[Superman]

Thinking about returning to big game hunting. Grew up in what was, at that time, the most productive elk hunting section in Idaho. There, hunting was more like shopping.
Became a man (at least technically/legally), moved away and did not do much hunting after that. Interested in perhaps getting back into it. Looking for advice.

Things have changed since 1975. For example, the rate of idiocy out there has sharply increased. I wonder whether hunting these days is just a bad idea because of this. The likelihood of getting shot should be very low, but I am not confident of this now.

Here is a wonder: I have seen guys setting out for big game wearing green/grey camo clothes. Knowing that big game are color-blind (and don't actually see all that well to begin with), failing to wear orange seems to me like a massively bad idea.

For local guys, and of course one in particular, I'd be interested to hear about hunting in the Peoples' Republic of Washington State. Are there general elk/deer tags that do not require a draw/special permit? Reasonable success rate? A guy who worked for me went out every fall during center fire season and he never came back with a success story.

In my youth, big game hunting made financial sense. Licenses and tags were not prohibitively expensive and, as I mentioned, success rate was good. One day, dad and grandad come home with three elk strapped to grandad's Willys Jeep. Not kidding. (Mom had a license and tag, but probably never held a firearm in her life). But does it still make sense? Or is it now just a sporting thing to affirm one's manliness?

Is there a hard limit to only one? Or can one take an animal during archery season, and another during rifle season?

Or should I just stick with fishing / clamming / crabbing?