Possible Poaching in enumclaw 3/4

[dreamunelk]

Many elk problems really increase during the hungry times.

[lewy]

  Hopefully it was done legally, if so great. That would be a great herd to give out some damage tags on. Walk out there and pet one of those elk and tell me how tame they are. I guess we shouldnt hunt any of the elk in the yakima herd either, because there acting pretty tame right now too laying against the fence down there at Oak creek......

[stormin85]

i'm not saying they don't need to be shot, they do, those elk do a lot of damage, i have family and friends that live along the whole road just wanted to find out if it was legal, should have done my homework before i posted anything.

[KopperBuck]

Yup.

[ghosthunter]

Ya if I am hunting I wear camo. Just habit. Even rifle season I wear my orange vest over camo. I can see a guy doing it because its just what he wears hunting.

[asl20bball]

I'd f/u with the WDFW officer b/c if it was poaching you can recieve reward points for turning in a poacher... keep us posted on your findings.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/enforcement/reporting_violations.html

On a side note, if it was legal we need more farmers like the one who allowed the "hunter" to hunt his property.

[Boss .300 winmag]

I'd f/u with the WDFW officer b/c if it was poaching you can recieve reward points for turning in a poacher... keep us posted on your findings.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/enforcement/reporting_violations.html

On a side note, if it was legal we need more farmers like the one who allowed the "hunter" to hunt his property.

stormin85 didnt turn anybody in, so he cant get points. 

my wife then noticed it as well, there was a couple who were on a bike ride that were sitting there and another vehicle, the vehicle in front of us left and the couple rode their bicycles over to us, the husband said his wife had called the sheriff, i was in the process of calling wdfw, just to see how this was possible, which is where my first question comes, are there any depredation tags that could have been in use?

the husband informed me that the sheriff had said they contacted the wildlife officer for this area and they did not think this was done legally at all, since it was march

just love how some people are more worried about other peoples bussiness, and getting poacher points.

[bear hunter]

Many years ago I seen a doe that some one shot in the rear hind quieter. It had a arrow in her. I saw her a few times in the spring but the job ended. So I don't know if she made it. I have seen deer that have got shot and healed up. It happens. I don't think the elk was a possible poaching. Just a bad shot during the season.

[headshot5]

Chances are pretty good that it was legal.  Most farmers are not that dumb that they will pick up an elk with a front end loader with the possibility of forefiting it (the tractor) to the WDFW (if it was an illegal elk). 

Good on you folks for getting into someone else's business though.  Makes a good impression on the farmer.  Probably, makes him want to let anybody on his property to hunt (sarcasm text).       

[steen]

If they were domesticated elk were they not the farmer's elk?  That is how I read it but I may have misunderstood it.

[bigtex]

If they were domesticated elk were they not the farmer's elk?  That is how I read it but I may have misunderstood it.

Theyre wild elk, he just means they hangout in an urban area so they get use to people.

Kind of like mallards in a city park may approach people.

[Fireant11]

As stated earlier in the thread, there is a Master Hunter permit hunt that runs until March 31.  It's the Region 4 South permit (Hunt choice 2713 in the regs).   I know one of the WDFW officers who is overseeing this hunt.  I last talked with him about a week ago and he said there was a Master Hunter on call to hunt that area.  This is a bow hunt, so chances are, it was a legal deprivation hunt. 

As for the camo, whenever I hunt, I prefer to have my camo pants on because of all the pocket space.

[huntingfool7]

I wonder if anyone would have noticed this if the guy was wearing coveralls. 

I used to hunt deer on Vashon/Maury islands.  Always thought a guy should wear jogging attire and a 44 in a shoulder holster...maybe even a tie dyed t-shirt.

[Sniper101]

 

Chances are pretty good that it was legal.  Most farmers are not that dumb that they will pick up an elk with a front end loader with the possibility of forefiting it (the tractor) to the WDFW (if it was an illegal elk). 

Good on you folks for getting into someone else's business though.  Makes a good impression on the farmer.  Probably, makes him want to let anybody on his property to hunt (sarcasm text).     

[notellumcreek]

I would have called it in too, I have never heard of anyone using a depredation tag on the farms on the south side of Enumclaw and have lived there for 24 years. About time someone uses one of those tags in that area. My dad included, there are a few land owners in the mt. peak area that would love to see this herd thin out. Unfortunately hunting pressure and being bow only have kinda made the area a hangout for the elk, and the elk numbers are climbing very quickly.