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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Elkfun12 on November 28, 2023, 04:24:35 PM

Title: Big Washington ram deadhead!
Post by: Elkfun12 on November 28, 2023, 04:24:35 PM: Me and my brother found this back in 2017 in Loomis in September. Just remembered about it and figured I would share. And no we didn't take it. It's still sitting under a rock up on the mountain.
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Post by: GOcougsHunter on November 28, 2023, 04:29:59 PM: Cool find. I fully understand why we can't bring those home... But, ouch. would be neat to have.
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Post by: LDennis24 on November 28, 2023, 04:40:35 PM: :'(
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Post by: mburrows on November 28, 2023, 07:01:18 PM: Way cool find. Most other states will let you take them in to get plugged so you can take them home and they can collect the data. WA of course is behind the curve.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on November 28, 2023, 07:11:01 PM: Can you leave the skull and slide off the horns? Sheds? :chuckle:
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Post by: huntandjeep on December 02, 2023, 02:49:46 PM: Cool find for sure. I've found a two of them over the years and had to leave them behind :'(
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Post by: snake on December 02, 2023, 05:55:36 PM: why can't you take them home, what is the reasoning?
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Post by: HillHound on December 02, 2023, 06:05:14 PM: Washington is convinced that anyone who finds one or any dead head is a poacher who shot it left it to rot so they could go back and pick it up. Ridiculous it’s one of the very few states that treats us all as criminals until proven otherwise
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Post by: snake on December 02, 2023, 06:12:45 PM: oh boy! For a second I thought maybe there was some logical explanation but no. I am sure that law has stopped thousands of poachers, maybe more.