Wa dont get excited

[Mag_7s]

This is unfortunately 100% true to my experiences. Human bombs dropped along side trials. Are you seriously that afraid of the woods or getting lost you can't loose sight of the trail? One time I was 8 miles up a trail to set some elk cams, and there is this dude camped on a rock out cropping next to the trail, pants around his ankles, a half standing squat and doing his business just feet away from his tent.
And and... the dog owners who are so righteous to bag their dogs poop and leave it on the trail. Let your dog just poop in the woods naturally please.
Im sure this isn't exclusive to WA, but id be willing to bet its more prominent. Do gooder Washington, raise your kids right.
Rant over.

 

[SteveAndTheCrigBoys]

What most hunters here don't really realize is that 95+% will never draw an OIL or quality elk tag. Even if you put in your whole life. 24 years for me and nothing. Too many people, too few tags. And tag numbers keep dwindling. At 24 years, I'm 6 or 7 behind the 8 ball. Lots of folks out there with max points or close out in front of me. And, just remember, we don't have preference points. We have bonus points, so you are never guaranteed a tag.

It bothered me when she said we have a preference point system…

 

[ActivelyDying]

This is unfortunately 100% true to my experiences. Human bombs dropped along side trials. Are you seriously that afraid of the woods or getting lost you can't loose sight of the trail? One time I was 8 miles up a trail to set some elk cams, and there is this dude camped on a rock out cropping next to the trail, pants around his ankles, a half standing squat and doing his business just feet away from his tent.
And and... the dog owners who are so righteous to bag their dogs poop and leave it on the trail. Let your dog just poop in the woods naturally please.
Im sure this isn't exclusive to WA, but id be willing to bet its more prominent. Do gooder Washington, raise your kids right.
Rant over.

Haha, totally agree, I was on a training hike last year and rounded a corner on a very popular trail here in Whatcom county only to see a dude sitting on a suspended tree that was approximately 6’ off the ground and 6’ off the trail dropping logs off the log!

 

[Harvey_NW]

Haha, totally agree, I was on a training hike last year and rounded a corner on a very popular trail here in Whatcom county only to see a dude sitting on a suspended tree that was approximately 6’ off the ground and 6’ off the trail dropping logs off the log!

You think that's bad, I saw a guy poopin in the median off I-82 in Yakima..

 

[Mag_7s]

You think that's bad, I saw a guy poopin in the median off I-82 in Yakima..

Lol, probably near the Nob Hill OP.

 

[Bachto]

It bothered me when she said we have a preference point system…

lol same, I literally said outloud "IT'S A BONUS POINT SYSTEM". but they are easily confused so I get it.

 

[BigredRusch]

Things not said on the rokcast about WA. There are 10% of the game of other western states and 10x the number of hunters. It takes a lot of work to find high hunt basins not swarming with other hunters. A general tag in other western states is equal to a tag that takes 15+ years to draw in WA. I spent $400 this year in WA for resident tags and draws!!

Things I agree with, yes as a resident you can hunt every year for deer and elk in some form. There is a huge range of opportunity as far as geography to hunt. Goat, sheep, moose will most likely take you 20+ if ever to draw. But there is always a lottery chance you could draw sooner. Not to be negative but the honest truth about WA it’s not a hidden gem. I do believe though if you can be consistently successful in WA you are very dedicated and skilled hunter.

Wish you wouldn’t have posted this . I agree with everything you’ve said and I don’t think we need anyone else hunting WA.

I live in WA and I value the fact that I don’t have to battle applications or draws in order to hunt every year. I don’t have to take on debt or have a second job to hunt. My success rates are low and I’m excited to shoot a fork blacktail or spike bull but I get to hunt without the anxiety of if I’m gonna get a tag this year or next.

It’s a personal experience that can’t be taken from me in a draw or lottery. (until WDFW decides to take it from me permanently)


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[TreeDux]

You think that's bad, I saw a guy poopin in the median off I-82 in Yakima..

Damned elk hunters….

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Here's a numbers game for you in WA. Let's say 1000 people (low in a lot of cases) are applying for a certain tag, in many cases only 2 for quality elk. And let's also say that they average half max points. With my 24 that puts me at about a .25-.5% chance of drawing. There's too many variables to accurately calculate your drawings odds here without doing a billion monte carlo simulations. But that's the situation.

 

[Harvey_NW]

Damned elk hunters….

We call em "pole talkers". Not sure what they're on or what mental condition they have, but apparently power and street light poles like to argue.