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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: mjustice79 on September 24, 2013, 10:39:32 PM

Title: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: mjustice79 on September 24, 2013, 10:39:32 PM: I am moving to Washington around the Dec/Jan time frame. I was reading the regulations up there and I am kinda confused. If I get an archery tag, how I understand it to be is that I can only hunt during the archery season in September and that's it. I grew up hunting in Tennessee and Georgia where the seasons go from mid-September to mid-January. Am I interpreting this correctly? Thanks in advance!!
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: deaner on September 24, 2013, 10:42:08 PM: there are also late archery seasons
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Post by: Widgeondeke on September 24, 2013, 10:42:17 PM: welcome to WA. On average you only get 9 days to hunt deer in the Evergreen State. :yike: :bash: :sry:
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: deaner on September 24, 2013, 10:46:59 PM: Quote from: Widgeondeke on September 24, 2013, 10:42:17 PM
welcome to WA. On average you only get 9 days to hunt deer in the Evergreen State. :yike: :bash: :sry:

youre crazy. unit i hunt in... archery deer is sept 1-27th, then nov 25 - dec15th.. so archery total is 48 days, much better than 9
muzzle loader deer is sep 28th - oct 6th so muzzle total is 9 days, right on there
modern is oct 12-25th and nov 9-19th so 25 days total for modern.

i really dont think 9 days is average, its just what the muzzle loaders get. they do get shafted.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on September 24, 2013, 11:30:25 PM: Quote from: deaner on September 24, 2013, 10:46:59 PM
Quote from: Widgeondeke on September 24, 2013, 10:42:17 PM
welcome to WA. On average you only get 9 days to hunt deer in the Evergreen State. :yike: :bash: :sry:

youre crazy. unit i hunt in... archery deer is sept 1-27th, then nov 25 - dec15th.. so archery total is 48 days, much better than 9
muzzle loader deer is sep 28th - oct 6th so muzzle total is 9 days, right on there
modern is oct 12-25th and nov 9-19th so 25 days total for modern.

i really dont think 9 days is average, its just what the muzzle loaders get. they do get shafted.

The muzzy guys also get a late season depending on where you hunt. I think it goes Nov. 28 - Dec.15
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: mjustice79 on September 24, 2013, 11:59:23 PM: I appreciate the assistance. Never hunted elk, only whitetail. I am looking forward to getting up there and getting after it! what do yall recommend: spot and stalk, tree stand or getting a guide my first season?
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Post by: RB on September 25, 2013, 12:07:20 AM: Quote from: mjustice79 on September 24, 2013, 11:59:23 PM
I appreciate the assistance. Never hunted elk, only whitetail. I am looking forward to getting up there and getting after it! what do yall recommend: spot and stalk, tree stand or getting a guide my first season?

Whitetail are only on the Eastern portion of Washington if that is what you are used to hunting I would presume similar tactics from Georgia and Tennessee would work here. Get maps and look for National forest that will be open to public hunting. If you really don't have the time to scout and can afford it hiring a guide would be a good option as well. Bearpaw on here would be a good place to start if you are looking for a Washington guide :twocents:

Best of luck and Welcome
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Post by: mjustice79 on September 25, 2013, 01:04:01 AM: good deal! thanks RB!
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Post by: Jburke on September 25, 2013, 01:15:37 AM: A lot also will depend on the part of the state you are considering hunting. Hunting elk in the NE corner is different than hunting on the coast. :twocents:
What part of the state are you planning to move to?
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Post by: mjustice79 on September 25, 2013, 04:00:15 AM: I will be moving around Olympia and hunting on the western side of the state.
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Post by: billythekidrock on September 25, 2013, 05:31:08 AM: Their is decent elk & bear hunting within an hour of Olympia and you will find blacktail deer everywhere... maybe even in your backyard in Oly.
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Post by: Screaminreelz on September 25, 2013, 01:28:46 PM: Oly area or wetside as some call it on here MF runs Oct 12-31 and late season Nov 14-17. Get out and away from the city in nearly any direction and you'll have some form of opportunity.
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Post by: bullcanyon on September 25, 2013, 02:55:24 PM: Um..... He is asking about elk not deer.

