Volunteer to remove or repair barbed wire fences on public, private/public access lands, and private lands.

I always inspect my dogs during and after a hunt for cuts and hitchhikers(cheat grass etc.) Several times I have had to end my hunt because of barbed wire injuries to my pups. I have lost money to stitch the wounds and lost hunting hours while these wounds heal.

I hunt of multitude of ground with public access. Some of these grounds are state purhases transformed into wildlife areas. All of which have miles of barbed wire fences with absolutley no purpose. A 100 yards or so are in good condition then the next 100 is laying down with posts missing; serving no purpose. They are not boundary fences and simply left there to sit.

I would like to get a feel for the amount of support of volunteers to remove these un-needed fences. These fences tear up our dogs, are dangerous obstacles for hunters, and are obstacles for some game animals. The master hunter program for WA requires 20 hours of community service for WDFW purposes. This would be a great way to achieve those hours and clean up our hunting lands. What do ya think?

Id be willing to help up in my area and I would travel to other areas too if I had the time.

Easiest way to do it if the WDFW agreed, in most places is ride along with an atv and respool it.

As for the posts most are 50% rotten or more. So find a spot to stack or if in spring burn small piles of them.

Then bring a big bucket to throw all fencing staples and nails and other misc metal in.

I'd do that. My last lab probably had 250 stiches in her over the years. My guess is the new pup will have a similar problem. When they are chasing down a bird all brains go out the window....kind of like us.

I'm in. In fact, I've been talking to friends the past two weeks about doing the same thing. My 18-month-old lab tangled with barbed wire last month, got nine stitches in her foot and was out of commission for almost two weeks. I hunted WDFW land over the past weekend and held my breath every time we encountered an old fence line. I work in Oly and would be happy to talk to some WDFW folks at this end.