tribal hunting

[tjgerm]

I started this post and after reading thru all the posts I do understand that its not right to judge a whole race based on a single incident. I also understand that some natives not all rely on game to feed they're family. I work full time and do not rely on game to feed my family. Reguardless of what the law says If I had to rely on the land I would take what I needed. I'm sure there are more unethical hunters/poachers that aren't tribal then are. What I witnessed was unethical reguadless of laws or race and would make their anscestors turn in there grave. I don't disagree with tribal hunting I should have titled this UNETHICAL HUNTING.

[inchtowntracking]

Well, the tulalip tribes are doing GREAT! casino is booming! along with all the tax money you get off all of us buying anything on a rez. You get funds from the goverment, that we pay for, You know the treaties are off compaired to us "sportsmen". Do you realize the younger generation like myself have fished, because i have fished my life, hunted, because i have hunted my life, and this will never change either, its what we do. You are no diffrent, just diffrent laws, that should be inherited into everyones laws. We owe everything to our heratige as well, why are you so diffrent,NOW?
Why should we keep treaties for waste of resourses, when we are the ones said to make sure it is to be maintained? (mostly salmon netting on rivers for just row that i have wittnessed), why would you risk things like that if its so precious to your heritage? Again, im not pointing you out on most of this, you seem like a native with some pride in yourself. Why would natives push til its gone?? to us its a spit in the face, so why not spit back.

Ignorance must be bliss. I see a couple of sterotypes in there. Here on the rez a friend of mine got a huge 7x8 the other day!

[igotbigbulls]

wondered where you went. it was to quiet for to long. besides. we ll all be dead and gone and the subject will never be put to rest.

[colockumelk]

I think for most of us we don't have a problem with tribal hunting. It's when it gets abused and nothing happens that angered most of us. I know the Yakamas get a bad name because most of the time when we see them hunting its during the winter in the winter range from the truck. Or they are killing elk from the feeding station. And while they claim its about tradition and meat they somehow only seem to kill branch bulls.  We have to wait a decade to to draw a branch bull tag and they have members flaunt the fact that they kill 6 bulls a year in one unit which has an extremely low bull to cow ratio.

The Boldt decision gave you rights to half the harvest okay. So when do you do your part in helping pay to keep those resources going? Aside from some of the outer sound tribes the eastern tribes do NOTHING... to help out with big game.  That is what chaps me.  Indians claim to ne stewards of helping nature and the "original" conservationists yet. refuse to police their own or help pay for conservation. We as Americans have consistantly sacrificed nor and more of our rights and opportunity in the name of conservation yet the tribes have sacrificed nothing. 

We have to learn to share a dwindling resource (big game) and if we don't learn to SHARE and work together (each giving) half we WILL ALL lose the right to hunt in this state.

[seth30]

This thread needs to be nuked

[colockumelk]

My last post was not directed at Plateau or Coastal. It was directed at the new members on this site which I welcome.

[igotbigbulls]

colockumelk. pay to keep what resources? we have game management. animals roam. non natives kill far more animals every year than tribal members. that is a fact! do your homework before you come on here and act like we are killing all the animals. eastern wa has one of the largest herds in the state.

[BOWHUNTER45]

YEAH ITS TIME TO NUKE THIS ONE ......YA THINK ?   

[remington300mag]

Too Late BowHunter.....The mods got to it first!! LMAO Damn, they are on their game today!!

[singleshot12]

YEAH ITS TIME TO NUKE THIS ONE ......YA THINK ?   

The few attempted insults and name calling could be done away with, but other than that there is some good truths on here.

The way things are going the redman will be managing all the fish and game, so no matter how much we would hate to it may be wise for us great white hunters to kiss up and be nice to our red brothers, and just maybe they'll let us hunt and fish a little   

[igotbigbulls]

its all good. i would help any hunter at any time regardless who they are. its been said a million times that there are some in every group that give that group a black eye but not all are bad. if your hunting in the blues and want some honey holes to go to. look me up.

[singleshot12]

And the truth is indians can do what ever they damn well please.. and you can only hope they only harvest what they need.

[singleshot12]

its all good. i would help any hunter at any time regardless who they are. its been said a million times that there are some in every group that give that group a black eye but not all are bad. if your hunting in the blues and want some honey holes to go to. look me up.

I would sure like to see other tribes get involved and do something to stop any abuse of wildlife though, it would be good for all.

Nice offer gotbigbulls, definitely past time to work together, share the pipe and get along to make progress.

[igotbigbulls]

i dont know what the east side tribes have for game management but i know the yakamas and ctuir have great game management and wildlife departments. ctuir has a season for game on and off reservation. aug 1-dec 31. archery only branch antler bulls aug 25-oct 15. and no branch after dec 1.

[pianoman9701]

i see the comments on here about the abuse of hunting rights and so called wrongful killing of animals and not many are saying much in the defense of the accused.

Diffrent rules of governing is my point.

Read my post above. I'm not exactly defending the accused, but trying to divert broad accusations against entire groups of people based on the actions of a few, a few who may not even be Yakama for all I know.