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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: superdown on July 24, 2015, 08:59:23 AM

Title: Bear season dates?
Post by: superdown on July 24, 2015, 08:59:23 AM: What is/are the reasons for the different opening dates for general bear season i.e (aug.1 .aug.15 and sep.1) why doesn't it open all on the same day ?
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: grundy53 on July 24, 2015, 09:17:17 AM: Quote from: superdown on July 24, 2015, 08:59:23 AM
What is/are the reasons for the different opening dates for general bear season i.e (aug.1 .aug.15 and sep.1) why doesn't it open all on the same day ?
Short answer. Politics and political correctness.
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: Bob33 on July 24, 2015, 09:26:18 AM: Nearly all wildlife species are managed differently in different parts of the state. There are 140 GMUs in Washington. The variations are based primarily on different harvest objectives in different parts of the state.
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: grundy53 on July 24, 2015, 09:29:34 AM: Quote from: Bob33 on July 24, 2015, 09:26:18 AM
Nearly all wildlife species are managed differently in different parts of the state. There are 140 GMUs in Washington. The variations are based primarily on different harvest objectives in different parts of the state.
I think that is less true for bears.
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: tgomez on July 24, 2015, 07:14:09 PM: I always wondered the same thing. :dunno:
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: JimmyHoffa on July 24, 2015, 07:18:33 PM: Are east side cubs dependent on being with sows slightly longer in the year? Is it too hot on the eastside to hunt a month earlier--meat spoilage? About all I can come up with.
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: superdown on July 24, 2015, 09:30:14 PM: Quote from: JimmyHoffa on July 24, 2015, 07:18:33 PM
Are east side cubs dependent on being with sows slightly longer in the year? Is it too hot on the eastside to hunt a month earlier--meat spoilage? About all I can come up with.
I thought along those lines but they have spring draw tags :dunno:
Title: Re: Bear season dates?
Post by: idaho guy on July 27, 2015, 11:27:26 AM: They do the same in Idaho and a lot of it seems to do with hunting pressure. units close too town-easier access have shorter seasons. Upper joe and other harder to access area bear seasons almost never close. I Think it also(in Idaho) does have to do with elk/deer populations relative to overall predators and to a lesser extent the overall bear population. My experience is Washington has a bewildering amount of hunting units and often very different regulations for ones that border each other. (this has been deer hunting with my son not bear hunting). I have to think this has something to do with writing tickets! keep washington green!