Post by: Jimmer on May 20, 2025, 07:38:07 PM
I haven’t even put in for hard spots to draw for my deer and still can’t draw. Not expecting anything different this year and if I don’t draw, one final F you to Wa. I literally have Elk in my back yard in ID and excited to finally be a resident and stop paying non resident to ID. Plus the feeling of being a free man from all the gun laws, etc in WA.
Wish you all good luck this year 👍
Post by: teanawayslayer on May 20, 2025, 08:02:22 PM
Post by: hunter399 on May 20, 2025, 08:12:40 PM
Hopefully,I'm not too far behind ya..
Post by: MADMAX on May 20, 2025, 08:13:36 PM
Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!
I hear ya bud
Same boat
Post by: CarbonHunter on May 20, 2025, 08:15:09 PM
Post by: Jimmer on May 20, 2025, 08:17:43 PM
Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!Thank you. It’s a shame, WA is one of the most beautiful states in the nation. It used to be a great state to hunt and I have taken many trophies here. I can’t take the politics anymore and feel for my fellow hunters that are stuck. I know I can run, but can’t hide moving to ID. Maybe I’ll have at least 10 years of piece before the diseased libs take over.
Good luck again everyone.
Post by: fishngamereaper on May 20, 2025, 09:00:11 PM
Post by: actionshooter on May 20, 2025, 09:13:17 PM
Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!
I hear ya bud
Same boat
Same here... Grandkids live next door, which is awesome, but that also means the wife is firmly planted. lol
Post by: Jimmer on May 20, 2025, 09:23:33 PM
I get that 100%Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!
I hear ya bud
Same boat
Same here... Grandkids live next door, which is awesome, but that also means the wife is firmly planted. lol
My daughter and grandkids lives in Deer park Wa. Only a 40 minute drive for us now and my wife was freaking out living that far apart. My other daughter lives in Frenchtown, MT. It is what it is.., can’t make everyone happy.
Post by: actionshooter on May 20, 2025, 09:32:39 PM
I get that 100%Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!
I hear ya bud
Same boat
Same here... Grandkids live next door, which is awesome, but that also means the wife is firmly planted. lol
My daughter and grandkids lives in Deer park Wa. Only a 40 minute drive for us now and my wife was freaking out living that far apart. My other daughter lives in Frenchtown, MT. It is what it is.., can’t make everyone happy.
So you are moving to the middle? Sounds perfect... We even offered to sell the place and build a commune in Idaho, still working on it :)
Post by: Jimmer on May 20, 2025, 09:38:04 PM
Good luck to you. Yes kinda in the middle. I’d love to live near my daughter in frenchtown as well, but the closest place for work is Missoula which is more liberal than western WA. Only a matter of time fella’s and I’m trying to buy a few years.I get that 100%Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!
I hear ya bud
Same boat
Same here... Grandkids live next door, which is awesome, but that also means the wife is firmly planted. lol
My daughter and grandkids lives in Deer park Wa. Only a 40 minute drive for us now and my wife was freaking out living that far apart. My other daughter lives in Frenchtown, MT. It is what it is.., can’t make everyone happy.
So you are moving to the middle? Sounds perfect... We even offered to sell the place and build a commune in Idaho, still working on it :)
Post by: yogru on May 21, 2025, 12:51:24 AM
Post by: bearpaw on May 21, 2025, 01:01:49 AM
Post by: zwickeyman on May 21, 2025, 04:08:47 AM
Owned my property in Priest River ID for almost 4 years now. Bitter sweet. I have 22 points in WA in every category. This is my last year putting in for special permits.
I haven’t even put in for hard spots to draw for my deer and still can’t draw. Not expecting anything different this year and if I don’t draw, one final F you to Wa. I literally have Elk in my back yard in ID and excited to finally be a resident and stop paying non resident to ID. Plus the feeling of being a free man from all the gun laws, etc in WA.
Wish you all good luck this year 👍
When I moved to Idaho 3 years ago I left 25 points each for Goat , Moose and Sheep. I was going to keep putting in for Washington but decided what makes me think I could draw now when I havent for 25 years.
