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Douglas Boze

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Patriot, father, husband, author, hunter, trapper, NRA life member. Back the blue and stand for the flag.

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Morning views….#pronghorns #landscape #wildlife #sunrise #morning

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Multiple black bear attacks recently, spring bear hunting gone, reduced harvest in certain GMUs, shrinking season dates, and more and more bear encounters happening in our neighborhoods.

So who’s to blame?

Is it a combination of the things I just listed? Is it human population continuing to encroach on bear habitat? Or does WDFW management deserve more of the blame?

Personally, I think all of these factors play a role in what we’ve been seeing with black bears in Washington lately.

I think a good place to start would be bringing back spring bear hunting, allowing the harvest of two bears in every GMU, and having an 8/1 season opener statewide.

And then there’s the controversial one… do I dare bring up legalizing baiting?

What do you guys think? What would you change about Washington’s black bear management?

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Nice boar down. Purple Heart Tag #2 of 4 ✔️

@clamlakeguideandtaxidermy
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#bearhunting #blackbearhunting #blackbear #purpleheart

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A few pages out of the Sept/Oct 2026 issue!

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Start of a rainbow….#rainbow #storm #nature #rain

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Well, we all knew Columbia Insight had become a favorite outlet for anti-hunting, preservationist activists, but this article is next level.
The author has managed to take an investigation into WDFW commissioners and somehow turn it into a story about persecuted commissioners and angry hunters who just wanted to kill bears and take them on a “witch hunt”. Side note- it is extremely difficult to feel any empathy for “tarnished reputations” when people bring things on themselves as a consequence of their own behaviors (our opinion).😒
The headline literally says: “Hunters’ demands for spring bear kills led to dubious reprimand, tarnished reputations, say commissioners.” Then there’s a section titled “Hunters want pelts.” Oh and how this article talked about Sportsmen’s Alliance and CCW versus the Jody Allen funded, Washington Wildlife First is astonishing.
Spring bear was a catalyst for our concerns with this Commission—not the entirety of them. Our concerns have grown from countless issues involving commissioner conduct, transparency, accountability, decision-making, and especially HOW spring bear was ended.
Meanwhile, the investigation itself substantiated concerns involving public-records compliance, open meetings and commissioner conduct. But apparently those details aren’t nearly as interesting as building a victim narrative around Smith, Rowland and Lehmkuhl.
And let’s not forget the way hunters have been portrayed before. Mehaffey wrote “Hunters argue for right to kill mothers with cubs”. If that isn’t slandering a whole community..
And Lorna and Rowland, who have been unavailable or declined comment for other coverage recently, suddenly have plenty to say here. Wonder why?
K.C. Mehaffey and Melanie Rowland are from the same town. Methow Valley news, where she recently released her response article from is also from Twisp..
This isn’t objective reporting. Reality was not in the room with this one.
If you want to read how Lorna and Melanie feel targeted for their decades of activism: https://columbiainsight.org/governors-response-to-wdfw-investigation-sows-more-discord/
Photo credit- Columbia Insight

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I know in the last video I said archery deer only…but I can only look at a bear in a good spot long enough before I gotta go give it a try right?! After spending all August chasing bears, having a few really close calls, I couldn’t pass up this opportunity! Bear is back on the menu baby!!! WE’RE BIG BEAR GUYS!!

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That’s time of year…..#hunting #archery #bowhunting #huntingseason

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Some things change, somethings stay the same. #hunting #huntingishuman #how|forwildlife #washingtonhunting #washingtonstate

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Always original….#sunrise #sunset #landscape #amazing #outside

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He’d be tasty….#elk #hunting #wildlife #archery #outside

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Either would be ok with me…#elk #elkhunting #archeryhunting #bowhunting #trailcamera

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