Post by: HoofsandWings on June 13, 2016, 02:12:02 PM
harvest in northeastern Washington
OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to reduce the number of hunting days for antlerless deer in northeastern Washington at a public meeting June 10-11 in Olympia.
The commission, a citizen panel appointed by the governor to set policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), agreed to reduce the number of antlerless white-tailed deer hunting days for archery to six days and eliminate the muzzleloader season for antlerless white-tailed deer in the region. These changes apply to game management units 101-121.
Commission Chair Brad Smith said the restrictions reflect concerns about deer herds affected last year by an outbreak of blue tongue disease, a virus caused by biting gnats. In April, the commission reduced the number of hunting days for antlerless deer for youth, seniors and hunters with disabilities to four days this year. WDFW had intended to propose these additional restrictions at the April meeting.
More information about the new restrictions will be available this week on WDFW's website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/
Also at the meeting, the commission voted to keep killer whales and streaked horned larks on Washington's endangered species list. WDFW recently updated status reviews for both species and recommended that they retain their current protected status.
Post by: RB on June 13, 2016, 06:11:01 PM
Post by: PA BEN on July 15, 2016, 11:48:13 AM
Post by: mfswallace on July 15, 2016, 12:46:21 PM
Post by: PA BEN on July 16, 2016, 10:38:32 AM
Tinfoil hat me says blue tongue is secondary reason to WOLVES and whatever wdfw can do to distract from that fact they will do...it was a group of locals that bitched to the game dept. That got them to do this, they were going to sit and do nothing.