Hunting Washington Forum

Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 08:55:07 PM

Title: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 08:55:07 PM: This is a totally hypothetical hunt... This time of year all the hunting i can do is dream hunting. My practical dream hunt would be a nooksack bull tag but if i could get a "dream" hunt it would be an August hunt for mulies in the Pasayten. Im just curious what impractical dream hunts other people have.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: washingtonmuley on April 18, 2010, 08:57:29 PM: Bighorn sheep for me.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: shanevg on April 18, 2010, 09:12:06 PM: Mt. Baker mountain goat tag.

'Nuff said. ;)
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 18, 2010, 09:12:44 PM: bighorn sheep for me as well. but mt goat is right there as well. o please o please o please :chuckle:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 09:15:51 PM: Shanevg im right there with you... baker goat would be awesome! its seems that you spend enough time up there to already have your goat picked out.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: Ray on April 18, 2010, 09:17:29 PM: I'll take the mountain goat. Would prefer something up around Mt Gardner or Mount Baker. Just would be happy to knock down a nice billy and preferrably with the longbow.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: rasbo on April 18, 2010, 09:20:57 PM: moose,I gotta hunt one
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Post by: Bob33 on April 18, 2010, 09:26:58 PM: A governor's tag. :chuckle:
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Post by: WonkyWapiti on April 18, 2010, 09:33:38 PM: Since this is my dream tag, I want a combination Grizzly/Wolf/Mtn Goat/Bighorn Sheep/Moose/Columbian Whitetail tag :chuckle:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: MikeWalking on April 18, 2010, 09:40:17 PM: Quote
A governor's tag.

I think you're on to something!! :drool: :chuckle:

I'd like to bring home one of the monster caribou I've seen in the Brooks. Lotto$$ hunt :chuckle:

Washington Tag? Bighorn sheep or Goat, just to go where they are..
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: Thenewguy on April 18, 2010, 09:43:56 PM: The incentive tag was pretty *censored*. I would probably want the Elk version and hunt the blues during rut
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: alecvg on April 18, 2010, 09:53:35 PM: Quote from: shanevg on April 18, 2010, 09:12:06 PM
Mt. Baker mountain goat tag.

'Nuff said. ;)

:iamwithstupid: Thats the only tag I really care about in this state. Well, maybe Nooksack Elk, but goat much much more.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: turkey buster on April 18, 2010, 09:54:34 PM: moose tag for me (good till it's filled) :chuckle:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 10:17:45 PM: I have been doing a lot of research on Idaho and its crazy how many more tags they have for moose, sheep and goat compared to washington. They do have a quarter of the population but we have more "protected" area... we shouldn't have less then a tenth of their number of moose tags, less then have of their sheep tags and just over a third of their total number of goat tags. thats just crazy to me.

Oh and the new multi species tags are looking awesome but 16 to 20 bucks for a raffle is crazy to me.
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Post by: bobcat on April 18, 2010, 10:31:40 PM: But Idaho has moose over a large portion of the state, while Washington only has them in the northeast corner.
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Post by: G.R.K on April 18, 2010, 10:59:24 PM: Westside raffle deer/or gov. :drool:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 11:04:13 PM: Quote from: bobcat on April 18, 2010, 10:31:40 PM
But Idaho has moose over a large portion of the state, while Washington only has them in the northeast corner.

But its not for our lack of habitat is i guess what i was getting at.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 11:05:04 PM: does wdfw ever post how many people put in for raffles?
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: bobcat on April 18, 2010, 11:08:20 PM: Quote from: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 11:04:13 PM
Quote from: bobcat on April 18, 2010, 10:31:40 PM
But Idaho has moose over a large portion of the state, while Washington only has them in the northeast corner.

But its not for our lack of habitat is i guess what i was getting at.

It isn't? What other reason would there be? Moose haven't been hunted to extinction in most of the state that I know of. I assume where there are no moose it IS due to a lack of habitat. But that is just an assumption. I really don't know. Do you?
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 11:19:18 PM: I dont know enough about moose or the history of moose in washington to answer that question but when i look at moose habitat in other states and bc it appears that we have the habitat maybe just not the means to bring them to huntable levels like idaho.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: shanevg on April 19, 2010, 07:26:14 AM: Quote from: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 09:15:51 PM
Shanevg im right there with you... baker goat would be awesome! its seems that you spend enough time up there to already have your goat picked out.

