Anyone else seeing dead elk all over St. Helens tree farm?

[janttihunter]

Anyone else seeing dead elk all over St. Helens tree farm?  I called WDFW and let them know I saw three dead elk a few weeks ago.

[bbarnes]

There dieing of hoof rot caused by the defoliants there spraying start making some noise.

[cem3434]

There dieing of hoof rot caused by the defoliants there spraying start making some noise.

Is there any evidence supporting this? If so, where can we learn more about it?

[dreamunelk]

There dieing of hoof rot caused by the defoliants there spraying start making some noise.

Then why don't they have it in other areas of Washington?  Why isn't it in Oregon?  They use the same techniques.

[kglacken]

  And the deer dont get it. Thats what doesnt make sense to me!

[dreamunelk]

And the deer dont get it. Thats what doesnt make sense to me!

Just far enough removed from an evolution stand point that it currently does not.  Another brain teaser is why don't elk get hair slip? 

[funkster]

Hoof rot is a problem, but I wouldn't consider 3 dead elk "all over the st. Helen's treefarm" alarming. The tree farm is thousands of acres!

[bigtex]

There dieing of hoof rot caused by the defoliants there spraying start making some noise.

Then why don't they have it in other areas of Washington?  Why isn't it in Oregon?  They use the same techniques.

 

The Kapowsin, Snoqualmie, and White River Tree Farms in King and Pierce Counties all have good elk herds yet no hoof rot....

[sirmissalot]

There dieing of hoof rot caused by the defoliants there spraying start making some noise.

I saw 2 dead elk over the weekend, and one that I had to put down (with a game wardens approval via cell phone) and only one of them had hoof rot, which was not severe enough to have killed the elk. The one I had to put down had blood coming out of its mouth and around its bloodshot eyes, most likely was hit by a vehicle, the close proximity of the other two lead me to believe that was the case for them as well.

[janttihunter]

I saw three dead elk in one day whithin a few mile radius..

[sirmissalot]

Mine were also in one day within a few mile radius. Where were you at? I biked in at the 3100 road, was in an 05 maroon toyota.

[jackelope]

Good time of year to be finding winter kills.
 

[lewy]

 Im not surprised, we found numerous dead elk in the dec. elk seasons down that way, all of which had rotten/rotted off feet. Seen a few elk, that im sure I could have ran down and killed if I had wanted to, that could hardly get around.........sad

[janttihunter]

Two of them were off the 4100, and 1 behind a gate my wife and I hiked in. The two I saw off 4100 were suspicious, coming out of a game trail dropped in there tracks 10 feet off the road. The other was in a clear cut.

[ghosthunter]

Talked to a source today in wfwd. Told me they had three universities working on the hoof rot problem. One is in England.

He said the whole problem started in the Abernathy gum.