Free: Contests & Raffles.
((((Dave))) ((((DAVE)))) (((((((DAVE!)))) Wake Up! you were dreaming again, sorry you are still a castrated male, subject to her Queen and it is "The Queens Deer" not the "People's Deer." Now sit back and watch as she ruins this State. The good news is there is so much insane policy out there it very well may bring it all to it's knees. I used to worry, now I look forward to it. The greatest thing to me would be to see the Pension Funds raided for all the people who are doing this.
Quote from: Wenatcheejay on October 25, 2011, 08:34:10 AM((((Dave))) ((((DAVE)))) (((((((DAVE!)))) Wake Up! you were dreaming again, sorry you are still a castrated male, subject to her Queen and it is "The Queens Deer" not the "People's Deer." Now sit back and watch as she ruins this State. The good news is there is so much insane policy out there it very well may bring it all to it's knees. I used to worry, now I look forward to it. The greatest thing to me would be to see the Pension Funds raided for all the people who are doing this.Oh, no...I'm a full-plumbed Alpha male. And they are MY deer. I've certainly paid enough for them in license and tag fees over the years...so I am merely claiming what's due me. I have no interest in pension funds, just full freezers. The elk that come on my property and eat my trees are MY elk. (When I reported spotting two wolves over on the Devil's Table a few years ago to a guy at the WDFW, his first words were "They're not ours," so I'm just taking up the obvious slack in ownership assignments. Not his wolves, definitely my elk. See how well that balances out?)Get set for "deermaggedon."
How recent have you seen or heard wolves at or near devils table? (This is the same devils table in the bethel?)
Quote from: PlateauNDN on October 25, 2011, 09:04:54 AMHow recent have you seen or heard wolves at or near devils table? (This is the same devils table in the bethel?)That's the place. I haven't been up there in a few years. This sighting was on opening day of elk season in 2004, and I had a pretty good look at the two critters from about 250-300 yards, with a pair of really good binoculars. To answer the obvious question: These animals definitely were NOT just large coyotes. IIRC, I estimated them to be in the 85-95 lb range at the time. They were actually following the trail of a cow elk that had passed by about 20 minutes before. It was damned fascinating, actually, and apparently, according to the guy I spoke with at the time in Oly, there had been reports of wolves up in that general area. Why do you ask? You been up there lately? The road from the Nile side has been blocked, apparently due to a slide or some kind of damage last winter.
I have a question. If the WDFW didn't plant them and they are not there because the state wanted them there. And lets say the wolf hippies planted them there, then they are there illegally and thus if you shot one you couldn't be prosecuted. Technically they are just wild dogs chasing and killing game which legally you can shoot. That is if you somehow got caught which would be a 1/1,000,000 chance of happening.
The Washington Department of NO Fish and WATCHABLE Wildlife can toss their 120-page regs pamphlet. It means nothing to me anymore. I am a wolf. A predator. Henceforth, I will hunt the year 'round, night or day, and if I leave a carcass here or there to rot, consider it my form of "wealth redistribution" to crows, coyotes, other carrion eaters, even the flies and maggots.I am a wolf. Antler restrictions don't apply. Whether I'm motoring around the Colockum, driving up Taneum Creek, cruising along Highway 202 between North Bend and Snoqualmie, if I see a deer or elk, I will kill it, no matter what time of the year, or the day. Speaking of that growing herd between North Bend and Snoqualmie, I figure the state owes me a few elk for all the years I've faithfully hunted and been skunked. So I'll start taking my due, and if it offends the tourists and wildlife watchers, too bad. This is nature we're talking about. I want to eat elk, I know where to find a lot of them, for I am a wolf. I am a mountain lion. I will kill two healthy mule deer per week between now and next June, and if I can't score enough mule deer, I'll head to Colville and kill whitetails or cross the pass and wander down the Nooksack Valley and kill blacktails. On my meanderings, I'll kill a few elk, too. I am a wolf. I am the ultimate "master hunter" and don't have to enroll in a program to prove it. I don't apply for permits, I will cross anybody's fences and if someday I'm in the mood for a good beef steak....
If you want to light the gamies up,go to the sportsmans show ask them what difference is between you chasing herds with a snowmobile or quad or wolf chasing net effect is same still stresses herd. Poachers can at least be thrown in jail.
Just shoot them and walk away. Chances of getting caught pretty slim.
Quote from: mtman on December 10, 2011, 02:04:44 PMJust shoot them and walk away. Chances of getting caught pretty slim.Do like the locals in Idaho, long range rifle in open country or 22mag. in the woods, shootem in the belly, let'em run away to die.
The first year I started hunting in Idaho I ran into a local while driving around learning. This guy was about 70 and was full of info and was willing to visit. After about 30 minutes he looked at us and said" you boys know what to do if ya see a wolf, rite?""We that live here practice the 3s's. Shoot, shovel and shut up."Thats how they have been handling the situation for years now. This year things changed alittle with the opening of the season. Now they buy a $11 wolf tag and share it between the whole hunting party. If they do shoot one, they leave it where it lays that way they dont have to tag it and spend another $11.That country over there is covered up in wolves. This states elk herds are in real danger. Over there, there are millions of acres to hide in, not like here where the elk run across the road and hide in the "Art coffin game reserve". once they figure it out, The wolves are gonna think of it as the "Art coffin all ya can eat buffet".I dont have the answer but I am sadend by the thought of the elk herd being wiped out in our state.For the record, I will be practing the 3S's if I see one. And I did buy my $35 tag when I was in Idaho this year.
If I give the state some scat to analyses because i saw it come out of a wolf, doesn't that also mean i should send it to a 3rd party to keep WDFW honest?
