riverswild
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Washington hunters could really use some help and support right now. The F&W Dept is proposing to close down all public lands to hunting in August. The proposed closure includes all state and federal lands.
This is a knee jerk reaction to an unfortunate shooting incident last fall.
Proposal from the “Green Sheet”
(1) For BBMUs that open Aug 1, the Aug 1-31 period is limited to
hunting on private lands only. The justification for this change is to reduce conflict with other recreational users on public lands during the summer while still allowing bears to be harvested for damage reasons (e.g., orchard damage).
This is a straight across ban of hunting bears in August on public lands. Not just rifle hunters, but all weapons groups.
There have been no alternatives given such as:
Hunting by permit only
Master Hunters only
Archery or Muzzle Loader only
If you could find a couple minutes of time to write an email to the WA Dept of F&W at the email addresses below and let them know that closing any public lands to hunting is unacceptable, we Washington hunters would be grateful.
Thanks.
The one who is pushing this is [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
This is a knee jerk reaction to an unfortunate shooting incident last fall.
Proposal from the “Green Sheet”
(1) For BBMUs that open Aug 1, the Aug 1-31 period is limited to
hunting on private lands only. The justification for this change is to reduce conflict with other recreational users on public lands during the summer while still allowing bears to be harvested for damage reasons (e.g., orchard damage).
This is a straight across ban of hunting bears in August on public lands. Not just rifle hunters, but all weapons groups.
There have been no alternatives given such as:
Hunting by permit only
Master Hunters only
Archery or Muzzle Loader only
If you could find a couple minutes of time to write an email to the WA Dept of F&W at the email addresses below and let them know that closing any public lands to hunting is unacceptable, we Washington hunters would be grateful.
Thanks.
The one who is pushing this is [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]