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Who won and what with....the details.... The Glenn St Charles Award this year. The banquet snuck up on me this year. The ones I have been too have always been great fun
I know I got tired of seeing the changes to the Archery seasons and started asking questions. That is how I found out about the WSB and ended up attending the banquet on Saturday to check things out. It was a good dinner and way to raise funds for the WSB to fight the good fight. I am definitely joining and hope to find a way to contribute other than just my membership.The person from the state talked about scientific data for the wolf plan but never showed anything other then other state population numbers. I asked how they could justify 15 breeding pairs here in WA when Idaho only qualified 10 breeding pairs when they started their program. He never talked about the game animals that could support their population numbers which is why I asked the question since WA has about half the game animals Idaho has to sustain themselves. It just did not make sense to me. He never really answered the question with any good facts or data which leads me to believe they have no idea how they came up with that number other then that is what other states used.The apposing group gentleman did a good job of showing good data points and showing how even in other states where they started with a certain number of breeding pares, each state was well beyond that number before finally looking at managing the existing numbers of wolves.Join the WSB and join the fight for our rights as hunters and for real management of all game animals.Fulla
Bone,I won the St. Charles award with a non-typical whitetail that scored 193 7/8....grossed 201 2/8. Overall the banquet was good and it was great to see all the hunting buddies...just wish they had a larger turnout.
I paid for the banquet at the Sportmens Show when I joined but got very sick on Thursday Didnt get out of bed til Sunday afternoon. Completely sucked I was really looking forward to going. Definitely going to check the next WSB mag issue and show up to the next meeting. Great organization, website is getting better as well which will really help them/us grow.
Honestly, there has been a little bit of dicontent with the WSB as I imagine there is with anything political. I didn't enjoy them taking a stance on illuminocks and "speaking for all bowhunters" and then when disagreeing with them made me an "elitist" trad hunter, that kind of torqued me off. I know as a club I suppose they need to take stands and they need to lobby for things, but in this case it made me back way off from the WSB. I still think its a good organization with worthwhile goals and I am sure I will come around and be more supportive. I am not a member of the Trad organization in this state either.
I figured I could use this as leverage to get more people to join WSB....only way to see the picture is to join and get the newsletter.
Borrowed this from another forum because it was so well said...Info for the bowhunters that are not involved with WSB, way back in the beginning Chuck Bartlett, Gerald Egber, and Al Rinaldi founded the WSB club, back then we only could hunt Nason Creek, Long Island,and maybe one other area. threw the years these men and many more fought hard , donated many long hrs and lots of money to have what we have today for the bow hunting seasons in Wa. many thanks to all that have donated their time. Now we have most of the state although we have lost a lot in many areas, cow hunts, area 101 late season used to end Dec 31 (when the big bucks would come in),lost 5 days in the early deer season, our early elk dates are changing for the worst . And the Dept still try's and does take away more from us. So for you non members do yourself a favor and step up to the plate and join the club and fight for what we have so we don't loose more,Power is in numbers. We are having a board meeting April 1 at the Sunset Cafe at 10:00AM, in Cle Elum . All are invited to attend non members too. Hope to see some new faces« Last Edit: March 28, 2012, 09:34:33 PM by 4fletch
Some great company. I have never met Gerald. I met Al at the last two banquets I went too.
Quote from: Chase 1 on March 29, 2012, 10:47:29 AMBorrowed this from another forum because it was so well said...Info for the bowhunters that are not involved with WSB, way back in the beginning Chuck Bartlett, Gerald Egber, and Al Rinaldi founded the WSB club, back then we only could hunt Nason Creek, Long Island,and maybe one other area. threw the years these men and many more fought hard , donated many long hrs and lots of money to have what we have today for the bow hunting seasons in Wa. many thanks to all that have donated their time. Now we have most of the state although we have lost a lot in many areas, cow hunts, area 101 late season used to end Dec 31 (when the big bucks would come in),lost 5 days in the early deer season, our early elk dates are changing for the worst . And the Dept still try's and does take away more from us. So for you non members do yourself a favor and step up to the plate and join the club and fight for what we have so we don't loose more,Power is in numbers. We are having a board meeting April 1 at the Sunset Cafe at 10:00AM, in Cle Elum . All are invited to attend non members too. Hope to see some new faces« Last Edit: March 28, 2012, 09:34:33 PM by 4fletchAmen. My dad was involved back in the beginning. He won the Glenn St. Charles award one year with a Swakane buck. I am picking up his fight. We need everybody on board to make sure the efforts of those in years past don't get reversed.
Some great company. I have never met Gerald. I met Al at the last two banquets I went too. Seemed like a stand up guy, even for a lawyer. I had the priveledge of talking to Chuck on the phone one day. I am not much of a phone talking type of a guy, but I would bet I could spend a week in the woods BSing with this guy, listening to his stories and experience and advice. I was in a horrible mood when he called. Struggling with something in the back 40. It was a very uplifting conversation. What a great photographer. Someone I really look up to.
