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COMMISSION APPROVES THREE-YEAR HUNTING PACKAGEFollowing up on my previous post here on today's Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting [sorry, my blog is being rEaLlY sTuPiD so I gotta post here], members also approved the 2021-23 hunting package. Probably the most notable item is that the commission maintained status quo with the Northeast Washington late whitetail rifle hunt, following a long look at antler-point restrictions and even a later start date for most years. That means the next three years will see Nov. 6-19, Nov. 5-19 and Nov. 11-19 seasons. But noting that the issue has come up time and again over his time on the citizen panel, Chair Larry Carpenter vowed to take a deep dive into APR in the future.While antlerless deer opportunities across Washington's eastern tier and Northeast antlerless moose permits were reduced, one more bull permit was added in a unit near the Canadian border. Mountain goat permits hunters will also be allowed to take two in certain eastern Olympic Mountains conflict zones as the state and feds continue trying to eradicate the species from the peninsula.The commission also voted to open the 4-O Wildlife Area in Southeast Washington to general season deer and elk hunters. Before it was permit only for those groups, though open for turkeys and other game.Speaking of upland birds, one HUGE change is that grouse season has been moved back to Sept. 15 from Sept. 1 to try and boost flock numbers. According to WDFW, mother grouse make up a strong portion of the early harvest, affecting survival of the young-of-the-year, in turn leading to a longterm population decline. That means no more long Labor Day weekend treks to the grouse woods for now, but the commission did extend the end of season through Jan. 15. One hunter had requested a spring "hooter" season, like in Alaska for male blues, as a trade, but that didn't get traction.There were also some hunting proposals that didn't make the final cut. Following public comment in late March, WDFW staffers pulled several ideas centered around equipment, specifically: allowing hunters to use a dog to track down a wounded deer or elk; allowing a red dot or 1x scope for muzzleloaders; and allowing rimfire rifles for fall turkey hunting, among others.And then there was a long discussion about the wording of the fall bear proposal, with one motion made to make it a one-year, 2021 rule, but it was eventually passed as WDFW originally proposed.
Looks like it's official: no scopes on muzzleloaders.This is a Northwest Sportsman Magazine post on Facebook:(see the text I put in bold)QuoteCOMMISSION APPROVES THREE-YEAR HUNTING PACKAGEFollowing up on my previous post here on today's Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting [sorry, my blog is being rEaLlY sTuPiD so I gotta post here], members also approved the 2021-23 hunting package. Probably the most notable item is that the commission maintained status quo with the Northeast Washington late whitetail rifle hunt, following a long look at antler-point restrictions and even a later start date for most years. That means the next three years will see Nov. 6-19, Nov. 5-19 and Nov. 11-19 seasons. But noting that the issue has come up time and again over his time on the citizen panel, Chair Larry Carpenter vowed to take a deep dive into APR in the future.While antlerless deer opportunities across Washington's eastern tier and Northeast antlerless moose permits were reduced, one more bull permit was added in a unit near the Canadian border. Mountain goat permits hunters will also be allowed to take two in certain eastern Olympic Mountains conflict zones as the state and feds continue trying to eradicate the species from the peninsula.The commission also voted to open the 4-O Wildlife Area in Southeast Washington to general season deer and elk hunters. Before it was permit only for those groups, though open for turkeys and other game.Speaking of upland birds, one HUGE change is that grouse season has been moved back to Sept. 15 from Sept. 1 to try and boost flock numbers. According to WDFW, mother grouse make up a strong portion of the early harvest, affecting survival of the young-of-the-year, in turn leading to a longterm population decline. That means no more long Labor Day weekend treks to the grouse woods for now, but the commission did extend the end of season through Jan. 15. One hunter had requested a spring "hooter" season, like in Alaska for male blues, as a trade, but that didn't get traction.There were also some hunting proposals that didn't make the final cut. Following public comment in late March, WDFW staffers pulled several ideas centered around equipment, specifically: allowing hunters to use a dog to track down a wounded deer or elk; allowing a red dot or 1x scope for muzzleloaders; and allowing rimfire rifles for fall turkey hunting, among others.And then there was a long discussion about the wording of the fall bear proposal, with one motion made to make it a one-year, 2021 rule, but it was eventually passed as WDFW originally proposed.
Hurray for an open sights only gun season!!
Watched some of the meeting and smith and koontz almost derailed bear season with a motion to ammend luckily it didn’t pass smith watch out for these 2 in the future molly and McIsaac questioned her agenda will be fun meetings coming in the future I’m sure
Quote from: B4noon on April 09, 2021, 04:56:29 PMWatched some of the meeting and smith and koontz almost derailed bear season with a motion to ammend luckily it didn’t pass smith watch out for these 2 in the future molly and McIsaac questioned her agenda will be fun meetings coming in the future I’m sureThat was an ordeal for sure.Sent from my SM-N976V using Tapatalk
