Antlerless Elk Tag Winston Creek January 1st ---Why am I hearing it?

[hunter360]

You best call...  If you have two seperate tags in your hands that you can risk it.  But I am not sure I would report the other one.  I personally would call to get clarification.  I think Yelm hunter and slayer are correct in that you only get one animal. 

What? You can risk it? Don't report it? That would be poaching.
You can harvest only one elk. It never seems to amaze me how many people don't know the regs.

In all fairness, the regs are sometimes not all that clear. Secondly, If someone has never been picked for a special permit before, maybe they are just naive to the process. Not everyone sits up all night and studies the regs in detail from front to back.

[Curly]

You can only kill one elk. Either a bull during modern or your special permit for a cow. IF you drew a second elk tag obviously thats a different story.

And you can turn in a tag to get your points back but you would have had to do it a long time ago, not long after you found out you got drawn. I know this because I have friends who have drawn a tag that they didn't mean to put in for and didn't want to waste points, or had other commitments (like having a baby) so couldn't hunt.

They are not supposed to let people turn in their permits for reasons like that.  Your friends got lucky to be able to do that, or maybe it was prior to the WDFW getting more strict on their rules about turning back in your permits.

[WenHunter]

You can only kill one elk. Either a bull during modern or your special permit for a cow. IF you drew a second elk tag obviously thats a different story.

And you can turn in a tag to get your points back but you would have had to do it a long time ago, not long after you found out you got drawn. I know this because I have friends who have drawn a tag that they didn't mean to put in for and didn't want to waste points, or had other commitments (like having a baby) so couldn't hunt.

They are not supposed to let people turn in their permits for reasons like that.  Your friends got lucky to be able to do that, or maybe it was prior to the WDFW getting more strict on their rules about turning back in your permits.

    My father got drawn for 2 tags last year Bull and Cow, we decided to pass on the cow tag, then I took his rifle away from him on modern season so he didn't get trigger happy, and then we successfully got his Bull. But back to the point we tried to turn back his cow tag to get his points back and WDFW said that he would have to be on his last leg and a doctors note, or incapacitated, which would need to be documented by a health care professional. Also even though he had those 2 permits, and the general season he was only capable to harvest 1 animal.

[sirmissalot]

Weird because last year is when my brother inlaw drew a spring bear tag but was having a baby so he turned it in. I'm the one who contacted WDFW to see if he could because he was just going to let the tag and points go to waste... I'm sure I still have the email somewhere. I remember asking if I could get his tag, which I knew was a stupid quesion but I thought what the heck. They responded no that would be unfair but he can turn his tag in and get his points back. So he did. He drew the same spring bear tag again this year!

[Curly]

Well, I guess it goes to show that it never hurts to ask even though they have rules written out that say otherwise.  Maybe they aren't as concerned with bear permits..........

[HntnFsh]

So I was at Cabelas tonight and was talking with a couple people and another guy overheard our conversation and said its true... I don't think it's true at all but anyways what we were talking is...
I was drawn for a Special Permit Anterless Tag for Winston Creek for January 1st 2012 for Modern Firearm Elk.

The guy said that he was also drawn for it and talked to the Fish and Wildlife and said they told him the same thing that you can get a bull with your regular elk tag and a cow with the special permit tag...

I'm calling the morning to find out but I already know it can't be true.

What do you think? Have you heard anything about this and hunters that were drawn for this have you heard anything?

The only way you can do that is if you are drawn for a tag that allows a second elk.I'm pretty sure the only tag that does that is the Master Hunter second elk tag.And I'm not so sure its during that time frame.But havent looked at the regs.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Not a branched antler season in jANUARY So I highly doubt it 

[Yelm hunter]

It's a ANTLERLESS tag for Winston Creek JANUARY 1ST 2012 - JANUARY 15th 2012

[cem3434]

You can either harvest a bull during the regular season OR a cow during the permit season. If you harvest a bull during the regular season, your cow permit is null and void.

[HntnFsh]

I'm thinkin a guy ought to go check around the Winston unit during that time frame.Might be able to get some extra points for the permit draws.

[Yelm hunter]

I know I can only take 1 bull or 1 cow... im saying I heard that at Cabelas while talking with some people.