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I heard WSB was there and really hammered the commission to oppose any closure for archery cows in region 3. From what I was told we should get a cow season early maybe just a shorter season like a week to hunt cows
So is that for the benefit of the herd or hunters? I don't hunt the area but few years back when they went to something like 400-500 cow permit per hunting method, :bash:.
Post by: vandeman17 on March 17, 2018, 12:39:25 PM
I heard WSB was there and really hammered the commission to oppose any closure for archery cows in region 3. From what I was told we should get a cow season early maybe just a shorter season like a week to hunt cows
I didn't attend but my dad and other members on here did. Correct on the short cow season as well as other changes. I will let them chime in with more specifics.
Post by: HoofsandWings on March 18, 2018, 10:25:33 AM
Dayton EA Any Sept. ((9-21)) 8-20 Antlerless Elk Area 1016 ((5)) 10 Malaga EA Any Sept. ((2-8)) 1-7 Antlerless Elk Area 2032 20 ((Alkali EA Any Sept. 1-24 Antlerless GMU 371 5))
Colockum EA Any Sept. 8-20 Antlerless GMUs 328, 329 100 cows
Margaret WA Any Sept. ((9-21)) 8-20 and Dec. 1-15 Antlerless GMU 524 (except ((for)) CLOSED in Elk Area 5066) ((20)) 5 Toutle WA Any Sept. ((9-21)) 8-20 and Dec. 1-15 Antlerless GMU 556 ((30)) 15 Upper Smith Creek WA Any Oct. 1-7 Antlerless Elk Area 5064 4
Post by: Commando on March 18, 2018, 10:37:29 AM
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on March 19, 2018, 02:59:01 PM
I was hoping on permits. That place is getting crazy crowded. :twocents:
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Post by: ballpark on March 19, 2018, 03:29:28 PM
Post by: bowhunterforever on March 19, 2018, 03:53:55 PM
Wind farm this year offered 50 permits a day during Modern. Don't know about archery, but if you have a cow tag I would consider the wind farm. We did well during Modern 3 for 3. :tup:How do you go about getting a permit from them and is there roads you can drive? Pm me if you want
Post by: ian_padron on March 19, 2018, 08:34:24 PM
Would be an epic hunt with less pressure.
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Post by: elkcamp64 on March 19, 2018, 08:47:50 PM
The ultimate goal, like a family, is to not let our differences separate us and give the ultra-liberals the victory they so badly want.
This said, I agree with the limiting of cow elk harvesting in the 300 series GMU’s. My rationale has everything to with fair opportunity for each of the three hunting groups (bow, modern, muzzy). To cut straight to the chase, I have over 25 years of hunting the 328 and 329. As an elk camp with members with over 40 years at our site, few on this forum have more firsthand experience of the ‘Colockum’ changes than us. My point in saying this is not to brag, but perhaps give credibility to my premise. Collectively, we have several hundred years of 328, 329 history. We’ve seen it all up there, and no single change has been more significant to the muzzy and modern hunters than the implementation of open cow to bow hunters. The impact on the heard, post the archery season, is undisputable. By the end of archery, the elk have made a mass exodus to the reserve and stay there through the remaining seasons. Does this resultant equate to parity and fairness to the remaining groups? NO.
This change is four years over due.
We can all have our own opinions, but not our own facts. And to the elimination of all cow harvesting for a period of time: I’d support that type of move with the exception of those over an agreed upon elderly age and the disabled.
To close, those who claim they will stop hunting as a result of this potential change, I’d suggest you reflect how important this privilege is to you. We were once a camp that solely hunted modern. It killed us as at first to change our hunting identity but the Colockum devolved so we had to evolve. I hope you can do the same, we are all an important part of maintaining this areas carrying heard health.
I wish all health and hunting success.