Post by: ScottyG on April 10, 2015, 04:45:36 PM
Post by: Lucky1 on April 10, 2015, 04:58:27 PM
Post by: buckfvr on April 10, 2015, 05:20:34 PM
Post by: grundy53 on April 10, 2015, 05:28:18 PM
WDFW calls it a social issue.......take that to mean their non hunting and anti hunting constituency ( whom by the way is larger than the hunting constituency ) doesnt like it and wants it gone........plan on it.Actually, I believe the driving force for the ban is other hunters.
Post by: Bob33 on April 10, 2015, 05:41:54 PM
That is correct.WDFW calls it a social issue.......take that to mean their non hunting and anti hunting constituency ( whom by the way is larger than the hunting constituency ) doesnt like it and wants it gone........plan on it.Actually, I believe the driving force for the ban is other hunters.
Post by: HornHoarder on April 10, 2015, 05:50:04 PM
Post by: Brad Harshman on April 10, 2015, 06:07:33 PM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,172226.0.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,172226.0.html)
Post by: Wenatcheejay on April 10, 2015, 11:26:41 PM
WDFW calls it a social issue.......take that to mean their non hunting and anti hunting constituency ( whom by the way is larger than the hunting constituency ) doesnt like it and wants it gone........plan on it.Actually, I believe the driving force for the ban is other hunters.
I totally agree.
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 11, 2015, 06:00:48 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on April 11, 2015, 06:09:14 AM
It would have greatly affected archery success to where we would have had to change the archery seasons drastically.Huh? I'm lost there :dunno:
Post by: PA BEN on April 11, 2015, 06:22:23 AM
Me too? :dunno: I started bow hunting in 1986, seasons haven't changed much. I never used bait for bow hunting until 2013, up to that point I killed a decent buck each year. I never used a game camera for scouting until 2013. I spent more time in the stand but filling my tag wasn't a problem. I started baiting for my kids starting in 2004. I have no problem with the use of bait, but I think some hunters have got so use to using bait they think it's the only way to harvest a buck. :twocents:It would have greatly affected archery success to where we would have had to change the archery seasons drastically.Huh? I'm lost there :dunno:
Post by: MtnMuley on April 11, 2015, 06:25:44 AM
Post by: Rainier10 on April 11, 2015, 07:50:40 AM
:yeah:It would have greatly affected archery success to where we would have had to change the archery seasons drastically.Huh? I'm lost there :dunno:
Post by: spin05 on April 13, 2015, 03:51:24 AM
The reason I'm confused with the statement was because archery seasons allow for several weeks in September and also allow a late season during the rut and post rut. Best dates possible the way I see it to harvest a buck, reguardless if you use bait or not. :dunno:
Not in the rut at all. Post rut yes. pre-rut yes. If anybody is hunting the rut its the modern 4 day late blacktail and the modern permits that have the prime rut. Matter fact i see most of the blacktail bucks right around Halloween. By the time the archery late season comes around. There all but gone. Just a observation.
Post by: Todd_ID on April 13, 2015, 05:56:57 AM
The season dates, areas and restrictions are set based upon previous harvest data: resource allocation is what we call it. If a ban on baiting were to occur, and if that led to reduced harvest by archers, then the archery seasons would need to be expanded in an attempt to keep an equitable harvest rate.:yeah:It would have greatly affected archery success to where we would have had to change the archery seasons drastically.Huh? I'm lost there :dunno:
A simple fact that is ignored by this method of season setting is that 10% of the people are always going to be responsible for 90% of the harvest. The remaining 10% of the harvest is split among the 90% of the people who only average 5 days in the woods per year: no matter when our how long the season is.
Post by: Bob33 on April 13, 2015, 06:23:18 AM
Success rates would also drop for modern and muzzleloader.
Post by: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on April 13, 2015, 06:28:43 AM
"If a ban on baiting were to occur, and if that led to reduced harvest by archers, then the archery seasons would need to be expanded in an attempt to keep an equitable harvest rate. "
Success rates would also drop for modern and muzzleloader.
yea, archers arnt the only baiters.
Post by: Smack on April 13, 2015, 09:17:29 AM
Post by: Colville on April 15, 2015, 09:29:38 AM
Post by: DIYARCHERYJUNKIE on April 15, 2015, 07:31:18 PM
Yep, Archers aren't the only baiters, they're just the master baiters.
coming from colville the land of tang.