Post by: ganghis on August 27, 2024, 09:56:19 AM
Anyway, there are probably some lessons there. Probably the easiest thing to have done is just to have left it and not reported it. But, my buddy texted his girlfriend about it after talking to the warden that first night and by the time we were back in cell range he had texts from all his inlaws asking if he was ok. So, these things have a way of blowing up - I guess one either has to be super quiet about it or just go by the book. Pretty happy we did that, only thing I would have changed is being a little less exacting on the caping and butchering!
Post by: TeacherMan on August 27, 2024, 10:00:30 AM
Post by: headshot5 on August 27, 2024, 10:02:01 AM
Post by: ganghis on August 27, 2024, 10:10:46 AM
Post by: Britt-dog on August 27, 2024, 10:16:02 AM
Post by: ducks4days on August 27, 2024, 10:38:29 AM
Post by: Platensek-po on August 27, 2024, 10:45:22 AM
Somebody smarter than me please correct me if I am wrong; I dont think you can usually keep the animal if shot in self defense. I would have given the warden a GPS pin instead of taking the time to cape and quarter it like it was going in the freezer. You guys did everything right, and shouldnt let the mess of what could happen after change how you act in the moment when it seems like you are about to be attacked. Scary stuff, I'm glad youre both alright.
Actually the only good thing I can think of is that by caping and quartering after being told to do, they basically can’t do an investigation. So that way if you are told it was self defense they can’t go back and try come up with some story about how/where when the animal was shot. It’s now a done deal and you are off the hook.
Post by: 2MANY on August 27, 2024, 11:04:48 AM
Post by: ganghis on August 27, 2024, 11:08:34 AM
Post by: hunter399 on August 27, 2024, 11:19:06 AM
Better safe than sorry,if it's too close to ya.
Shoot first ask questions later.
Seems to me you did everything correctly.
Sucks it wasn't season yet,is what it is.
Post by: raydog on August 27, 2024, 11:48:00 AM
Thats a good point. :yeah:Somebody smarter than me please correct me if I am wrong; I dont think you can usually keep the animal if shot in self defense. I would have given the warden a GPS pin instead of taking the time to cape and quarter it like it was going in the freezer. You guys did everything right, and shouldnt let the mess of what could happen after change how you act in the moment when it seems like you are about to be attacked. Scary stuff, I'm glad youre both alright.
Actually the only good thing I can think of is that by caping and quartering after being told to do, they basically can’t do an investigation. So that way if you are told it was self defense they can’t go back and try come up with some story about how/where when the animal was shot. It’s now a done deal and you are off the hook.
Post by: ghosthunter on August 27, 2024, 11:48:25 AM
:twocents:
Post by: Limhangerslayer on August 27, 2024, 01:39:39 PM
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
Post by: TeacherMan on August 27, 2024, 03:14:30 PM
Yeah that's the general area. And we did have cougar tags, but the season doesn't open til 9/1
Been a long time since I hunted Wa. You’d think they’d want the season open simultaneously. Sounds like you did the right thing overall.
Post by: MADMAX on August 27, 2024, 03:48:08 PM
I had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
Post by: Limhangerslayer on August 27, 2024, 05:34:39 PM
yes they will all be open, but they have an adjustment just in case the quota is already filled so somebody has a chance to hunt that area. A move the goal posts to make somebody happy type deal. I can’t find the article but there were a couple units that had already hit the quotaI had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
Post by: hughjorgan on August 27, 2024, 08:38:03 PM
yes they will all be open, but they have an adjustment just in case the quota is already filled so somebody has a chance to hunt that area. A move the goal posts to make somebody happy type deal. I can’t find the article but there were a couple units that had already hit the quotaI had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/new-washington-2024-25-cougar-hunting-rules-out/
This article sums it up pretty well, names the units that already hit their quota
Post by: Limhangerslayer on August 27, 2024, 09:16:03 PM
and what’s screwed up is the cats killed in April were running off the last years quota. So the cat I killed was used against us and put in the new seasons quota to further hinder us. Sorry for the thread hijack but stuff like this ticks me off!yes they will all be open, but they have an adjustment just in case the quota is already filled so somebody has a chance to hunt that area. A move the goal posts to make somebody happy type deal. I can’t find the article but there were a couple units that had already hit the quotaI had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/new-washington-2024-25-cougar-hunting-rules-out/
This article sums it up pretty well, names the units that already hit their quota
Post by: 85yota on September 01, 2024, 11:13:28 AM
I had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
Am I missing something? Why did you call the warden? Because you shot it with the wrong type bullet?
Post by: Limhangerslayer on September 01, 2024, 11:16:53 AM
called him because of shot size. Had to be #1 or larger. I would have called either way with it being self defense anyway. Just that I knew I wasn’t going to keep it.I had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
Am I missing something? Why did you call the warden? Because you shot it with the wrong type bullet?
Post by: Limhangerslayer on September 03, 2024, 01:27:21 PM
and the first one is closed already.I had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
Post by: hunter399 on September 03, 2024, 01:33:12 PM
Ya I seen that one unit has closedand the first one is closed already.I had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
These rules are dumb.
I went out on the first and forgot to check myself.
It's only a matter of time before an accidental harvest happens.
Post by: Taco280AI on September 03, 2024, 01:48:57 PM
It's only a matter of time before an accidental harvest happens.
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Post by: ducks4days on September 03, 2024, 04:36:02 PM
and the first one is closed already.I had the same situation this spring turkey hunting. Cat came in and wouldn’t leave, season was open and quota was still available but I shout it with turkey shot. I knew what the outcome was going to be. We called the local game warden and he met us at my brothers house. There was nothing the game warden could do other than take it. 6’ 9” 154 lb. Hated to see it go to waste.
And if you look some places are at quota this year before the season even opens🤦🏻
I had to look and it looks like they’re all open as of September 1
Correct me if I’m wrong
https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/big-game/cougar
Of course its around Vancouver. Tons of cats getting shot chasing down people's pets would be evidence that populations are too high, in a sane world.
Post by: hunter399 on September 03, 2024, 04:38:09 PM
I went out on the first and forgot to check myself.
It's only a matter of time before an accidental harvest happens.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/512x384q70/923/43M03h.jpg)
No harvest .
I went out cougar hunting and forgot to check the quota.
I forgot they expect us to check daily.
Post by: Taco280AI on September 03, 2024, 04:43:44 PM
I went out on the first and forgot to check myself.
It's only a matter of time before an accidental harvest happens.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/512x384q70/923/43M03h.jpg)
No harvest
Exactly 😆
Post by: Cougartail on September 03, 2024, 06:13:32 PM
People are losing respect for the system.
Post by: ghosthunter on September 03, 2024, 06:28:13 PM
I'm sure some non-accidental harvests will happen also..
People are losing respect for the system.
And that maybe the real lasting damage this Game Commission has done.
When the system appears so corrupt, when they will listen to no one but there anti handlers, some folks may just start taking it out on cats and wolves, just because talking doesn’t work.