Post by: jeffitz on March 09, 2020, 10:42:28 AM
Post by: bobcat on March 09, 2020, 11:03:56 AM
Post by: Rainier10 on March 09, 2020, 11:24:21 AM
There will be one last meeting April 9-11 in Olympia where they will officially bang the gavel on the proposed seasons. Regulations should be available on line the next week and in print at stores shortly after that.
Post by: jeffitz on March 09, 2020, 11:41:55 AM
Post by: jstone on April 14, 2020, 05:27:05 PM
I need to start planning
Post by: pashok23 on April 14, 2020, 05:40:47 PM
Soon I hope:yeah:
I need to start planning
Post by: trophyhunt on April 14, 2020, 06:24:41 PM
Post by: Ridgerunner on April 14, 2020, 06:30:25 PM
Post by: jstone on April 14, 2020, 06:36:01 PM
Post by: Mfowl on April 15, 2020, 07:53:43 PM
Post by: Bob33 on April 15, 2020, 08:06:54 PM
Post by: hunter399 on April 15, 2020, 08:14:09 PM
Planning for what a shutdown season ,hahaha 😄 :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:Soon I hope:yeah:
I need to start planning
Post by: Tacbeav on April 16, 2020, 07:57:12 AM
Oregon's has been out for weeks ... don't know why Washington can't do the same?
Post by: hunter399 on April 16, 2020, 08:18:36 AM
http://www.eregulations.com/oregon/big-game-hunting/Because WDFW has become
Oregon's has been out for weeks ... don't know why Washington can't do the same?
WDWW
Washington Department wildlife watching.
Post by: bobcat on April 16, 2020, 08:44:00 AM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on April 16, 2020, 08:46:19 AM
It's always mid-April, and I don't see a problem with that. They need to have some information on animal populations after winter is over before establishing special permit numbers. I'm actually surprised they can get it done as early as they do. Plenty of things to criticize them for, but this isn't one of them, IMO.:yeah: another one I get a kick out of is people complaining about how long it takes them to do draws. They are top 3 fastest states on draws in the western United states :chuckle:
Post by: Tacbeav on April 16, 2020, 09:13:01 AM
Oregon does sometimes adjust the originally published tag numbers before the drawings are held. Still think it would be nice to have the regs out earlier for planning ect.
I agree that it doesn't make the top of the priority list for all the issues WDFW has to deal with.
Post by: Onewhohikes on April 16, 2020, 09:17:57 AM
Post by: slim9300 on April 16, 2020, 10:52:20 AM
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Post by: bobcat on April 16, 2020, 10:54:18 AM
Can anyone tell me the agreed upon archery elk dates for the west side? I’m guessing September 5-16th (which blows of course).
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Post by: slim9300 on April 16, 2020, 11:00:03 AM
Damn that was fast. Thank you! Those are great dates. I had no idea.Can anyone tell me the agreed upon archery elk dates for the west side? I’m guessing September 5-16th (which blows of course).
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Post by: Bob33 on April 16, 2020, 11:06:54 AM
http://www.eregulations.com/oregon/big-game-hunting/When does Oregon publish draw results?
Oregon's has been out for weeks ... don't know why Washington can't do the same?
Post by: jstone on April 17, 2020, 11:57:55 AM
Post by: ThurstonCokid on April 17, 2020, 11:59:36 AM
So do I go ahead and buy my tags today? Keep waiting?With what we are dealing with right now id wait.. i have all my tags currently and wish i didnt
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Post by: Its_Raining_Brass on April 17, 2020, 01:58:08 PM
The department will not refund any recreational license or permit purchase for which a season or hunt has been scheduled, and the licensee could have participated in the season or hunt, regardless of whether the licensee did in fact participate.
Post by: jackelope on April 17, 2020, 02:08:05 PM
Post by: kselkhunter on April 17, 2020, 02:09:54 PM
http://www.eregulations.com/oregon/big-game-hunting/
Oregon's has been out for weeks ... don't know why Washington can't do the same?
Weeks?
Oregon publishes their regs in December.
Post by: jackelope on April 17, 2020, 04:02:30 PM
Maybe I’m missing something. Wouldn’t be the first time.
Post by: cougforester on April 17, 2020, 04:06:42 PM
This just seems to me like another reason to piss and moan about the WDFW. What’s the significance of not having the reg’s right now? We’ve all done this before. We have a pretty good idea of when the seasons are. In fact I think we know 3 years in advance when the seasons are.
Maybe I’m missing something. Wouldn’t be the first time.
Final permit numbers? Gives people something to read and digest, more material to keep the mind occupied maybe. I’m sure there’s an approved proposal up on WDFWs website with approved numbers, but that is a lot easier way to dissect that info.