Although I havent drawn anything in Idaho either LOL
Post by: trophyhunt on May 21, 2025, 05:56:52 AM
Agree 100%, I wish we could win this state back but they will never get rid of mail in voting, the dems have cheating down and you are right, it will spread. My wife is all over moving to Idaho, even MT if we could find the right spot. Gonna retire next May and will be moving by two years out of Wa. I've been looking on zillow for prob 5 years and yet to find my piece of heaven. Grangville to priest river, Troy MT, heck, even looked at the west side of sheridan Wy but that is too far for the wife. Our daughter and son in law will stay in Orting for now, too much money to be made, that is the trap!! Max points on quality and bull elk, 22 points for deer, max for sheep and goat, I'm sure I will be leaving it all behind, hate to leave Wa, but hate communism more. DemoRats just don't see it.Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!Thank you. It’s a shame, WA is one of the most beautiful states in the nation. It used to be a great state to hunt and I have taken many trophies here. I can’t take the politics anymore and feel for my fellow hunters that are stuck. I know I can run, but can’t hide moving to ID. Maybe I’ll have at least 10 years of piece before the diseased libs take over.
Good luck again everyone.
Post by: bobcat on May 21, 2025, 07:00:56 AM
Post by: RC on May 21, 2025, 08:12:07 AM
Will still have friends and family here, so we can always come back for salmon and steelhead fishing...if there's any of that left to do.
Post by: trophyhunt on May 21, 2025, 08:16:07 AM
Post by: duckmen1 on May 21, 2025, 08:16:51 AM
This new law that makes it so I can no longer purchase a gun is the last straw for me. It goes into effect in 2027 so that gives me two years to get out of this state. Already retired, so only thing keeping me here now is my daughter still has one year of high school left. Montana here I come.
What new law are you referring too? So many proposals I haven’t been able to keep up with.
Post by: bobcat on May 21, 2025, 08:28:06 AM
This new law that makes it so I can no longer purchase a gun is the last straw for me. It goes into effect in 2027 so that gives me two years to get out of this state. Already retired, so only thing keeping me here now is my daughter still has one year of high school left. Montana here I come.
What new law are you referring too? So many proposals I haven’t been able to keep up with.
Post by: duckmen1 on May 21, 2025, 08:46:03 AM
This new law that makes it so I can no longer purchase a gun is the last straw for me. It goes into effect in 2027 so that gives me two years to get out of this state. Already retired, so only thing keeping me here now is my daughter still has one year of high school left. Montana here I come.
What new law are you referring too? So many proposals I haven’t been able to keep up with.
Gotcha thank you for posting
Post by: pickardjw on May 21, 2025, 09:39:39 AM
Post by: Dhoey07 on May 21, 2025, 09:51:02 AM
Post by: Bob33 on May 21, 2025, 10:30:43 AM
House Bill 1163. You can read the bill here:This new law that makes it so I can no longer purchase a gun is the last straw for me. It goes into effect in 2027 so that gives me two years to get out of this state. Already retired, so only thing keeping me here now is my daughter still has one year of high school left. Montana here I come.
What new law are you referring too? So many proposals I haven’t been able to keep up with.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/?BillNumber=1163&Year=2025&Initiative=false
Post by: mountainman on May 21, 2025, 11:30:06 AM
This new law that makes it so I can no longer purchase a gun is the last straw for me. It goes into effect in 2027 so that gives me two years to get out of this state. Already retired, so only thing keeping me here now is my daughter still has one year of high school left. Montana here I come.We will pass you on the road! 2 year for us too! Luckily, all the kids and grands are on board too, commune not a bad way to go! Now to just draw that sheep and goat take in the next couple years!
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Post by: knighttime25 on May 21, 2025, 11:44:35 AM
Post by: Ridgerunner on May 21, 2025, 12:18:54 PM
Draw odds are definitely in the toilet not only in WA but across the west.
