Volunteer Guides with the WDFW?

[Todd_ID]

My buddy drew a Toutle Muzzleloader Bull tag.  He got something in the mail from WDFW asking if he'd like to have a guide help him out during the hunt.  He called the state to see what it was about, and they told him that it would be a volunteer that would go with him during his hunt. 

Has anyone heard of this before?  It sounds eerily like Big Brother watching every move even though he would have no intention of breaking any laws.

[bone head]

i'd tell em to get lost

[NWBREW]

If they want to help tell them to bring the salt and pepper.

[ICEMAN]

Never hear of it.... Does the volunteer have alot of neat camping gear, food in the cooler, a packboard and a strong back? Can he cook and tidy up around camp? He may be welcome at my camp....

[billythekidrock]

Are you sure it isn't a Master Hunter permit that requires a Hunt Master?

[bobcat]

That's really weird. Who would volunteer to be a free guide, for somebody they don't know? Will everyone who drew a permit be offered free guide services? Strange.

[Ray]

If they want to help tell them to bring the salt and pepper.

[Todd_ID]

I thought it was weird, too.  I know it wasn't a Master Hunter permit, because he hasn't done that course; it's just the Quality Bull permit.  I'm guessing the "volunteer" guide may be someone trying to earn the community service time for the Master Hunter program, though.  I'd also guess that the state would brief him in advance on where to take a clueless guy and where to steer him away from.  My buddy that drew the permit and one other friend know the unit as well as most, so they politely declined the offer.

[letmhunt]

eyes in the woods sounds like to me. aka poacher patrol.

[carpsniperg2]

never heard of it before

[letmhunt]

never heard of it before

its volunteers in the woods undercover as fisherman and hunters looking for illegal activity.

[Deer slayer]

Never heard of it. I am also thinking it's a MH who is trying to get his community time in.

[HntnFsh]

Somebody ought to just ask them.may be a good thing for the tag holder.I wouldnt just write it off as a bs deal.

[Hunter Dug]

I drew the toutle archery tag and recieved no such offer, kinda curious of there motives though.

[400out]

UM does your budy have a shady back ground?  JK