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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: fatrobber on December 17, 2014, 10:23:22 PM

Title: hunting in national parks?
Post by: fatrobber on December 17, 2014, 10:23:22 PM: Anyone know if you are able to hunt inside national parks? For example if I were to go to ashford/packwood area
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Post by: _TONY_ on December 17, 2014, 10:26:30 PM: Pretty sure there is no hunting in any parks.
Title: Re: hunting in national parks?
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on December 17, 2014, 10:45:51 PM: It is certainly not legal to hunt in any National Park. Know your boundaries!

http://www.nps.gov/mora/parkmgmt/lawsandpolicies.htm (http://www.nps.gov/mora/parkmgmt/lawsandpolicies.htm)

-Steve
Title: Re: hunting in national parks?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 17, 2014, 10:50:38 PM: You can only hunt in a select few national parks. It is for herd reductions, usually elk. Have to look up each park's policy.
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Post by: bigtex on December 17, 2014, 11:04:16 PM: Quote from: JimmyHoffa on December 17, 2014, 10:50:38 PM
You can only hunt in a select few national parks. It is for herd reductions, usually elk. Have to look up each park's policy.
:yeah:

There are a few "National Parks" that are open for hunting under a permit system for herd reduction. But generally speaking the answer is no.

Now there is National Park Service land that is open to "general" hunting. WA has the most units of NPS land that is open to hunting in the lower 48. Those are Lake Roosevelt, Lake Chelan, and Ross Lake National Recreation Areas
Title: Re: hunting in national parks?
Post by: fast1 on December 20, 2014, 01:25:39 PM: I was thinking of calling in river front park in Spokane. Figured I could get up in the radio flyer wagon and do a set. Not sure what breed of dog I would get in, but I'm sure there's dogs there! :dunno: :dunno:
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Post by: longwalker on December 20, 2014, 02:55:31 PM: If your going to hunt at least take a 5 second glance at the regs .....scary
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Post by: actionshooter on December 20, 2014, 03:02:49 PM: Quote from: JimmyHoffa on December 17, 2014, 10:50:38 PM
You can only hunt in a select few national parks. It is for herd reductions, usually elk. Have to look up each park's policy.

Correct, decisions like hunting and other use are dictated by the Park manager of each individual park.
Title: Re: hunting in national parks?
Post by: fast1 on December 20, 2014, 08:51:40 PM: Of your not 110% sure, your better off to stay out until you do the research on the ground your thinking of. After you do find out if its hunt able, be sure to check firearm restrictions.
There's a lot of public and private ground out there so I try to avoid the headache and the chance of crossing into the wrong area.
Title: Re: hunting in national parks?
Post by: JJD on December 22, 2014, 01:37:55 PM: Quote from: bigtex on December 17, 2014, 11:04:16 PM
Quote from: JimmyHoffa on December 17, 2014, 10:50:38 PM
You can only hunt in a select few national parks. It is for herd reductions, usually elk. Have to look up each park's policy.
:yeah:

There are a few "National Parks" that are open for hunting under a permit system for herd reduction. But generally speaking the answer is no.

Now there is National Park Service land that is open to "general" hunting. WA has the most units of NPS land that is open to hunting in the lower 48. Those are Lake Roosevelt, Lake Chelan, and Ross Lake National Recreation Areas

There is a big difference between national parks and national recreation areas. Some National Parks lie within National Recreation areas. You may not hunt within Park boundries (generally) but you can hunt the surrounding rereation area. Be aware that there are regulations regarding hunting rec areas, make sure ya bone up on those rules before you hunt there. The gov does a pretty good job of hiding these rules, as a vast majority rec area managers would just rather you not hunt there.