Fish and Wildlife director to hold roundtable discussion in Sedro Woolley

[Bearhunter]

Yup, they have always had access and they also own some land back in there.  I was told by someone last night that last week they were up hunting and were seen coming out the mainline gate?  Could be rumor but I wouldnt doubt it...

[Special T]

Sucks that you have to have an "IN" with someone with a key to compete with crap like that. 

[dreamingbig]

Thanks for going and representing!  I would like to see our seasons back to 8-21 (elk) and last week of Sept (deer) but I am not hopeful.  They still think we are too efficient as a user group.  My suggestion: when filling out your end of season survey, make sure to say you hunt every day of the season!  You might want to also carefully consider your answer to a few other questions as well.  They seem to rely on the harvest statistics to claim that they need to level the playing field (i.e. less oppty for archery and more for the other user groups).

[BOWHUNTER45]

WHATEVER .... NICE TURNOUT BUT NOTHEN RESOLVED... Its all about money , giving & giving & giving but NOT RECEIVING .....I HUNT BECAUSE I LOVE IT AND THE REAL MEANING OF HUNTING IS ( PROVIDING FOR YOUR FAMILY ))) But it cost so much now we all need to quit and head to the grocery store..... OR Better yet go hunting and do not buy *censored* !!!!!!!

[Special T]

Well their second deer doe tags aren't gona sell very hot this year... that's my prediction any way. 

[Map]

Never really been brought up to my knowledge.  Best bet is to email the commision and ask why you cannot.  Present good facts of why you should be able to, such as archery has a less effective range, .....

It wouldn't matter to me I like all hunting methods, but I would imagine at some point it will be asked if bowhunters would like muzzleloaders hunting during their season?

We already can during modern... just have to buy the modern tag and use your archery equipment... that way you get to hunt during some prime time during deer season, just like muzzleloaders can with their equipment.  It really wouldn't be any different if they allowed it during Muzzle.  Other than putting more people in the woods at that time.  Another thing it adds is allowing archers to hunt with buddies who are muzzleloaders. 

It boils dow to being able to hunt with a "lesser" weapon during the active season. Other states allow this as long as you have the appropriate tag. Hunting with muzzle during archery wouldn't be a lesser weapon.

Like NWBH mentioned, we can hunt with a bow during rifle, we just have to have the valid rifle tag for the season we are hunting...i.e purchasing a rifle tag and choosing to hunt with a bow. 

[bobcat]

Who says a bow is "lesser" than a muzzleloader? I don't like to shoot past 75 yards with my muzzleloader. I hear of many bow hunters who shoot that far with archery equipment. So if they were to allow the use of archery equipment during muzzleloader season, then muzzleloaders should be legal during archery season.

The other thing to think about is the ways in which archery equimpent is "better." It is quiet and quicker to reload, therefore a follow up shot is more likely with a bow than a muzzleloader. Also, a bow is much more reliable when hunting in the rain. With a muzzleloader you never know when it's going to actually fire, if you've been in the rain all day.

I say if you want to hunt during muzzleloader season, hunt with a muzzleloader. Not sure why anybody would want to though- the archery season are much longer and a lot more units are open.