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Nice cover boneaddict. I see that late muzzleloader blacktail season is still starting a day later than the late archery. Does anyone know why that is? I wrote a letter to the WDFW a couple months ago and asked them about it, and if they could change it so that muzzleloader would open the same day as archery, but I never got a reply back. I still thought they might listen to me and change it but now I see that my request fell on deaf ears. I see another change- they added the average points of the people who drew permits, for each hunt, along with the number of applications for that hunt. I sure wish they wouldn't do that. All that's going to do is give people false hope. We see it all the time on here where people ask how many points does it "take" to draw a certain hunt. Well, the average points of the people who happened to draw a permit is NOT the same as the number of points it "takes." Just as an example, look at the modern firearm Peaches Ridge permit that was September 19-23. There were 1,524 applications for that hunt, and the average number of points was three.
They split up the Dayton bull tags this year! Great I wanna waste my points to only hunt land outside the national forest! I like the extra bullTags they did add in the blues but why split up that hunt!?
Quote from: bobcat on April 13, 2011, 07:35:17 PMNice cover boneaddict. I see that late muzzleloader blacktail season is still starting a day later than the late archery. Does anyone know why that is? I wrote a letter to the WDFW a couple months ago and asked them about it, and if they could change it so that muzzleloader would open the same day as archery, but I never got a reply back. I still thought they might listen to me and change it but now I see that my request fell on deaf ears. I see another change- they added the average points of the people who drew permits, for each hunt, along with the number of applications for that hunt. I sure wish they wouldn't do that. All that's going to do is give people false hope. We see it all the time on here where people ask how many points does it "take" to draw a certain hunt. Well, the average points of the people who happened to draw a permit is NOT the same as the number of points it "takes." Just as an example, look at the modern firearm Peaches Ridge permit that was September 19-23. There were 1,524 applications for that hunt, and the average number of points was three. Marketing tactic. Makes people think they have a chance, therefore WDFW will sell a bunch of apps to guys that think the average number of points actually means something.
Did anybody notice the late mule deer permits in the Northeast? Geez, I knew they were talking about adding some late mule deer permits in those NE GMU's but I thought they were talking about doing it next year. Guess I heard wrong. I do think it's kind of ridiculous to only have one permit in each unit. Come on! Why not three or four? Or even ten? It won't be 100% success rate anyway. A couple more deer harvested is just a couple more that the wolves and cougars won't get.
Another interesting thing I noticed- the Green River bull elk rifle permit was moved from the "Bull" category to the "Quality" category. Makes sense. I wondered if it was a mistake that they didn't have it in as a Quality permit last year. So this year if you have a westside rifle elk tag, there's nothing worth applying for in the "Bull" category. Which is fine with me, I just saved $6.50.
Another interesting thing I noticed- the Green River bull elk rifle permit was moved from the "Bull" category to the "Quality" category. Makes sense. I wondered if it was a mistake that they didn't have it in as a Quality permit last year.
about the green river tag guys, yes it belongs in quality, I can tell why you it got moved, becuase someone cared enough to complain in a civil manner not yelling and cussing them out, that someone was me, I called DAve W this winter and explained to him why it should be in the quality unit(basically it was the same circumstances as the watershed hunt in the blues and they should be treated consistently). I also wrote in my comments during the comment period. Hard to argue with logic that is presented in a positive fashion. Yeah the bull category on the westside stinks, I think everyone can agree with that. Do yes the department does listen to folks sometimes, with the new three year cycle coming up this summer gather some ideas. I for one would like to see a late mule deer tag in the sherman unit, if the other units have the deer for it, then the sherman unit definately does.
