CURRENTLY WDFW FEDERAL AGENTS SHOOTING 15 bulls in Skagit River Unit!!!!

[BOWHUNTER45]

I got to the bottom of this  YES THEY ARE  I AM SKINNING MY WIFES LITTLE DEER RIGHT NOW ...BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT .....

[Boss .300 winmag]

If you easties would quite hoarding all the wolves to get all the tourism dollars we could have some to control all theses rouge elk.   

[PlateauNDN]

So Boss, you're proposing a trade? Our wolves for your elk??? Deal!

[Boss .300 winmag]

I would rather see more elk permits in this unit in the low lands to put pressure on the elk, just too many houses, and livestock.

They should have ever transplanted them anyways.

[CP]

A group of them more or less chased a herd into a fenced pasture and started raining down arrows and making elk get tangled in fences and a huge mess---worst of all was there were lots of people watching (greeny types).

Weren't those Master Hunters on a damage control hunt?

No. Master Hunters were not brought in until the following year.

Actually the MH started that year, at least a draw was held and permits issued.  But the MH hunt was “forgotten” by the WDFW then cancelled along with all the other hunts after the bad publicity. 

[Pilot_Hunter]

That sickens me

[Special T]

This area has a special problem. I do not think there is any easy way for any state agency to solve it. You have people like farmer Johnson (the farm where the archery black eye happend) and checker boarded all over the place you have people who allow NO hunting on thier hobby farms. they seem less concerned about elk damage.  The only real gripe i have is that the WDFW agents didn't dissipate the crowd at Johnson farm, and that they took that opportunity to crash the whole special hunting unit.

There is master hunter unts and a buddy of mine shot a cow this year. I would guess that the reason for the feds killing bulls is because they don't want land owner bull tags to become a big $$$ issue. Not an easy one to fix IMO

[Bob33]

A group of them more or less chased a herd into a fenced pasture and started raining down arrows and making elk get tangled in fences and a huge mess---worst of all was there were lots of people watching (greeny types).

Weren't those Master Hunters on a damage control hunt?

No. Master Hunters were not brought in until the following year.

Actually the MH started that year, at least a draw was held and permits issued.  But the MH hunt was “forgotten” by the WDFW then cancelled along with all the other hunts after the bad publicity.

That is correct, and the 2010 Master Hunter hunts occurred with no problems.

[T-Dozzer]

Why would anyone doubt the op? I belive him. This is exactily why people aee upset with the dfw. Over 50 elk have been hit by rigs this year from those herds. There is a problem. They should have handled it through a general season late hunt. Too many of us buy tags to see animals go to the soup kitchen.

Maybe because he has 21 posts, and started this thread about secret Federal agents shooting elk in the dark.  His information is second hand, and to those who seek more proof he answers "go up there and look". 

To you, Mr Elk247, I answer, why would you believe the OP?  His post is  incendiary and poorly supported, and there is no reason to take his word as gospel until more information is received


Give the guy a break. He lives there and has reliable info. He doesn't gain anything by passing this along to the rest of us. With the sorted history of this heard and location I have no reason to not believe the OP.
What difference does it make how posts he has made?

Thanks to the OP for passing this along. He just wants his fellow hunters to be aware and stand up for ourselves

[T-Dozzer]

I for one have seen enough to think that there very likely is something to all this. And heads should roll. Some of you all need to check your priorities. When a member comes on and informs us he believes he knows of a injustice that affects us all we should listen and help check into it. Not sit behind a keyboard like a coward and attack the guy just cause he is a new member. You all were new members once. Does that mean you first 50-100 posts were all B.S. too as you think everyone elses is

[LOVEMYLABXS]

Just wondering in a cituation like the elk becoming a problem couldn't/shouldn't the Rocky mountain elk foundation get a call to see if they could help with relocation?

[whuppinstick]

Just wondering in a cituation like the elk becoming a problem couldn't/shouldn't the Rocky mountain elk foundation get a call to see if they could help with relocation?

The RMEF was a major player in relocating the elk TO the Nooksack (from St. Helens).  My dad was on that project.  Not saying they can't now relocate them back out, but it would be a little weird.

[jdw12885]

There are answers....landowners, allow people to hunt on your land.   

I never had one land owner that turned me down. They all welcome elk tag hunters!

[Twispriver]

This is the cover of the fall quarterly publication of the Washington Farm Bureau - Right now the farmers have the ear of the WDFW and the politicians that pull the strings

[Green broke]

Because the DFW transported these animals in and they do not have the Money to transport them out. Without tribe money.

There is a huge area just across south Skagit Hwy for them. Cumberland ,Finny creek area.

But the elk need a river bottom. And will not stay in the highlands.

The whole thing was a screw up from the beginning .

This is an ignorant statement.  Have you done DNA studies and cross referenced to see what elk are from the core herd?  How successful was the augmentation? How successful was the hunting moratorium? Was it a screw up or success? Was there land management changes at the county assessors office that allowed for more fragmentation of said river valley? 
 To those upset with the meat donated to the tribes- since the jail quit taking meat and most food banks are unable to take it, what do you suggest is done with the meat?  If we are unable to take it you are given a couple options.  Would you like to pay a dead stock company to haul it off?  Would you like the state to pay for proper disposal?