MH Region 5 Damage Permit - Can I use Any Firearm for 2nd Elk Tag?

[pianoman9701]

Read it and thanks again. I just find it interesting that the process is so complicated the guys in licensing don't even know the answers to my questions. 

[Bob33]

John, I think your questions have been answered.  If you still are unclear, PM and I will get you in touch with someone at WDFW who can better assist you.

CP is correct: your primary tag can be used on the second hunt.  However, the reverse is not true: the second tag could not be used as a primary tag.  You are allowed to use any legal weapon for the area you are hunting; you are not restricted by your primary tag's hunting method.  Please note that some areas in the region may be "firearm restricted", which could limit legal hunting methods.

I have purchased second tags before online, but that may have changed. 

Since this is a relatively rare occurence, you're likely to not get anyone very knowledgeable to help you at retailers.

Because the second tags are no longer relatively inexpensive, I would be inclined to wait before purchasing one but that's a decision only you can make.  If you get a call at 8:00 p.m. one evening asking you to hunt the next morning, you would not have time to purchase the second tag.

Best of luck to you.

[pianoman9701]

Thanks Bob. They have been. Thanks all.

[emac]

To purchase you second tag you have to call someone in the master hunter department if I remember correctly from last year.  I like people have said I wouldn't buy it until I got the phone call for the damage hunt or you are just blowing 68 bones

[kirkl]

i know for the 3911 MH tag, I have to call olympia and buy it then they send it to me, it doesnt show up online to purchase.  One thing you might be able to do is find out who the Hunt Cordinator is and give him a call
and see where your at on the list. That will give you a good idea. If your 89 out of 100 on the list then no way would i buy it. but say your 10 out of 100 on the list. I was 16 on the list last year for a hunt and barely got called
and i live in elk country in the yakima valley.

[wannahunt]

both times I got called to go on a master hunt i just took the paper permit I go in the mail and headed over to Fred Meyer's, showed them my permit and bought a tag. Never had any issues. Good luck to you. I drew the MH region 3 hunt this year. I have been called two out of the three times I got drawn. When you get called they will a certain number of days to hunt. If you don't get something in that amount of time you go to the bottom of the list and hope for another call. F&G will also give you the landowners phone number and you have to make set up a time to get a tour of his place and rules he may have. Good luck.
 

[wannahunt]

oh and here's my cow from region 5 MH two years ago.

[wormfood]

Hey pianoman I got drawn for the Ethel MH tag last year and it was a second tag. When I went to the local place here in Eatonville he said he never heard of a second elk tag but once he got in the computer it was in there and it wasnt a problem, paid my cash and got my second tag right then and there without any phone calls or problems.