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Did your brother have a kapowsin pass too?
Quote from: Buckhunter24 on October 20, 2024, 07:32:05 PMDid your brother have a kapowsin pass too?I can't think of any non sarcastic response to this question...
Quote from: cjensen on October 20, 2024, 07:37:54 PMQuote from: Buckhunter24 on October 20, 2024, 07:32:05 PMDid your brother have a kapowsin pass too?I can't think of any non sarcastic response to this question...That's about the response I expected.This does no favors to hunters accessing private properties.
Quote from: Buckhunter24 on October 20, 2024, 07:39:30 PMQuote from: cjensen on October 20, 2024, 07:37:54 PMQuote from: Buckhunter24 on October 20, 2024, 07:32:05 PMDid your brother have a kapowsin pass too?I can't think of any non sarcastic response to this question...That's about the response I expected.This does no favors to hunters accessing private properties.Thanks for the investigation on behalf of all hunters. Much needed as we didn't have time to read or follow the rules.
So does the tag you possessed give you carte blanche permission to hunt wherever and whenever you want regardless the constraints levied by property owners? If the answer is no then it feels pretty obvious what you did. What IS kind of stunning having been on this site for many years is the accolades being showered upon you by people who know better but because it didn't impact them directly or they feel some kinda way about the timber company policies its o.k.. I could only imagine the outrage if you had entered an "old salts" or Bearpaws property and dropped that monster. Property owners can and do impose their own rules for their property. I can't by an elk tag in Montana and just happen to end up on the Harteise(sp) ranch, kill a OIL bull and think hey all is good i gotta tag. You would have likely been arrested, your animal and all your gear taken AND a ban. I wouldn't rest too easy until all this settles as more could possibly come your way. All that being said its a dandy of a bull and i am sure the experience was memorable BUT C'MON man you/WE are better than that. Don't ever let your judgment be clouded by a trophy that you likeley seen in on previous trips. Whether its fish outta season, you're in a closed area, or on private property you will taint the whole rest of the hunting/fishing population. Character is what you do when you think no one else is watching.Good Luck
Kapowsin has a raffle elk hunt only as far as a i know.. Unless you are drawn from their paid to play bucket, you don't get to shoot an elk in there...PERIOD..Their property, their rulesAlso- There are many many things in life that don't need to be spelled out to a to the enth degree for you or anybody else to understand. Regs say i can shoot a blacktail in my backyard should that be the "bible" used to determine whether i can or not OR do i need to consider local laws that prevent me from shooting projectiles within certain limits?I guess i could shoot it and say show me in the regs where it says i can't...and the officer says
I've hunted it- I had a spring bear tag in there and they obviously sell tags for other animals during other seasons and then they draw for their bull elk tags right from the 1200 or so permits that were sold to hunt in there? Only so many for each weapon, archery, muzzy etc..Is that the tag you had in your pocket? YES or No? The answer is really that easy...Yes or NOIf not, coming from your hunting background, I think you know your wrong. But whats done is done and i am sure more stringent controls will be put on outdoorsmen as a result, whether its just at Kapowsin or state wide. But hey you got your OIL bull on film and screw all the others right? And there was a question posed to you about your brother and whether he had a tag which you slipped and dipped like Ali in his prime which doesn't sound to me like he did.. Cuz if memory serves me you are not allowed in there without a permit unless they are under a certain age. Not even to help recover! SMH I dunno guy
I have a question, How did you take the bull from the property? was it openly displayed in the back of the truck and shown to workers, other trucks, etc or was it discreetly taken out with just the harvest card slipped into the box at the gate. Was it celebrated as it would have been if you knew for certain you were ok to be in there if you had confirmed with them you were good to go? Only you and your brother know how this was done. As I stated before you did not break any of their rules......but as someone who had the raffle and was told I could not hunt it I also know why you didnt ask.