It’s certainly not something else to take shots at WDFW for, but I would love to kill a night digging into it a bit instead of Netflix or something and hope they get posted soon.
Post by: jackelope on April 17, 2020, 04:09:00 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 17, 2020, 04:10:52 PM
Post by: wannabhntr on April 17, 2020, 04:16:44 PM
Post by: HillHound on April 17, 2020, 05:09:02 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 17, 2020, 05:12:41 PM
Man only a 10 day season for Blacktail. That’s the shortest season I’ve seen ever. Closing on the 27th? Growing up we always hoped to shoot bucks on Halloween so we could leave the bloody heads on the front porch for trick or treaters. The couple times it worked out we got nothing but compliments. May not be the same reaction these days. Hopefully my niece and nephew that live over on that side of the mountain can get it done. At least they still have the four days of late buck too
It's October 17 to November 1.
Post by: Skinnyguts on April 17, 2020, 06:11:00 PM
Man only a 10 day season for Blacktail. That’s the shortest season I’ve seen ever. Closing on the 27th? Growing up we always hoped to shoot bucks on Halloween so we could leave the bloody heads on the front porch for trick or treaters. The couple times it worked out we got nothing but compliments. May not be the same reaction these days. Hopefully my niece and nephew that live over on that side of the mountain can get it done. At least they still have the four days of late buck too
It's October 17 to November 1.
Post by: bigtex on April 17, 2020, 06:17:26 PM
Man only a 10 day season for Blacktail. That’s the shortest season I’ve seen ever. Closing on the 27th? Growing up we always hoped to shoot bucks on Halloween so we could leave the bloody heads on the front porch for trick or treaters. The couple times it worked out we got nothing but compliments. May not be the same reaction these days. Hopefully my niece and nephew that live over on that side of the mountain can get it done. At least they still have the four days of late buck tooThat's an error on the website.
Post by: slim9300 on April 17, 2020, 06:30:58 PM
I really hope you are right! Those dates blow.Man only a 10 day season for Blacktail. That’s the shortest season I’ve seen ever. Closing on the 27th? Growing up we always hoped to shoot bucks on Halloween so we could leave the bloody heads on the front porch for trick or treaters. The couple times it worked out we got nothing but compliments. May not be the same reaction these days. Hopefully my niece and nephew that live over on that side of the mountain can get it done. At least they still have the four days of late buck tooThat's an error on the website.
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Post by: Bango skank on April 17, 2020, 06:32:34 PM
Post by: bobcat on April 17, 2020, 06:55:22 PM
Post by: HillHound on April 17, 2020, 06:56:12 PM
Post by: Bango skank on April 17, 2020, 06:58:29 PM
Yeah I realized that right after I posted but still way less. Hope they are right that it’s a miss print
The important thing is that youre hunting bkacktail rather than whitetail. You have my full support and or sympathy. :chuckle:
Post by: bobcat on April 17, 2020, 07:01:58 PM
Post by: hunter399 on April 17, 2020, 07:09:45 PM
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
Post by: HillHound on April 17, 2020, 07:11:33 PM
Post by: jason4429 on April 18, 2020, 10:43:46 AM
In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
Post by: ThurstonCokid on April 18, 2020, 10:47:24 AM
Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on April 20, 2020, 08:11:27 AM
Post by: hunter399 on April 20, 2020, 08:27:53 AM
It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 20, 2020, 08:29:32 AM
It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Post by: D-Rock425 on April 20, 2020, 08:31:59 AM
I'm confusedIt's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Post by: jackelope on April 20, 2020, 08:34:47 AM
It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
This doesn't make a lot of sense.
What stops you from coming over here to hunt "our" season?
Almost sounds like you've been lobbying WDFW to decrease hunter opportunity because you don't feel like it's fair to you. If I'm wrong, please clarify.
Post by: hunter399 on April 20, 2020, 08:38:07 AM
That's correct.It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Basically it evens the playing field for hunters and wildlife.
I proposed it as to lengthen the east side season or shorten Westside or the middle of the road between the two.
I'm not trying to take your opportunity.To fair things up a bit.
I wouldn't get to worked up ,we haven't seen the regs yet.
Post by: trophyhunt on April 20, 2020, 08:38:50 AM
Post by: hunter399 on April 20, 2020, 08:40:48 AM
Post by: bobcat on April 20, 2020, 08:42:31 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 20, 2020, 08:42:46 AM
Dude the playing field is already even... you have the same opportunity to hunt the same seasons as anyone else in wa does. Feel free to go west and hunt the longer early season for blacktail... your tag is just as good for blacktail as theirs is for whitetailThat's correct.It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Basically it evens the playing field for hunters and wildlife.
