Winston Hoof Rot

[ICEMAN]

The cow I shot a year ago on Jan 1, 2012 had no indication of hoof rot.

[bobcat]

My Winston cow from yesterday. The hooves didn't really look like it was hoof rot, they were just overgrown.

I'm guessing that's just the beginning stage of hoof rot though, by next year I'd bet she would have been a lot worse off.

The last two pictures in BTKR's original post are the hooves from this elk. She otherwise appeared to be healthy.

[billythekidrock]

My Winston cow from yesterday. The hooves didn't really look like it was hoof rot, they were just overgrown.

I'm guessing that's just the beginning stage of hoof rot though, by next year I'd bet she would have been a lot worse off.

The last two pictures in BTKR's original post are the hooves from this elk. She otherwise appeared to be healthy.

Definitely had hoof rot. I didn't take pics of the bottom of the hooves, but one of the fronts was starting to rot.

This PDF shows the various stages of hoof rot in elk.
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01124/wdfw01124.pdf

[carpsniperg2]

Bummer to see those animals crippled up like that.

Congrats bob!

[billythekidrock]

Report hoof rot to WDFW here. http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/health/hoof_rot/reporting/index.html

[kalamasasquatch]

The bull I shot 2 years ago in the upper Winston had the rot. None of the elk we seen or took out of the toutle showed any signs of hoof issues.

[wackum]

I shot a cow in toutle this year that had it bad and saw at least a half dozen others with it.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Wow..thats nasty ...know of a cow shot today and she had the same thing going on with her ...which they could figure something out to cure it 

[bobcat]

It seems to me that in SW Washington, you are now more likely to see elk with hoof rot, than without.

[Jerome]

The cow my boy took in the Margaret this year had it.

[buglebuster]

My father in law and i each harvested cows in late archery in the winston and neither of them had hoof rot.

[skywalker253]

Shot a buck in Dayton this year that had 1 hoof toe that was 8-10 inches long compared to the rest of his toes/hoofs. Looking back; I wish I would have taken a pic, so I could have posted it. It was long a was shaped like a rainbow. No rott, just deformed.

[WSU]

We killed a cow in Winston this year and it didn't have hoof rot. 

[Bob33]

I've attached an article from Bugle on the subject.  Hopefully you can read it.

PS - congratulations Bob.  Sun and a dead elk: a rare sight in Washington!

[billythekidrock]

I've attached an article from Bugle on the subject.  Hopefully you can read it.

PS - congratulations Bob.  Sun and a dead elk: a rare sight in Washington!

We were also able to drag it downhill and load it in the truck whole!

Just minutes before we spotted them.


About a 70 yard drag to the truck.