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unconditional archery hunters, those of us who would prefer to not hunt at all than to not hunt with a bow.
Quoteunconditional archery hunters, those of us who would prefer to not hunt at all than to not hunt with a bow.While I might hunt with any weapon rather than not hunt at all, I have been Archery ONLY since 1987, and Traditional ONLY since 1992...ALL SEASONS, ALL GAME, turkey, bear, dear, elk, grouse, rabbit, etc...I just hear constant whining, it does not matter what changes they make, someone still whines...the change of season, from October to September, was due to whining, the change to not open on Labor Day weekend, was due to whining, seems like they have tried to accommodate us (Archers), but no matter what they do, there is still whining...No matter what, they will never let us hunt the last week of September, forget it, it is not going to happen.As has been stated here plenty, if you attend meetings, send letters, join clubs, make your voice heard, then you have every right to complain, yet go to a meeting, and you will see far more modern firearm and Muzzle-loader hunters than Archery, I wish that the season was longer, yet, I see few hunters during the week, and half as many during second week as first, the only complaint I see that the WDFW might take serious is to utilize weekends, yet they cannot do that and still keep us out of the last week of September, AGAIN, SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER LET US HAVE !No matter what the WDFW will not allow Archery to be after the 23rd of September.So, you can complain all you want, it will fall on deaf ears.Make the best of the seasons they do offer, and play the cards you are dealt, hunt other states if you want the last weekend, because unless we get an Archery hunter to become governor, we are the "Red-Headed Stepchild" of a "Blond Game Department"
There should be no rut hunts at all for deer or elk.
Ok i dont get it why the modern and the muzzy hunters get to draw for cows in the CLOCKUM this year but not ARCHERY. I e-mailed and asked the DFW lastnight??? That gets me
But biologists and REAL studies cost money, money the state won't get back. The same areas get the same amount of attention every year from the state.I was headed to the NE a few years back and decided to call the Colville gamies and ask them about the recent winter kill on whitetail as id heard it was bad. He said "yeah the local herd seems to be down a little" I said oh, you don't have any study or biology results yet? " Study"? He asked. " We haven't had a study out here since the late 70's".
QuoteBut biologists and REAL studies cost money, money the state won't get back. The same areas get the same amount of attention every year from the state.I was headed to the NE a few years back and decided to call the Colville gamies and ask them about the recent winter kill on whitetail as id heard it was bad. He said "yeah the local herd seems to be down a little" I said oh, you don't have any study or biology results yet? " Study"? He asked. " We haven't had a study out here since the late 70's".In several conversations with a few different biologist employed by the WDFW, I was informed that they were not "game Biologists, but "forest Practices" biologists, this was region 5 and 6, contact numbers from the WDFW website, they monitor Trees, and agricultural interests, on primarily PRIVATE timber company land... Why are they on the State payroll ?, monetary compensation from PRIVATE timber companies !!!The WDFW is counting budget dollars, not game numbers..
almost every western state allows a 30 day elk archery season, but us