Don't have a specific goat picked out yet, but I sure know where to look. :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: Houndhunter on April 19, 2010, 07:34:54 AM: a statewide hound permit with no limit 8)
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on April 19, 2010, 07:37:41 AM: Swakane sheep.
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Post by: passing-thru on April 19, 2010, 09:06:18 AM: Grizzly :archery_smiley:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on April 19, 2010, 01:10:25 PM: Quote from: X-Force on April 18, 2010, 11:04:13 PM
Quote from: bobcat on April 18, 2010, 10:31:40 PM
But Idaho has moose over a large portion of the state, while Washington only has them in the northeast corner.

But its not for our lack of habitat is i guess what i was getting at.
Idaho has more National Forest than any other state...
Comparing Washington to Idaho is just :P...
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 19, 2010, 01:24:14 PM: A lifetime, unlimited annual bag limit wolf tag which can be passed down to any person of choice by the tag holder. :chuckle:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 19, 2010, 01:30:01 PM: that one is a good one with the wolf but i would rather have the whole state that way not just me :chuckle:
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on April 19, 2010, 01:35:13 PM: Sheep.
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Post by: MtnMuley on April 19, 2010, 01:38:39 PM: I would personally choose the eastside raffle deer tag. Hunt big muleys anywhere with the oppportunity to actually harvest one.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: MikeWalking on April 19, 2010, 04:01:07 PM: Quote
[A lifetime, unlimited annual bag limit wolf tag which can be passed down to any person of choice by the tag holder. /quote]

Soooooo what'cha like to drink? need your car washed/waxed? house painted? ocassional cover stories....I can help with the Will.. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: GoldTip on April 19, 2010, 04:09:58 PM: A renewable yearly Selkirks Moose tag, bag limit one yearly. With the ability to designate a shooter.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: 6x6in6 on April 19, 2010, 04:22:41 PM: Quote from: MikeWalking on April 19, 2010, 04:01:07 PM
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[A lifetime, unlimited annual bag limit wolf tag which can be passed down to any person of choice by the tag holder. /quote]

Soooooo what'cha like to drink? need your car washed/waxed? house painted? ocassional cover stories....I can help with the Will.. :chuckle: :chuckle:

:chuckle:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: Woodchuck on April 19, 2010, 04:24:51 PM: Dayton A, with a month to fill it, even though there aren't any elk in there
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: willapawapiti on April 20, 2010, 09:49:13 PM: Goat Rocks Billie then hop over for my 49 Degrees North Moose :drool:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: NWWABOWHNTR on April 23, 2010, 09:14:40 PM: Baker Goat and then the Nooksack bull....
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: jelo45110 on April 23, 2010, 09:19:58 PM: Goat rocks Mountain goat would be my dream hunt. I applied for that tag for 20 years and never got drawn.
jelo45110
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 23, 2010, 09:28:43 PM: don't feel bad jelo45110 my best friend has been putting in since the very first drawing when you had to send in the money like most states i think it has been like 28-30 years of putting in and has never drawn his goat tag yet :bash:
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: jelo45110 on April 23, 2010, 09:43:22 PM: The part that bugs me the most is I have known 3 guys that got drawn for that hunt the first time they put in for it.
jelo45110
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 23, 2010, 10:03:51 PM: man that is just crazy, wish i had that kind of luck
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Post by: Ridgerunner on April 23, 2010, 10:26:29 PM: I recommend a moose tag, but if given a choice I'd probably go for sheep any unit.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: coachcw on April 24, 2010, 07:56:02 PM: hush doube lung . I guest the raffle sheep tag now , once you sheep hunt your hooked.
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on April 24, 2010, 08:23:16 PM: Any Goat tag gets me hard.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 24, 2010, 08:29:19 PM: TMI
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Post by: high country on April 24, 2010, 08:33:39 PM: I can't wait till I pull the moose tag in my backyard. I have my current bruiser picked out.
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Post by: elkaholic on April 24, 2010, 09:24:13 PM: High Country- If you dont draw and I do- will you share. ;)
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: PolarBear on April 24, 2010, 10:18:24 PM: Governor's/Legislature's tag. I would like to legally hunt down the witch and her cronies who are destroying this state and it's economy! Either that or a 5 year tag that allows me to take one of every big game species (and one of each sub-species protected or not) in this state.
Title: Re: If you could have a dream Washington tag...
Post by: garyltbh on May 02, 2010, 11:39:08 PM: bull moose if i could only have one if i could have 2 bull elk in the blues :twocents: