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WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« on: November 23, 2024, 07:26:19 PM »
WDFW Commission Meeting Cle Elum   Dec 12-14th   Sign up to Speak, Cougars and Bears on the Agenda
Speak now, or Just Quit Wining


Edited to include link to meeting information link and agenda

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/meetings/2024/11-14dec2024-agenda
« Last Edit: December 06, 2024, 08:50:48 AM by Rainier10 »

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2024, 11:53:09 PM »
Double edged sword 🗡️
I want to speak,not sure it will do any good.
They need a text hotline,so I can send poop emojis. 💩.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2024, 01:49:39 PM »
Double edged sword 🗡️
I want to speak,not sure it will do any good.
They need a text hotline,so I can send poop emojis. 💩.
People think that it doesn't help but the dedicated few that won't give up have been keeping the commission at bay... I am convinced that without those who have committed the time at the meetings, the antis would have done way more damage.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2024, 04:37:24 PM »
Double edged sword 🗡️
I want to speak,not sure it will do any good.
They need a text hotline,so I can send poop emojis. 💩.
People think that it doesn't help but the dedicated few that won't give up have been keeping the commission at bay... I am convinced that without those who have committed the time at the meetings, the antis would have done way more damage.
Could be right 🤔


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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2024, 05:33:21 PM »
Double edged sword 🗡️
I want to speak,not sure it will do any good.
They need a text hotline,so I can send poop emojis. 💩.
People think that it doesn't help but the dedicated few that won't give up have been keeping the commission at bay... I am convinced that without those who have committed the time at the meetings, the antis would have done way more damage.

Fully agree with this if we don’t let up and keep our voices heard it is helping

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2024, 05:50:44 PM »
Double edged sword
I want to speak,not sure it will do any good.
They need a text hotline,so I can send poop emojis. .
People think that it doesn't help but the dedicated few that won't give up have been keeping the commission at bay... I am convinced that without those who have committed the time at the meetings, the antis would have done way more damage.
I agree with you. It's at least slowing them down which is better than nothing.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2024, 05:59:52 PM »
Having notes, talking points is important
Be calm
No cussing
No yelling
You want to be taken serious
I’ve been to a few over the years
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2024, 08:09:56 PM »
Not sure the commission is going to change it's mind but we have to try. I think it's a shame they refuse to listen to the WDFW's own biologists.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2024, 08:29:41 PM »
New to WA and not plugged into it's game mgmt politics.

My experience in CA was the Commission made up of mostly bunny huggers and a token sportsman and maybe another bureaucrat who fly fishes so thinks he's a sportsman.  They may or may not listen to the science and the science may or may not be bought and paid for and/or presented to appeal to vs. compel the Commission. The head of the agency is more politician than game manager.  Ultimately feels > science.

So what are the battles re: bears and cats?  Seasons, bag limits, methods (dogs)?  What's been the trend by the Commission?

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2024, 12:37:09 AM »
Can anyone tell me where the meeting is held?  I looked on the WDFW page and it doesn't say where except for Cle Elum.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #10 on: November 25, 2024, 05:24:15 AM »
EnglishSetter, bunch of issues and burnt bridges.  In fighting, commission often at odds with WDFW biologists, predator first attitude, questionable commission appointments, poor communication, ask Sammee J. on the wolf advisory group if she is pleased with WDFW, governor down system and the list could go on and on.  Looks like you are in Pianoman area, might make contact for more detail,  thanks for asking and commission meeting can often be a lesson in futility.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2024, 10:10:29 AM »
New to WA and not plugged into it's game mgmt politics.

My experience in CA was the Commission made up of mostly bunny huggers and a token sportsman and maybe another bureaucrat who fly fishes so thinks he's a sportsman.  They may or may not listen to the science and the science may or may not be bought and paid for and/or presented to appeal to vs. compel the Commission. The head of the agency is more politician than game manager.  Ultimately feels > science.

So what are the battles re: bears and cats?  Seasons, bag limits, methods (dogs)?  What's been the trend by the Commission?

Washington is California north. We didn't get a new govenor that could straighten up the commission so I'm not sure we have many levers to pull on the absurd issues at hand.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #12 on: November 25, 2024, 10:58:41 AM »
Well I've been thinking 🤔
Not much for me to say to the commission.
Or talk about as far as cougar and bear go.
They already screwed my cougar season,as like today.
Day off right now,no snow in the valley,snow in the mountains,perfect weather and conditions for cougar hunting and I'm not hunting.

Bear I'm sure all they will talk about is changing opening dates.

I'm past the point of respectful dialogue with the commission.
Waste of my time, honestly anything I say will not reflect well on sportsmen/woman.

Wish you guys the best of luck,thank you for your continued support.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2024, 07:27:08 AM »
Can anyone tell me where the meeting is held?  I looked on the WDFW page and it doesn't say where except for Cle Elum.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2024, 08:49:31 AM »
Here is a link to the meeting information

https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/meetings/2024/11-14dec2024-agenda

Looks like they will be discussing cougar and bear on Friday but there is no public speaking time for this particular topic. You can talk about land acquisition or pigmy rabbits during those agenda items. I assume that means you just have to sign up at the beginning of the meeting Friday morning for general comment period if you want to talk bears and cougars.

You can also send written comments in advance of the meeting.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2024, 08:58:44 AM »
So you can sign up for public comment Friday morning via zoom or in person or you can sign up for comment Saturday morning again via zoom or in person.  My guess is they will take in person comments first. It would be best to pack the room both days.

My GMU of concerns is 328. You may remember my cougar hunt story from last year of taking a cougar and still having multiple cougars in a small three square mile area. I was looking forward to hunting again this year but the season closed in November as they had already reached their quota with the addition of nuisance cat removal.

If you have that many nuisance cats you have too many cats!

Link to agenda again
https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/meetings/2024/11-14dec2024-agenda
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2024, 12:38:32 PM »
So you can sign up for public comment Friday morning via zoom or in person or you can sign up for comment Saturday morning again via zoom or in person.  My guess is they will take in person comments first. It would be best to pack the room both days.

My GMU of concerns is 328. You may remember my cougar hunt story from last year of taking a cougar and still having multiple cougars in a small three square mile area. I was looking forward to hunting again this year but the season closed in November as they had already reached their quota with the addition of nuisance cat removal.

If you have that many nuisance cats you have too many cats!

Link to agenda again
https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/commission/meetings/2024/11-14dec2024-agenda

I pitched that to the commission regarding all of Stevens county before they changed rules.
A lot of depredation ,would mean more cats. Common sense 🤔
It didn't seem to make much difference,they do what they want and changed the rules anyway. At least you had till November.
We didn't make it to that.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2024, 06:24:33 PM »
So my cabin is in GMU 328. Lots of cats if you remember my thread from last winter.

The cougar quota is 7 cats but that is for GMU 328,329&335 combined.

I asked how many cats were taken by hunters and human conflict harvest in each GMU to get to the 7 cats taken already.

Of the 7 mortalities in that PMU:
4 were killed in GMU 335 (57%) (3 hunter-killed, 1 conflict)
2 were killed in GMU 328 (29%) (hunter-killed)
1 was killed in GMU 329 (14%) (hunter-killed)

So on my property which is a very small area in a very large GMU has 5 cats on it and only two cats were harvested in the entire GMU before the season was closed.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2024, 08:06:05 PM »
So my cabin is in GMU 328. Lots of cats if you remember my thread from last winter.

The cougar quota is 7 cats but that is for GMU 328,329&335 combined.

I asked how many cats were taken by hunters and human conflict harvest in each GMU to get to the 7 cats taken already.

Of the 7 mortalities in that PMU:
4 were killed in GMU 335 (57%) (3 hunter-killed, 1 conflict)
2 were killed in GMU 328 (29%) (hunter-killed)
1 was killed in GMU 329 (14%) (hunter-killed)

So on my property which is a very small area in a very large GMU has 5 cats on it and only two cats were harvested in the entire GMU before the season was closed.
How did you get your info?
I agree with ya ,I'm sure Stevens county is the same.
50 percent of the whole county is public land/timber land.
Alot more cats then they say. Got tons of camera.
It's a sick joke .

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2024, 10:34:40 PM »
I sent a request for the information via email to wildthing@dfw.wa.gov and had an answer back the same day.sometimes it takes a couple days to get a reply they email back with questions to make sure they are understanding the request.

It helps to be very clear and specific with your question.