I proposed it as to lengthen the east side season or shorten Westside or the middle of the road between the two.
I'm not trying to take your opportunity.To fair things up a bit.
I wouldn't get to worked up ,we haven't seen the regs yet.
ill also say that im not opposed to making a guy select a species for deer, but that has nothing to do with being fair.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 20, 2020, 08:46:44 AM
Sounds like my season should be the same as yours.
It is, we all have the same regulations.
It’s choice, you choose not to come to the wetside.
I did the dryside late hunt a couple times, got a deer, it’s just not worth it.
Probably why you don’t come to the wetside, it’s not worth it.
But some people love to hunt both side late hunts, it’s their right as long as the regs allow it. :twocents:
Post by: Sutherland on April 20, 2020, 08:49:44 AM
Post by: hunter399 on April 20, 2020, 08:50:28 AM
I will tell ya honestly I have no desire to hunt blacktail,pay access fees,from what I hear are on a steady decline just like most deer population in this state.Dude the playing field is already even... you have the same opportunity to hunt the same seasons as anyone else in wa does. Feel free to go west and hunt the longer early season for blacktail... your tag is just as good for blacktail as theirs is for whitetailThat's correct.It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Basically it evens the playing field for hunters and wildlife.
I proposed it as to lengthen the east side season or shorten Westside or the middle of the road between the two.
I'm not trying to take your opportunity.To fair things up a bit.
I wouldn't get to worked up ,we haven't seen the regs yet.
ill also say that im not opposed to making a guy select a species for deer, but that has nothing to do with being fair.
Now you tell me why my season shouldn't be as long as yours?
Post by: Igor on April 20, 2020, 08:54:58 AM
Post by: bobcat on April 20, 2020, 08:56:51 AM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 20, 2020, 08:57:37 AM
"My" season. "Your" season" ?????
Right.🤣
Post by: hunter399 on April 20, 2020, 08:57:58 AM
"My" season. "Your" season" ?????Exactly if there the same across the board it's our season.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 20, 2020, 08:59:18 AM
Yet you are talking about “my” and “your” season..."My" season. "Your" season" ?????Exactly if there the same across the board it's our season.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 20, 2020, 09:00:54 AM
If you have no desire great, dont go hunt them. But to say the season should be the same because its not fair otherwise makes zero sense.I will tell ya honestly I have no desire to hunt blacktail,pay access fees,from what I hear are on a steady decline just like most deer population in this state.Dude the playing field is already even... you have the same opportunity to hunt the same seasons as anyone else in wa does. Feel free to go west and hunt the longer early season for blacktail... your tag is just as good for blacktail as theirs is for whitetailThat's correct.It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Basically it evens the playing field for hunters and wildlife.
I proposed it as to lengthen the east side season or shorten Westside or the middle of the road between the two.
I'm not trying to take your opportunity.To fair things up a bit.
I wouldn't get to worked up ,we haven't seen the regs yet.
ill also say that im not opposed to making a guy select a species for deer, but that has nothing to do with being fair.
Now you tell me why my season shouldn't be as long as yours?
Post by: jstone on April 20, 2020, 09:06:12 AM
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Post by: jstone on April 20, 2020, 09:47:03 AM
Post by: jackelope on April 20, 2020, 09:52:08 AM
I will tell ya honestly I have no desire to hunt blacktail,pay access fees,from what I hear are on a steady decline just like most deer population in this state.Dude the playing field is already even... you have the same opportunity to hunt the same seasons as anyone else in wa does. Feel free to go west and hunt the longer early season for blacktail... your tag is just as good for blacktail as theirs is for whitetailThat's correct.It's just not fair that you can hunt late buck on east side then go home and continue to hunt on the Westside while our season is shutdown.Same here.In not trying to get the pitch fork thrown at me but I've been after them for years to make whitetail/blacktail the same.Why would you want to make them the same? I’m curious to your reasoning.
But I'm sure it's just a misprint.
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It's also a way to make you choose which side of the state your gonna hunt without really choosing.
Nothing stopping you from coming to the wet side.😉
Basically it evens the playing field for hunters and wildlife.
I proposed it as to lengthen the east side season or shorten Westside or the middle of the road between the two.
I'm not trying to take your opportunity.To fair things up a bit.
I wouldn't get to worked up ,we haven't seen the regs yet.
ill also say that im not opposed to making a guy select a species for deer, but that has nothing to do with being fair.
Now you tell me why my season shouldn't be as long as yours?
Why do people think they have to pay access fees to hunt blacktail? I never have. All kinds of public ground to hunt on.
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 20, 2020, 09:55:46 AM
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Post by: jackelope on April 20, 2020, 12:43:05 PM