Post by: wheels on March 09, 2017, 09:16:04 AM
Post by: bobcat on March 09, 2017, 09:30:38 AM
Umtanum might be okay as you might be able to shoot from near the highway, you'd just need a raft or boat to get across the river to get your sheep after you shot it.
I hunted Clemans and I wouldn't recommend it. Selah Butte maybe, if you can afford to pay for access to the private land.
Post by: wheels on March 09, 2017, 09:44:39 AM
Post by: Buckjunkie on March 11, 2017, 08:49:13 AM
Post by: TriggerMike on March 13, 2017, 09:38:02 AM
Selah Butte maybe, if you can afford to pay for access to the private land.
Out of curiosity how much does it cost to access that land?
Post by: andrew_in_idaho on March 13, 2017, 10:30:11 AM
Is the river or the road the boundary. Seriously asking because if the river is the boundary this could be very bad advice. Also not many rams in the canyon during the season
Umtanum might be okay as you might be able to shoot from near the highway, you'd just need a raft or boat to get across the river to get your sheep after you shot it.
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Post by: Bob33 on March 13, 2017, 10:49:18 AM
The Yakima River is the boundary between the Umtanum and Selah Butte sheep areas.Is the river or the road the boundary. Seriously asking because if the river is the boundary this could be very bad advice. Also not many rams in the canyon during the season
Umtanum might be okay as you might be able to shoot from near the highway, you'd just need a raft or boat to get across the river to get your sheep after you shot it.
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on March 13, 2017, 12:11:06 PM
What I thought. If you "shot one from the highway" as was suggested you would be shooting from the wrong unitThe Yakima River is the boundary between the Umtanum and Selah Butte sheep areas.Is the river or the road the boundary. Seriously asking because if the river is the boundary this could be very bad advice. Also not many rams in the canyon during the season
Umtanum might be okay as you might be able to shoot from near the highway, you'd just need a raft or boat to get across the river to get your sheep after you shot it.
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Post by: bobcat on March 13, 2017, 12:28:26 PM
But seriously, I'm not sure I've ever seen a law that says you can't kill an animal in one GMU just because you happen to be standing in another GMU.
I also happen to know that a sheep was killed in exactly the way I described. No legal issues occurred as a result of that sheep being shot in one unit by a hunter in another unit.
Post by: Bob33 on March 13, 2017, 12:34:28 PM
Then just call the WDFW and ask if it's legal to hunt with a rifle in that area. If they say yes, you're good to go. :tup:I don't know how it is enforced but I would consider shooting from a location I didn't have a legal right to hunt from as hunting in a closed area based on this RCW:
But seriously, I'm not sure I've ever seen a law that says you can't kill an animal in one GMU just because you happen to be standing in another GMU.
I also happen to know that a sheep was killed in exactly the way I described. No legal issues occurred as a result of that sheep being shot in one unit by a hunter in another unit.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.010
(62) "To hunt" and its derivatives means an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest, or capture a wild animal or wild bird.
When shooting are you making an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest or capture a wild animal? If so, then you are hunting at that location.
Post by: bobcat on March 13, 2017, 12:41:12 PM
Then just call the WDFW and ask if it's legal to hunt with a rifle in that area. If they say yes, you're good to go. :tup:I don't know how it is enforced but I would consider shooting from a location I didn't have a legal right to hunt from as hunting in a closed area based on this RCW:
But seriously, I'm not sure I've ever seen a law that says you can't kill an animal in one GMU just because you happen to be standing in another GMU.
I also happen to know that a sheep was killed in exactly the way I described. No legal issues occurred as a result of that sheep being shot in one unit by a hunter in another unit.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.010
(62) "To hunt" and its derivatives means an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest, or capture a wild animal or wild bird.
When shooting are you making an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest or capture a wild animal? If so, then you are hunting at that location.
Too vague. Wouldn't hold up in court. ;)
If I had an Umtanum sheep tag and I wasn't physically capable of hiking those steep hills, I'd take a sheep from the "wrong" side of the river. Just as one hunter did a couple of years ago.
Post by: boneaddict on March 13, 2017, 01:31:40 PM
I think it's 1500 for access that ranch. Probably your best bet. Some decent Rams there too since they are somewhat "protected"
Post by: bigtex on March 14, 2017, 11:14:13 PM
:yeah:Then just call the WDFW and ask if it's legal to hunt with a rifle in that area. If they say yes, you're good to go. :tup:I don't know how it is enforced but I would consider shooting from a location I didn't have a legal right to hunt from as hunting in a closed area based on this RCW:
But seriously, I'm not sure I've ever seen a law that says you can't kill an animal in one GMU just because you happen to be standing in another GMU.
I also happen to know that a sheep was killed in exactly the way I described. No legal issues occurred as a result of that sheep being shot in one unit by a hunter in another unit.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.010
(62) "To hunt" and its derivatives means an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest, or capture a wild animal or wild bird.
When shooting are you making an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest or capture a wild animal? If so, then you are hunting at that location.
The case will be made where you/the shooter is standing/physically located.
Post by: huntnphool on March 14, 2017, 11:36:44 PM
:yeah:Then just call the WDFW and ask if it's legal to hunt with a rifle in that area. If they say yes, you're good to go. :tup:I don't know how it is enforced but I would consider shooting from a location I didn't have a legal right to hunt from as hunting in a closed area based on this RCW:
But seriously, I'm not sure I've ever seen a law that says you can't kill an animal in one GMU just because you happen to be standing in another GMU.
I also happen to know that a sheep was killed in exactly the way I described. No legal issues occurred as a result of that sheep being shot in one unit by a hunter in another unit.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.08.010
(62) "To hunt" and its derivatives means an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest, or capture a wild animal or wild bird.
When shooting are you making an effort to kill, injure, harass, harvest or capture a wild animal? If so, then you are hunting at that location.
The case will be made where you/the shooter is standing/physically located.
Can you shoot across private property? Let me rephrase that, is it legal? :chuckle: