Coweeman Jan 1st cow tag???

[Ripshot]

Got'er done. There was a lot of action up there yesterday.

[ICEMAN]

Heard from one of my neighbors on the upper Kalama that a guy came rushing down looking for a phone because his hunting partner had shot  cow then had a heart attack. I guess they life flighted him out but neighbor was told the guy didn't make it.

Horrible news and prayers for his family.

On the other hand, I want to go in similar fashion....on a hunt...just shot my elk...

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Well hiked around with my boy today, and he was a trooper. We only saw 3 cows, all were on the road while driving. The 1 i got a good look at had hoof rot on the left rear foot. I only saw her for 5 seconds, but she had a very pronounced limp.

We found lots of track but not many animals today. Hope the rest of the week is more productive.

[bobcat]

Took my uncle into the Toutle today for his cow permit, and he killed a calf. He didn't realize it was a calf until we got up to it. But at least it was healthy, fat, and no sign of hoof rot. There was a cow nearby laying down that would not, or could not, get up due to hoof rot, She was nothing but skin and bones.

[ICEMAN]

God please hep end this hoof rot.

[PolarBear]

My friend got her "replacement" cow yesterday.  She went up higher into the Margaret and it seemed that there wasn't any hoof rot up there.  Yeah, they really need to find out how to get a hold on that stuff.  It might wind up being that the WDFW permits a mass slaughter to eliminate some of the animals.  Or, they will just bring in more wolves.   

[BOWHUNTER45]

The only answer at this point is mass slaughter .. Very unfortunate but they better get with it now and let the recovery begin and hopefully there is a recovery !

[kenzmad]

My cousin got his cow out of green mountain. Hoof rot on one of the hind legs. That quarter was considerably smaller than the other side. We didn't fill dads tag yet but there is still 10 days left. Seen lots of elk(100 or so) just couldn't put a healthy cow in range.

[Rainier10]

Had a great time with my daughter this weekend.  Briefly saw an elk first thing in the morning, just the body, really light colored so I think it was a bull, followed tracks into the creek bottom and lost it.  Rest of the day we saw a few deer and no more elk.  Sunday we saw a group of 5 nice bulls and a little later a nice 4 point blacktail.  Saw three cows across the river in the Magaret and then late in the day with an hour to go saw two cows that we had to drive all the way around the unit to get to.  Just as we got to where we thought they were and headed into the trees we heard a shot out in front of us.  Maybe next weekend.

My daughter was a trooper with a super positive attitude.  She kept a notebook of all the stuff we saw like two stumps we put the sneak on, the deer and elk tracks, the "pretty" bugs, some "cool" logs and she really just wanted to see a porcupine if we couldn't find an elk.  You just gotta love hunting with kids, they tune you into the stuff you just don't always see.

Can't wait for next weekend, good luck to all.

[lokidog]

Had a great time with my daughter this weekend.  Briefly saw an elk first thing in the morning, just the body, really light colored so I think it was a bull, followed tracks into the creek bottom and lost it.  Rest of the day we saw a few deer and no more elk.  Sunday we saw a group of 5 nice bulls and a little later a nice 4 point blacktail.  Saw three cows across the river in the Magaret and then late in the day with an hour to go saw two cows that we had to drive all the way around the unit to get to.  Just as we got to where we thought they were and headed into the trees we heard a shot out in front of us.  Maybe next weekend.

My daughter was a trooper with a super positive attitude.  She kept a notebook of all the stuff we saw like two stumps we put the sneak on, the deer and elk tracks, the "pretty" bugs, some "cool" logs and she really just wanted to see a porcupine if we couldn't find an elk.  You just gotta love hunting with kids, they tune you into the stuff you just don't always see.

Can't wait for next weekend, good luck to all.

Sounds fun, good luck next weekend.

[mtman]

Well the wife put one out of its misery. Nothin but bones.Almost no back strap at all.

[duckmen1]

Mtman
 did that elk have hoof rot to of was it just thin.
Congrats on harvesting an elk

[bobcat]

Well the wife put one out of its misery. Nothin but bones.Almost no back strap at all.

Wow, the head really looks out of proportion to the body. Do you have any pictures of the hooves?

[duckmen1]

The head looks mature but the body looks like a year and a half old.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Wow ...I think it is time to have a mass slaughter on the ones that need to be shot ...My sons cow last year was healthy lookin ..she did not have any fat on her but she was not skin and bones ...CONGRATS TO YOUR WIFE