Can You legally bait on a res in WA?

[huntinkid20]

I found this craigslist posting offering bear hunts on the Quinault Res at the coast over bait. Just thought it was interesting. Not trying to cause an uproar or anything about tribes and all that stuff. Just was curious. http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/spo/1963277046.html

[predatorpro]

sounds pretty legit i guess.....if its on a res tho who knows they pretty much make their own rules dont they?

[BULLBLASTER]

yes they can bait on the reservation. the quinalts have been doing these guided hunts for a long time. the reservation is a soverign nation. i also know that on the Colville reservation tribe members can run cougars with hounds. it is their land and they make all the rules.

[native-1]

Yes.I am a tulalip tribal member and we can bait.on the coast thye have been .but to hunt their u must get a local giude to hunt on their rez.thats how they make their money.they have the largest bear population in the nation.

[huntinkid20]

Right on. I just wasn't sure. The ad sounded pretty legit, but i was still curious. The two bears in the picture are monsters!

[Sportfury]

I think the guy from the Spokane area that has the show Hunting Extreme hunts over there. On the reservation they set there own game regulations.

[Buckmark]

Yes they can, and even non tribal members can hunt it, all done under the gise of "forestry" managment, to help prevent damage to the trees that are so much of there "income", claimed that the bears were damaging up to 1 mil in forrest products every year and they needed to do something to control it, and make a buck off it at the same time..
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They do have some dam big bears though....

[runamuk]

doesn't uncle Ted hunt one of the rez's when he comes up hear to hunt bears?  thought I read that somewhere

[Roundhead]

Tribal members can bait anywhere not just on the res.
I talked with a tribal member friend about this topic today.

[bigtex]

Tribal members can bait anywhere not just on the res.
I talked with a tribal member friend about this topic today.

 

Most of us know that tribal members don't have to follow WDFW rules, well that also includes baiting bear and hound hunting for cougar. It doesn't matter if it's on the rez or not. The Muckleshoots do a lot of hound hunting for cougar in the upper White River/Greenwater area which is not on their reservation.

However in order for a non tribal member to legally hunt a baited bear you would have to be on the rez with the proper hunting licenes and "guides"

[bobcat]

Hmm.... I never thought of that before, so the indians can hunt cougars with hounds. What we need is for a lot of the people who own hounds, to take some indians hunting, on a regular basis. Let's get the cougar population knocked down.   

[Kent Hunter]

Yep. And they kill BIG bears. AND they manage it very well.

[PolarBear]

Usually the words "legally" and "tribe" do not belong in the same sentance.

[Deep Forks]

If they can bait off the rez. what keeps a hunter from happening upon a bear on the bait and    You didn't know   the bait there   are you still in trouble.  

[Roundhead]

If they can bait off the rez. what keeps a hunter from happening upon a bear on the bait and    You didn't know   the bait there   are you still in trouble.  

Sounds like you don't get out much.