Post by: jackelope on February 23, 2019, 09:10:57 PM
@Bushcraft
Post by: Whitenuckles on February 24, 2019, 10:02:05 AM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on February 24, 2019, 10:29:33 AM
Talked with the guy who bought it. He said he bought it for a friend. Should have asked him if he wanted a new friend :chuckle:
Was it Aryon Snyder? Ran into him, and his friend he bought the goat tag for one year hunting goats.
Post by: Bob33 on February 24, 2019, 11:00:07 AM
Post by: Mtnwalker on February 24, 2019, 11:04:23 AM
Remembering the good old days...
Wow 900 goat permits! Lower success rates back then maybe?
Post by: Bob33 on February 24, 2019, 11:07:54 AM
I'm sure it was lower. As I recall they were considered almost a varmint and hunters didnt put a lot of effort into hunting them. Probably akin to a cougar tag today: you get one just in case you run into one. I think they were $5.Remembering the good old days...
Wow 900 goat permits! Lower success rates back then maybe?
Post by: Tbar on February 24, 2019, 11:23:09 AM
No.Talked with the guy who bought it. He said he bought it for a friend. Should have asked him if he wanted a new friend :chuckle:
Was it Aryon Snyder? Ran into him, and his friend he bought the goat tag for one year hunting goats.
Post by: jackelope on February 24, 2019, 11:30:21 AM
Talked with the guy who bought it. He said he bought it for a friend. Should have asked him if he wanted a new friend :chuckle:
He didn’t pay for it for someone else. He bid for the other guy who wasn’t present. The guy on the other end of the phone paid for it.
Post by: Rainier10 on February 24, 2019, 12:12:40 PM
Post by: Caseyd on February 24, 2019, 02:58:47 PM
I wonder if the guy placing the bid was nervous about spending $30k if the guy on the other end backed out.
Depends who’s bid number it was :chuckle:
I’ve bid for someone else who couldn’t be present but it was their packet and their credit card on file.
Post by: jackelope on February 24, 2019, 03:56:35 PM
I wonder if the guy placing the bid was nervous about spending $30k if the guy on the other end backed out.
I’d be terrified.
:dunno:
Post by: bucksnort on February 24, 2019, 04:07:24 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on February 24, 2019, 04:28:34 PM
:chuckle:I wonder if the guy placing the bid was nervous about spending $30k if the guy on the other end backed out.
I’d be terrified.
:dunno:
Post by: Tbar on February 24, 2019, 04:37:14 PM
Heard through the local grapevine it is a hunter known to us all who buys a lot of Auction tags around the west. Will probably be new state record if the number I heard was correct. No pics and I wont say the name out of respect for privacy.:dunno: known to us all? Didn't he have the tag last year? If so, he's a pretty private guy and not known to us all. Good luck to the hunter.
Post by: Dan-o on February 24, 2019, 04:52:07 PM
I'm sure it was lower. As I recall they were considered almost a varmint and hunters didnt put a lot of effort into hunting them. Probably akin to a cougar tag today: you get one just in case you run into one. I think they were $5.Remembering the good old days...
Wow 900 goat permits! Lower success rates back then maybe?
900 tags............ seems unreal.
Post by: Falcon on February 25, 2019, 07:00:29 PM
I'm sure it was lower. As I recall they were considered almost a varmint and hunters didnt put a lot of effort into hunting them. Probably akin to a cougar tag today: you get one just in case you run into one. I think they were $5.Remembering the good old days...
Wow 900 goat permits! Lower success rates back then maybe?
900 tags............ seems unreal.
I got my first tag in 84 for the Pratt River with 10 tags. That unit has been closed for about 20 years.
Way too many tags were given out back in the day, and by the time the game DEPT figured out goat mortality numbers it was way too late😕
Post by: wa.hunter on February 25, 2019, 07:20:13 PM
Also we should remember that most of our goat problems actually started to occur after cougar hunting with hound was ban. There were a lot of areas in this state that had a lot of mountain goats that were never hunted and there are almost none now.
Cougars are already having an impact on the ones that were recently release. In the public meeting I continually brought up the predator problem and they(WDFW) continued to ignore the question. In 1 area over 1/3 have already been eaten by cougars..and that was over a month ago.
Over hunting was not the problem, just an easy one to put the blame on.
Post by: HntnFsh on February 25, 2019, 07:46:47 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on February 25, 2019, 09:05:15 PM
Post by: jackelope on February 25, 2019, 09:37:36 PM
:yike: :bash:
If you recall, we saw cat tracks I believe on the mountain we killed mine on.
Post by: bearpaw on February 25, 2019, 09:48:11 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on February 25, 2019, 10:22:37 PM
Yes we did. Actually pretty easy prey for a cat.:yike: :bash:
If you recall, we saw cat tracks I believe on the mountain we killed mine on.
Post by: Jpmiller on February 26, 2019, 06:41:41 AM
Post by: Rainier10 on February 26, 2019, 03:08:00 PM