To get my answer I asked “Can you tell me how many cats were harvested in gmu’s 328,329&335 and how many were harvested by licensed hunters and how many were human conflict removals?”

The reason I asked about those gmu’s is because they make up the PMU that had a quota of 7 cats.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2024, 08:19:59 AM »
 We (those who spend time outdoors) all know that there are way more cats than what their claims are, but as long as the commission continues to pick and choose what "data" they accept, they will continue to try and whittle the harvest down.

 

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2024, 08:49:41 AM »
So my cabin is in GMU 328. Lots of cats if you remember my thread from last winter.

The cougar quota is 7 cats but that is for GMU 328,329&335 combined.

I asked how many cats were taken by hunters and human conflict harvest in each GMU to get to the 7 cats taken already.

Of the 7 mortalities in that PMU:
4 were killed in GMU 335 (57%) (3 hunter-killed, 1 conflict)
2 were killed in GMU 328 (29%) (hunter-killed)
1 was killed in GMU 329 (14%) (hunter-killed)

So on my property which is a very small area in a very large GMU has 5 cats on it and only two cats were harvested in the entire GMU before the season was closed.
This is too big of an area to limit it to only 7 cats.  Each one of these units should have a quota of at least seven cats. I wonder if they will continue to update if you ask what the total conflict take is by the end of this coming March? I imagine we will see that number go higher and higher each year as they take the opportunity away from hunters

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2024, 09:01:30 AM »
So my cabin is in GMU 328. Lots of cats if you remember my thread from last winter.

The cougar quota is 7 cats but that is for GMU 328,329&335 combined.

I asked how many cats were taken by hunters and human conflict harvest in each GMU to get to the 7 cats taken already.

Of the 7 mortalities in that PMU:
4 were killed in GMU 335 (57%) (3 hunter-killed, 1 conflict)
2 were killed in GMU 328 (29%) (hunter-killed)
1 was killed in GMU 329 (14%) (hunter-killed)

So on my property which is a very small area in a very large GMU has 5 cats on it and only two cats were harvested in the entire GMU before the season was closed.
This is too big of an area to limit it to only 7 cats.  Each one of these units should have a quota of at least seven cats. I wonder if they will continue to update if you ask what the total conflict take is by the end of this coming March? I imagine we will see that number go higher and higher each year as they take the opportunity away from hunters
I agree there should be a higher quota. The area I was hunting in Idaho with Bearpaw outfitters was the size of one of those gmu’s if not a little smaller. Between Bearpaw and public hunters they take more than 7 cats a year out of the area every year.

I will ask for an updated count in March and see what the numbers are.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2024, 10:54:24 AM »
So my cabin is in GMU 328. Lots of cats if you remember my thread from last winter.

The cougar quota is 7 cats but that is for GMU 328,329&335 combined.

I asked how many cats were taken by hunters and human conflict harvest in each GMU to get to the 7 cats taken already.

Of the 7 mortalities in that PMU:
4 were killed in GMU 335 (57%) (3 hunter-killed, 1 conflict)
2 were killed in GMU 328 (29%) (hunter-killed)
1 was killed in GMU 329 (14%) (hunter-killed)

So on my property which is a very small area in a very large GMU has 5 cats on it and only two cats were harvested in the entire GMU before the season was closed.
This is too big of an area to limit it to only 7 cats.  Each one of these units should have a quota of at least seven cats. I wonder if they will continue to update if you ask what the total conflict take is by the end of this coming March? I imagine we will see that number go higher and higher each year as they take the opportunity away from hunters
I agree there should be a higher quota. The area I was hunting in Idaho with Bearpaw outfitters was the size of one of those gmu’s if not a little smaller. Between Bearpaw and public hunters they take more than 7 cats a year out of the area every year.

I will ask for an updated count in March and see what the numbers are.
Didn't Idaho do away with there quota? 2021 I thought.

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #24 on: December 07, 2024, 11:00:40 AM »
So here is the kicker.

Harvest quota of 7 cats in that PMU/GMU’s 328,329&335 is 13% of the cats in those units. The max quota of 10 cats is 20% of the total cats. Translation they estimate there are only 50 cats across all three of those GMU’s. My guess is there are 50 just in 328
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2024, 11:49:24 AM »
So here is the kicker.

