Post by: huntnnw on January 20, 2011, 11:41:09 PM
Post by: videoman on January 21, 2011, 12:59:30 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 21, 2011, 05:40:04 PM
Post by: jager on January 21, 2011, 05:57:50 PM
Idaho is reducing their moose tags in the panhandle this year due to the increase in wolves...They tried to appease hunters by giving more tags in the suburban areas where there are no wolves. Thus lessening the moose conflicts and making the hunters happy.
The areas that they are proposing to reduce tags here in Washington( in the NE), border the areas that have the wolves in Idaho....coincidence? I think not.
I agree with you about Huckleberry....There are a lot of moose...there are also wolves in the area AND the timber companies are spraying pretty vigorously in that unit as well.
We know what spraying and wolves do...right kids? No food for the moose and ultimately a decline in the stellar moose population here in WA.....I would think those permit numbers will continue to go down....sadly..
Two success stories in this state....turkeys and moose. WDFW had nothing to do with the moose success......go figure.
Gotta F- sumthin' up! Way to go WDFW!
This state sucks :bash:
Post by: huntnnw on January 21, 2011, 06:00:08 PM
Post by: Elkaholic daWg on January 23, 2011, 11:44:57 AM
Post by: bearpaw on January 23, 2011, 12:18:53 PM
I would suggest increasing tags to 4 or 5 in the Kettle Range. The moose are more scattered in that unit, and of all the units, that will be the unit with low success if you put out too many tags. So the increase needs to made slowly.
FYI - Idaho was over hunting moose in many units and the average size of harvested moose was really dropping so a few years ago Idaho reduced the moose tags in many units, even in units with no wolves. Now the moose are coming back better in units with no wolves. We all know whats happening in the units with lots of wolves.
I do think it is wise to be conservative with our moose, but I agree permit numbers could be increased in a couple of the under hunted units. :twocents:
Post by: Ridgerunner on January 23, 2011, 02:20:22 PM
Post by: Bob33 on January 23, 2011, 02:41:40 PM
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Post by: bearpaw on January 23, 2011, 03:47:12 PM
Post by: Gutpile on January 23, 2011, 07:13:58 PM
So here's my take on it....
Idaho is reducing their moose tags in the panhandle this year due to the increase in wolves...They tried to appease hunters by giving more tags in the suburban areas where there are no wolves. Thus lessening the moose conflicts and making the hunters happy.
The areas that they are proposing to reduce tags here in Washington( in the NE), border the areas that have the wolves in Idaho....coincidence? I think not.
I agree with you about Huckleberry....There are a lot of moose...there are also wolves in the area AND the timber companies are spraying pretty vigorously in that unit as well.
We know what spraying and wolves do...right kids? No food for the moose and ultimately a decline in the stellar moose population here in WA.....I would think those permit numbers will continue to go down....sadly..
Two success stories in this state....turkeys and moose. WDFW had nothing to do with the moose success......go figure.
Gotta F- sumthin' up! Way to go WDFW!
This state sucks :bash:
Yeah. They are killing everything. No more moose food. :rolleyes:
Post by: jager on January 23, 2011, 07:38:09 PM
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Yeah. They are killing everything. No more moose food. :rolleyes:
I'm not sure how to take your comment.....
I didn't mean that they are eliminating all the available browse for the moose. But I do know for a fact that they are spraying and I have seen the destruction.
If the food that they normally eat is dead they aren't going to eat it....It's dead. :dunno:
And ya it's a big unit and the timber companies don't own all the property....