You can hunt both the early and late season with an archery tag.
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Post by: snowpack on September 25, 2013, 03:00:43 PM: He can also buy the muzzleloader tag and hunt with his archery equipment, or if lucky draw a multi elk permit and hunt all three seasons (east and westside)with bow and arrow.
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Post by: jackmaster on September 25, 2013, 03:08:19 PM: yeah depending on what your lookn for buck wise, blacktail bucks can be seriously discouraging, they dont act anything like a witetail and man oh man, if you havent been in serious brush before then you are in for quite a TREAT :chuckle: :chuckle: and if you have never seen a elk in the wild then your also in for one helluva treat, and moose and sheep and goats and blacktails and more blacktails and did i mention blacktails? oh and some muleys and some whitetails and cougars and bears. well i can just tell ya, you will dig it alot more than the south :tup: :tup: welcome to WASHINGTON, you got on a real good site, so your headed in the right direction, its alot better than shootn blind i can tell ya that :tup:
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on September 25, 2013, 03:46:53 PM: If its not to late maybe pick a different state to live in???? Montana,Idaho, Canada? :chuckle:
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Post by: Steef on September 25, 2013, 05:48:20 PM: Is "BearPaw" a board member's name who does guided hunts? I'd be interested if so as this will be my first year hunting in WA (Deer for sure, but I'd like to find someone to go Elk hunting with also).

Thanks,

S
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: jackmaster on September 25, 2013, 08:19:28 PM: Quote from: Steef on September 25, 2013, 05:48:20 PM
Is "BearPaw" a board member's name who does guided hunts? I'd be interested if so as this will be my first year hunting in WA (Deer for sure, but I'd like to find someone to go Elk hunting with also).

Thanks,

S
I believe he owns this site as well. Busy man for sure and from what I have seen an heard he is a damn good guide and a good man
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: mjustice79 on September 25, 2013, 08:51:37 PM: I have been looking at some GMUs around the area too. I haven't hunted much public land as I have either hunted my own or leased it. but I am looking forward to the challenge! I wouldn't mind getting on a bear either! blacktail is on the list as well. I cant wait until my hunting partner, my 6 yo, gets to see an elk up close for the first time! I figure it will take a spell to get used to it all. but, not too many people can say that they have hunted the nw where im from. glad I found this site, yall have been a great help! thanks again!!

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Hardship and misery are my companions. I am at my best when conditions are at their worst! H of the MANCHU creed.
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: jackmaster on September 26, 2013, 06:41:28 AM: Quote from: mjustice79 on September 25, 2013, 08:51:37 PM
I have been looking at some GMUs around the area too. I haven't hunted much public land as I have either hunted my own or leased it. but I am looking forward to the challenge! I wouldn't mind getting on a bear either! blacktail is on the list as well. I cant wait until my hunting partner, my 6 yo, gets to see an elk up close for the first time! I figure it will take a spell to get used to it all. but, not too many people can say that they have hunted the nw where im from. glad I found this site, yall have been a great help! thanks again!!

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Hardship and misery are my companions. I am at my best when conditions are at their worst! H of the MANCHU creed.
i see your manchu creed there? when were you in? were you at ft ord or lewis? i was BRAVO 2/9 AT LEWIS AND 4/17 BUFFALOS AT FT ORD
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: mjustice79 on September 27, 2013, 01:44:34 AM: Jackmaster, I am currently a Platoon Sergeant in 2-9 IN, Camp Casey Korea.
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: jackmaster on September 27, 2013, 06:36:33 AM: Quote from: mjustice79 on September 27, 2013, 01:44:34 AM
Jackmaster, I am currently a Platoon Sergeant in 2-9 IN, Camp Casey Korea.
how long have you been in? were you part of the 9th when we were at lewis?
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Post by: pianoman9701 on September 27, 2013, 07:43:30 AM: Confused at WA hunting regs? Bwahahahaha! Sorry soldier. The operations manual for the M-1 tank is less complicated.
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Post by: scout/sniper on September 27, 2013, 07:48:21 AM: Quote from: mjustice79 on September 27, 2013, 01:44:34 AM
Jackmaster, I am currently a Platoon Sergeant in 2-9 IN, Camp Casey Korea.
I was in a Marine detachment there, good times. ;)
Title: Re: Confused on the hunting regs...
Post by: nwwanderer on September 27, 2013, 08:01:10 AM: Thanks for your service. More and varied opportunities is the norm here. We have it all. Rain forests and deserts. Two kinds of elks, several deer species, three of the four turkey types, protected grizzlies and abundant black bears, multiple predators now including wolves, non native and native upland birds, the pacific flyway for ducks and geese, special permit moose, all of the salmon species, huge lakes, rivers and tiny streams. The rules are thick. No hounds, oh, the state issues 'special permits' for hounds with 'problem' predators. No leg hold traps. No bear baiting but feed those deer and elk under your tree stand if you like. Designate your weapon rules, except if ...... You get the idea.
Good luck, welcome home.