Harvest quota of 7 cats in that PMU/GMU’s 328,329&335 is 13% of the cats in those units. The max quota of 10 cats is 20% of the total cats. Translation they estimate there are only 50 cats across all three of those GMU’s. My guess is there are 50 just in 328

I will try and send a support email soon. To allow more cougar hunting opportunities. It won't be long winded,I don't have high hopes. I'm gonna focus on coyote, take my kid bobcat hunting.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #26 on: December 13, 2024, 07:59:09 PM »
Anybody been to the meetings? If so, how’s it been going?

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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2024, 05:06:21 AM »
I went to the meeting, my first one.  I spoke, probably made more of a fool of myself but wanted to give support instead of the anti's talking.  On Friday there were only 6 in person speakers, Saturday only 2 of us.  There were probably less than a dozen people that weren't part of the WDFW on Friday and half that on Saturday.  I feel if more people don't attend in person they will just have all the meetings in Olympia for cost savings.

The commission were real proud of themselves listening and agreeing with the "science" the department recommended on the bear and cougar seasons.  I would like to know how they figure how many cougars are in a given area to set the cap.  I suggested opening the cougar season April 1st since that is when the conflict kills start counting against our quota.  They said there are 50,000 tag holders and only 200 cougars killed, most of which occur during deer and elk seasons.  So if they opened the season earlier the few kills hunters have could reduce the conflict cats and provide opportunity instead of a closed season.

Talking bears, Lorna Smith mentioned she heard from quite a few nonhunters they are afraid to recreate during the month of Aug since bear hunters are out.  She didn't get any traction from the other commissioners but she said it at least twice.  I thought for sure she would suggest to change the opener from Aug 1 to Sept 1

Here is a good link someone else posted which sums the meeting pretty well
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/wdfw-commission-approves-bear-cougar-hunting-frameworks-for-public-comment/

They looked at next years schedule of meetings and are planning to change the location of the either June or July meeting (can't remember which month it was now) or the Nov meeting from Olympia to a location on the I-5 corridor. (Seattle to Marysville area)  To make it more accessible for people to attend.  During the online comments Saturday morning the Anti's were all over this.  I suggest we flood the room for that meeting.
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2024, 09:30:09 AM »
Can anyone tell me where the meeting is held?  I looked on the WDFW page and it doesn't say where except for Cle Elum.

The Suncadia Lodge

This tracks, can’t be out mingling with the commoners in town…
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Re: WDFW commission meeting Dec 12-14th Cle Elum
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2024, 09:33:32 AM »
I went to the meeting, my first one.  I spoke, probably made more of a fool of myself but wanted to give support instead of the anti's talking.  On Friday there were only 6 in person speakers, Saturday only 2 of us.  There were probably less than a dozen people that weren't part of the WDFW on Friday and half that on Saturday.  I feel if more people don't attend in person they will just have all the meetings in Olympia for cost savings.

The commission were real proud of themselves listening and agreeing with the "science" the department recommended on the bear and cougar seasons.  I would like to know how they figure how many cougars are in a given area to set the cap.  I suggested opening the cougar season April 1st since that is when the conflict kills start counting against our quota.  They said there are 50,000 tag holders and only 200 cougars killed, most of which occur during deer and elk seasons.  So if they opened the season earlier the few kills hunters have could reduce the conflict cats and provide opportunity instead of a closed season.

Talking bears, Lorna Smith mentioned she heard from quite a few nonhunters they are afraid to recreate during the month of Aug since bear hunters are out.  She didn't get any traction from the other commissioners but she said it at least twice.  I thought for sure she would suggest to change the opener from Aug 1 to Sept 1

Here is a good link someone else posted which sums the meeting pretty well
https://nwsportsmanmag.com/wdfw-commission-approves-bear-cougar-hunting-frameworks-for-public-comment/

They looked at next years schedule of meetings and are planning to change the location of the either June or July meeting (can't remember which month it was now) or the Nov meeting from Olympia to a location on the I-5 corridor. (Seattle to Marysville area)  To make it more accessible for people to attend.  During the online comments Saturday morning the Anti's were all over this.  I suggest we flood the room for that meeting.
Of the few people that showed up, how many were hunters? And thank you for speaking! At least someone’s willing to show up, most just complain online.
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