STATEWIDE bear reg proposal 🤞

[bigtex]

The game department needs to understand that we pay their bills. Until this point is made clear we’ll be eating the gristle for the rest of our lives and my grandkids will be showing pictures of me with deer and elk to their friends and explaining an old past time called hunting. It’ll be the exact same way I talk about hound hunting

The problem is we (hunters/anglers) pay less of their bills every year. WDFW is becoming less of a user-funded agency and more of a general state/federal tax funded agency.

[Rainier10]

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZN5J298

Survey link above, email contacts below.

Wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
Commission@dfw.wa.gov
Director@dfw.wa.gov

Just keeping the survey link and email contacts on each page so they are easy to find.

[bearpaw]

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZN5J298

Survey link above, email contacts below.

Wildthing@dfw.wa.gov
Commission@dfw.wa.gov
Director@dfw.wa.gov

Just keeping the survey link and email contacts on each page so they are easy to find.

Thanks for the email addresses, email sent!

[jamesfromseattle]

The game department needs to understand that we pay their bills. Until this point is made clear we’ll be eating the gristle for the rest of our lives and my grandkids will be showing pictures of me with deer and elk to their friends and explaining an old past time called hunting. It’ll be the exact same way I talk about hound hunting

The problem is we (hunters/anglers) pay less of their bills every year. WDFW is becoming less of a user-funded agency and more of a general state/federal tax funded agency.

Totally agree. I know reasonable minds could disagree, but I was in favor of the fishing fee increases this year. Compared with we spend on outdoor gear, in state licenses are trivial. Not being considered an important stakeholder in wildlife issues scares me as a hunter/fisherman. I know many of us (including myself) don’t feel as though we are currently being treated as well as we should be, but it could be worse. The less important our dollars are, the less important we are.

[Utah]

That makes no sense, WDFW actually making a smart season change? Silly.

  It is better than nothing.     As much as it seems like just a band-aid to shut us up.   Want real results get out the bait and release the hounds

[SCRUBS]

The game department needs to understand that we pay their bills. Until this point is made clear we’ll be eating the gristle for the rest of our lives and my grandkids will be showing pictures of me with deer and elk to their friends and explaining an old past time called hunting. It’ll be the exact same way I talk about hound hunting

The problem is we (hunters/anglers) pay less of their bills every year. WDFW is becoming less of a user-funded agency and more of a general state/federal tax funded agency.

Why is that BT?

[RB]

Survey complete! Hope this passes it would be cool to be able to draw a spring tag, and hunt fall Bear on the east side.

[pianoman9701]

The game department needs to understand that we pay their bills. Until this point is made clear we’ll be eating the gristle for the rest of our lives and my grandkids will be showing pictures of me with deer and elk to their friends and explaining an old past time called hunting. It’ll be the exact same way I talk about hound hunting

The problem is we (hunters/anglers) pay less of their bills every year. WDFW is becoming less of a user-funded agency and more of a general state/federal tax funded agency.

Why is that BT?

Hunter numbers have been steadily declining in WA since the 70s. Although I would take issue with one fact that BT hasn't considered: gun sales, which fund hunting and conservation through an 11% tax on firearms and ammo (and archery equipment), have increased exponentially since 1996. PR funds have actually increased and they are part of the WDFW budget that hunters pay for.

[WSU]

The game department needs to understand that we pay their bills. Until this point is made clear we’ll be eating the gristle for the rest of our lives and my grandkids will be showing pictures of me with deer and elk to their friends and explaining an old past time called hunting. It’ll be the exact same way I talk about hound hunting

The problem is we (hunters/anglers) pay less of their bills every year. WDFW is becoming less of a user-funded agency and more of a general state/federal tax funded agency.

Do you think they got the message this past session when sport interests got their giant fee increase killed in the legislature?

[Bango skank]

Poll added to thread to see how many people on here are actually getting surveys and emails sent out.

[emac]

Did mine the other day and sent texts with the link to everyone i know that hunts

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[hunter399]

Did survey/emails.
A few days ago .
I'm still a little hesitate that wdfw will actually change any rules this year.
But if your support it bango,then I will too.
First bear I ever shot was in August back when huckleberry was a August opener.

[hunter399]

The game department needs to understand that we pay their bills. Until this point is made clear we’ll be eating the gristle for the rest of our lives and my grandkids will be showing pictures of me with deer and elk to their friends and explaining an old past time called hunting. It’ll be the exact same way I talk about hound hunting

The problem is we (hunters/anglers) pay less of their bills every year. WDFW is becoming less of a user-funded agency and more of a general state/federal tax funded agency.

Why is that BT?

Hunter numbers have been steadily declining in WA since the 70s. Although I would take issue with one fact that BT hasn't considered: gun sales, which fund hunting and conservation through an 11% tax on firearms and ammo (and archery equipment), have increased exponentially since 1996. PR funds have actually increased and they are part of the WDFW budget that hunters pay for.

I do believe that the licence increase being shut down was a eye opener.But there is department
Policy for conservation and sustainable wildlife populations that the department has not been keeping up on.Along with policy that they have to follow for PR funds .So basically they got to get there ducks in row.

[huntnnw]

August bears must have terrible hides at that point?

back when we could hunt them in August there wasnt much difference in hides till about Sept 15th they begin to change

[huntnnw]

what I don't get is why is there a survey to extend season and increase bag limit? if the population needs managing and is exceeding carry capacity it needs to be opened regardless of a survey asking hunters. Not like you are being forced to hunt bears.