Post by: CarbonHunter on May 21, 2025, 12:25:23 PM
Smart man getting out of this state, unfortunately even with people dropping out and moving away more and more people are putting in. NV is doing there draw right now and they had over 332K individual applications and 32K party applications this year!!!!!!
Draw odds are definitely in the toilet not only in WA but across the west.
Yep and if you don’t draw in Nevada you don’t get to hunt for the most part. It could always be worse so if you can get better take advantage of it.
Post by: actionshooter on May 21, 2025, 07:01:01 PM
Post by: Jimmer on May 21, 2025, 08:08:32 PM
The reality is that you could have 50 points for each of the big 3 and the odds are still that you would never draw a tag.... so looking at it that way, you really aren't missing out on anything.Big 3?? I’d be happy with a deer draw in the unit I always put in for with an average draw of 9 points! 22 points later…. Have to admit, never been lucky with anything 👌
Post by: MADMAX on May 21, 2025, 08:34:59 PM
My buddy’s kid drew back to back
Perrygin and a Chewuch
Post by: Jimmer on May 21, 2025, 09:12:52 PM
Luck of the drawIt is… have a few buddies draw great tags with very little points. Can’t bitch, just luck of the draw.
My buddy’s kid drew back to back
Perrygin and a Chewuch
Post by: wa.hunter on May 23, 2025, 11:21:43 PM
I AM DONE AND ONLY BOUGHT A SMALL GAME LICENCE.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on May 24, 2025, 11:07:02 AM
No apps for me, and probably wont purchase a license either. We will see come fall.I think I'm in a similar situation. Couldn't find any good info on access to places I've been hunting for decades. A lot of land on the coast that was permit was sold. Now can't find out what's open or not.
Post by: Broomd on May 24, 2025, 10:42:13 PM
Post by: GWP on May 25, 2025, 07:45:39 AM
Once the big 'progressive' cities in any State gets more votes than the rest of the State things start to change. And make no mistake, it is happening.
I remember when "Pacific Northwestern California" became a thing. The flood of 'Cali's' started coming up here in mass in the 80's. There were articles in the papers about it. They liked the "laid back easy going" lifestyle of Seattle at the time and started making changes (voting) almost immediately.
As was stated at the time by a politician, and I repeat often:
"Every vote I need I can see from the top of the Space Needle."
It has been disheartening to see the demise of Washington hunting, fishing and related items.
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 25, 2025, 09:02:32 AM
:yeah: x2Congrats on the move! Wish the wife would go. I’d be outta here in a second! Good luck on the draw!
I hear ya bud
Same boat
Post by: CarbonHunter on May 25, 2025, 05:51:52 PM
Unfortunately, the same thing that happened here 40 years ago is happening to the other States. The people that voted in this crap are also tired of it and are moving to other States to start ruining them with their votes.
Once the big 'progressive' cities in any State gets more votes than the rest of the State things start to change. And make no mistake, it is happening.
I remember when "Pacific Northwestern California" became a thing. The flood of 'Cali's' started coming up here in mass in the 80's. There were articles in the papers about it. They liked the "laid back easy going" lifestyle of Seattle at the time and started making changes (voting) almost immediately.
As was stated at the time by a politician, and I repeat often:
"Every vote I need I can see from the top of the Space Needle."
It has been disheartening to see the demise of Washington hunting, fishing and related items.
Heck even the Simpson’s did an episode on how the liberals move into a city, destroy and move on to another city.
I remember the 90’s and all you heard was the Californians moving to Washington and making the state change. Sidewalks were almost unheard of until the Californians showed up.
Post by: Dirtnap on May 27, 2025, 11:48:14 AM
Post by: wa.hunter on May 28, 2025, 11:02:00 PM
Post by: Jimmer on June 10, 2025, 06:07:18 PM
👌
Post by: MADMAX on June 10, 2025, 07:25:41 PM
Well my last year with 22 points, I drew my quality deer tag. I believe it’s only 1 permit. 49 degrees north mule deer buck. Get to hunt them in the rut. I’ve seen so many monsters during November hunting whitetail and now I can shoot one… I’ll take it.
👌
Well done 👍