Trapper, I agree with you on the thee point state wide for deer and elk. Maby someone could explain why the east side Elk is spike only for the most part? The only complaint that I have heard about three point in the methow is that the spikes and small deer are breeding the does before the big bad migratory deer can arive from canada. The WDFW has that handled with the any deer deal for youth (even though the dads are shooting lots of the deer for the kids :< it still clears out lots of the spikes.)
-RyanH