Did anyone not draw multiseason deer?

[bobcat]

I got drawn and I'll defi items buy. Why apply if you don't plan to buy the tag?

I don't get the bad rep the MS tag gets. It's a great tag. Essentially you pay a little extra to get longer huntin seasons and more opportunity. I love the tag!

I applied because I want to have the opportunity to decide later on if I want to buy the tag. $180 is a lot of money for a guy with a wife and two kids, living on only one income. I will decide in August if I want to spend the money.

And I agree, it's a great tag to have, great opportunity- IF you have the money. It's kind of like, well do I want to spend the $180, or do I want my kids to have food to eat. Know what I mean?

[Moosehunt]

I drew a MS Deer.  The way I see it is that I now have 3 months to take 3 kids hunting.  I get to teach them how to use 3 weapons and I could do it one-on-one every weekend and never shoot.  $181 to spend 3 months worth of weekends in the woods with the ones that count the most......priceless tag IMO.  I didn't want the tag, I wanted the season, time is more important.  I would shoot a doe with it just to give my 9 yo boy the chance to be part of it.  It's all about perspective.

[Bob33]

If someone has the means, time, and equipment to hunt all three seasons it can be a good tag.  A lot of hunters find out they don't when it comes time to pay, in which case $180 is a lot of money.

It would be worthless to me, because I modern hunt the same place every year, and have no desire to do anything different.

[bobcat]

I forgot to make the another point I was going to make in that last post:  with the deer MS tag being a guaranteed draw now, there's no reason to just build up points for the future, so I figured it was worth spending $6 to give myself another 5 months to decide if I want to buy it.

[washelkhunter]

I drew a MS Deer.  The way I see it is that I now have 3 months to take 3 kids hunting.  I get to teach them how to use 3 weapons and I could do it one-on-one every weekend and never shoot.  $181 to spend 3 months worth of weekends in the woods with the ones that count the most......priceless tag IMO.  I didn't want the tag, I wanted the season, time is more important.  I would shoot a doe with it just to give my 9 yo boy the chance to be part of it.  It's all about perspective.

Cant argue with that. Have fun with the kids1

[hunterrcc]

Disgusting revenue grab by the WDFW.  Give *basically* everybody who wants to pay the premium the ability to hunt more days.  There are not more total season days available, so that means they are just cramming more and more people into the same season(s) to source more money.  Heck of an experience.  How many guys do you think will be in the pumpkin patch in the NE corner this November over last November?

*edited to add-
8000 permits at 180 each is $1.44 million.  They take in an extra 1.44 mill just for printing the tags.

You know that is a hell of a point!  What a joke they are going back to the way it was before we can hunt all seasons but now they make us pay a ton to do it!  So we should have no deer left that are worth a damn with the amount of pressure now on the deer good luck finding a deer to shoot at that is not running its ass off!

[Houndhunter]

i didn't apply this year, although i have points built up. 185$ was to much for me and i didn't want to take away the opportunity for a guy if i wasn't willingly to pay the cost. i didn't realize that they would have more tags then applicants or else i may have put in for the permit. it definitely was a way to make money and that's all there is to it, we'll see how long it lasts giving out that many tags

[Alaska316]

I drew the tag. The reason I wanted it is to get my girls out in the field more days then just modern. Dayton for archery. Can't wait.

[Gobble]

Damn! My brother and I drew BOTH Deer and Elk!!!!!!!!!

[buckfvr]

Everyone is saying what a great tag it is ( multi-deer ),  well just how great is it when everyone else has it too ???And then theres long term effects.....todays elation will be another days disappointment.

[coachcw]

i really wonder how much it will effect the harvest numbers. I still think that most of us that harvest year to year will and in my case being more sellective may accually cause me not to harvest .

[Westsidebowhunter]

I had it last year and now again this year but last year it was fun to go out and not have the pressure to shoot when you see a descent buck because you have all the time in the world and not tons of pressure. Now there are going to be a lot of people out their flinnging arrows that have no right to even touch a bow let alone hunt that are going to wound quiet a few animals not to mention the rifle season i feel bad for anyone that chooses to hunt rifle this year its going to be a sh*t show for sure and it really is not a good way to take kids out and show them what hunting is all about when there is orange in every direction you look. But guess we have to thank our greedy state who cant seem to figure out how to manage anything.

[woowoo]

I had it last year and now again this year but last year it was fun to go out and not have the pressure to shoot when you see a descent buck because you have all the time in the world and not tons of pressure. Now there are going to be a lot of people out their flinnging arrows that have no right to even touch a bow let alone hunt that are going to wound quiet a few animals not to mention the rifle season i feel bad for anyone that chooses to hunt rifle this year its going to be a sh*t show for sure and it really is not a good way to take kids out and show them what hunting is all about when there is orange in every direction you look. But guess we have to thank our greedy state who cant seem to figure out how to manage anything.

Why did you even apply if it's going to be such a "sh*tshow"? You guys are acting like it's something that anyone can buy and there's gonna be a million people out there. I think it's a great opportunity to be able to check out the different seasons. I'm a modern guy but have been wanting to try archery. Would I give up my rifle hunt to TRY bowhunting? No. I don't really understand what the big deal is? Just a bunch of whiners who do NOTHING but b*tch about this state. Try your luck elsewhere if you don't like the rules. I, for one, am stoked to have this OPPORTUNITY!   

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

So am I but I don't want you modern sh*t show guys hunting my archery season just like after we both get skunked for sept your not gonna wanna see me f'n your hunt up.  Good luck to all the modern hunters who wanna "try" archery.  Shoot straight.

[rosscrazyelk]

It says I did . Being a bowhunter for deer it is gonna be fun to try a high buck hunt. Plus try some other areas for draws