Editor,

People need to ask permission to hunt on private property.

There’s no baiting on private or public property. This includes Dike Road and Keystone Spit.

They need to take carcasses with them and dispose of these properly, not alongside public roadsides.

Don’t poach and sell the meat to unsuspecting residents or, worse yet, throw the butchered deer alongside a road across from an Oak Harbor church.

County pit mines are not hunting sites, nor are deer stands permitted.

Hunting does not give one permission to drink and then drive on roads. Nor, does the practice give one the right to throw trash: shotgun shells, carcasses or alcoholic containers.

Hunting does not give one the right to damage roadsides. If there isn’t room for one to pull off the road — park the vehicle where there is room and walk to the hunting site.

Noise ordinances in effect are 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.

People shooting at their residence may be wearing hearing protection, but their neighbors are not. They are often elderly. No matter what age, however, hearing a gun being fired makes one want to run and hide for cover.

Island County does not have comprehensive hunting regulations. The current Washington State Migratory Waterfowl & Upland Game Seasons manual provides guidance of issues addressed above.

If a resident sees a violation being committed, please report to 911 and ICOM will connect that person to Fish and Wildlife.

Madeline Rose

Oak Harbor