RE: Washington state elk tags
Here in Washington it is always about the money, so if you want a chance at a trophy bull you must submit to the "Special permit"BS ($5.48 a pop) or stay over on the west side,with the excepton of Northestern Wa.
The tagwe have been trying for,for 12 YEARS (any Bull) in 2005 was actually 2 separate hunts with 36 opportunities to draw a permit. In '06 they combined the 2 units to 1 hunt with 9 permits available. I don't have last years numbers available (I beieve it was 9, or 7) but this year there will be over 2500 hunters forking out that money for a grand total of THREE "any bull" permits..........Pathetic!!!!
I have a letter in to the game commission requesting the logic and reasoning for this steady pattern of futility and am waiting for thier response.