Any sheds yet?

[boneaddict]

WOW Jimkirk, your picture finally came through for me.  That ain't no raghorn.  He is one of the better ones.  Sorry shed guys, thats one that won't be on the hill come May.  Looks like the big ones are going to drop in the station this year for lal those WDFW boys.  Kind of an incentive to keep feeding them don't you think.

[280ackley]

Still goin out and looking for blacktail sheds soon,thought I saw a buck runnin around without headgear the other day,seems like a fruitless search sometimes,only found two in a lot of years of searching,those blacktail are a real mystery,can't give up tho.

I saw a buck last night just south of Tumwater along I5.  Still had em both.

[groundhog]

Here is my take on it. If a guy is a timber consultant or a surveyor and he is out doing his job and he finds sheds more power to him. That would be a perk. If the guy works for the WDFW than the sheds were collected on state time in a closed area and should be auctioned off.

I do not have a problem with the WDFW feeders picking up antlers that are laying in the open. In fact I think they should pick them up. If they don't pick them up then someone will spot them and then some guy will climb the fence and go get it. The result would be elk running in all directions. I just don't think the feeders should be allowed to take antlers home.
Lets face it looking for hidden treasure is fun stuff. I think what happens is that the feeders spend as much time each day looking for sheds as they do feeding elk. All on tax payers dollars in an area that is off limits to the tax payers. In my opinion that ain't right.

[wastickslinger]

I think they should pick them up an go hide them for the shed hunters, like an easter egg hunt!!

All kidding aside. I agree with groundhog. Since it is closed to public it makes it a little different.

[ICEMAN]

What we are talking about here is ethics. It is against the law for a state employee to receive a pecuniary benefit from his/her job. They should not, and cannot be allowed to keep sheds found during the duties of their job. Hell, cops find big stashes of money and drugs, should they keep them?

It is possible they are removing them from public view to reduce the chance of fence jumpers... but they should be required to account for them all.....

crap....here is a thought..... they probably are giving them to the indians....

[spike]

lol... i agree i think it would be cool if they did the Easter egg hunt thing with gps coordinates like Geo cashing and sell tickets with the numbers hahaha... its also funny you mention the Indians. if you or me pick up an arrow head and get caught we go to jail and have every native person alive suing you for every thing you own or hundreds of thousands in fines.but forest service workers who bust you have more artifacts than most would imagine funny stuff.... just a thought

[Ghost Hunter]

I've heard 'perks' and I've heard 'ethics'  and the two don't go together IMHO

[nwhunter]

I agree they should pick them up to keep the temptation down for someone to sneak in at night but they should defenitely have to leave them all at the feed station and auction them off or sell them. I was under the impression that this is what they did with the sheds they picked up but maybe I am wrong. Its not like joe blow who is out on public land on the job and stumbles across a shed , these guys are on the tax payers payroll and are in an area that is off limits to shed hunting until a certain date so they should play by the same rules we all do. My opinion. nwhunter

[deerslyr]

I cant honestly say I wouldnt pick those sheds up if I saw them while on the job.

[Red Dawg]

My understanding was that they were picking them up and selling them to pay for the hay. BUT that is not true. Talking with the fishhawk up there they have been collecting them now for about 3 years now. they have been hiding them in a grain silo somewhere and the state will action them off and the money will go into the general fund. That is strait from the WDFG Employee,.

[alecvg]

I saw a few elk missing antlers back in early march, but havent found any!

[Tony 270WSM]

Saw a spike today that still had his.

[Cougeyes]

The big ones are starting to drop, my dad had a couple around his place than he has been watching and they came out the other day without any antlers.

[Ghost Hunter]

Seen a spike roadkill today.  He had both his on solid

[cackle]

heard today that they are gunna auction 1/4 of the horns they have on may 1 at 3 pm