on the YTC and have a draw for it. $$$$$$

Don't give them any more bad ideas...

[WDFW-SUX]

If they were smart they would go kidnap a goat out Wyoming and then let it go on the YTC and have a draw for it. $$$$$$

Don't give them any more bad ideas...

The sick thing is we all would line up and apply for the next 50 years..

Hell I bet they could get a goat on ebay.

[benhuntin]

There would have to be a whole new catergoryin the forum Antelope Hunting.  All for one tag.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Actually it would be a money maker... Youth Buck, Youth Doe, Quality buck, Buck, 65 and over buck, 65 and over doe, disabled buck/doe, *censored* they might come up with walk in tags, bike in tags, road hunting tags.
Add all that up for an antelope. The WDFW might want to rethink this.

[KillerMiller]

R. Lee Lyman1, Department of Anthropology, 107 Swallow Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Maryland
65211
The Holocene History of Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in Eastern
Washington State
Abstract
Historical documents are ambiguous regarding the presence/absence and distribution of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in
eastern Washington State. Paleozoological (archaeological and paleontological) data indicate pronghorn were present there during
most of the last 10,000 years, and available samples imply the boundaries of pronghorn distribution coincided with the modern
distribution of shrub-steppe habitats. There is no evidence of temporal fluctuation in the abundance of pronghorn that cannot be
explained by sampling error. Pronghorn were abundant relative to wapiti (Cervus elaphus) at the mouth of the Snake River but
rare near the Washington–Idaho border. Pronghorn were never abundant relative to other ungulates, but were occasionally sufficiently
numerous to form herds that were taken communally by groups of prehistoric hunters. Pronghorn were present but rare
in the nineteenth century and did not persist into the twentieth century.

http://faculty.missouri.edu/~lymanr/pdfs/2007Pronghorn.pdf

Interesting read.

[Bob33]

Actually it would be a money maker... Youth Buck, Youth Doe, Quality buck, Buck, 65 and over buck, 65 and over doe, disabled buck/doe, *censored* they might come up with walk in tags, bike in tags, road hunting tags.
Add all that up for an antelope. The WDFW might want to rethink this.

Young Buck, Old Buck, Healthy Buck, Sick Buck, Dead Buck, Close Buck, Far Buck, Illegal Alien Buck, Fast Buck, Slow Buck, One Buck, Two Bucks, Five Bucks, Ten Bucks, Skinny Buck, Fat Buck, Ugly Buck...

Where is Dr. Seuss when we need him?

[Caretaker]

This brings up an interesting question, assuming there are a few here, WA Big Game reg's do not list them as a game animal does that mean they are free to hunt?  Take Buffalo, they are not listed either, can we hunt them assuming there are free roaming?  If they are not listed as game animals does WDFW assume they are domesticated like cows?

[Bob33]

Antelope are considered big game in Washington.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.030
RCW 77.08.030
"Big game" defined. 

As used in this title or rules of the commission, "big game" means the following species:




Scientific Name Common Name
 
Cervus canadensis elk or wapiti
Odocoileus hemionus blacktail deer or mule deer
Odocoileus virginianus whitetail deer
Alces americana moose
Oreamnos americanus mountain goat
Rangifer caribou caribou
Ovis canadensis mountain sheep
Antilocapra americana pronghorn antelope
Felis concolor cougar or mountain lion
Euarctos americana black bear
Ursus horribilis grizzly bear

[bobcat]

I believe bison are classified as livestock.

[Bob33]

Right.  Bison, like cattle can be hunted as far as WDFW is concerned.  The owners may have a problem with it. 

[bobcat]

The owners may have a problem with it.