Its 2020 I made another year and I am glad I hunt in Missouri

So far no Snow or really bad weather except for all the flooding I get from the corps backing the lake up...Its pretty sad when a state game and fish Department make regulations so bad and confusing national magazines will not put any information about it..The reason being they are so fractured and many the average person does not know what is open or closed.Just for example they have close to 100 different areas open at different times and antler rules.Insane!!! There is no statewide deer hunting.Some parts open some not..You have to buy a license for whatever weapon you use and you can only hunt with that...Non resident license are outrageous..Just an idea of what you are dealing with.These hunting books with the regulations are 11 1/2 in high books..Hunting 135 pages--
Fishing 133 pages Turkey 10 pages--waterfowl 50 pages...You need a license for deer--elk--fishing plus one for certain species like salmon--bottom fish--clams..and a lot more They will sell you a license for things that have closed season for years--like razor clams...and salmon fishing which has only a few areas and very few days you can fish..I will list some of the license cost in another post..
I guess by now you would like to know the state.   ITS Washington state..
 My long time friends and relatives whom all of them fished and hunted including the gals with me for all thru the 70s,80, and into the 90,s when things started going downhill ---not one of them does any fishing or hunting anymore..When we get together all we talk about is what the state has done to destroy the outdoors .. Even the resident licenses are way out of line ..
Now here is another kicker for deer hunting west of the Cascade range ..Almost 100 percent of the land is owned by huge timber companies and they have their licenses and rules where to hunt..Thats about another 50 to 300 dollars depending which one  you go on ..Unless you live in a cave you know Washington is as big as Missouri with many types of terrain to hunt..Last years deer harvest(kill)
was a measly 28,000 like the year before.What does that tell you??