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Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« on: November 06, 2013, 12:46:14 PM »
Father in law shot one Monday with pretty bad hoof-rot in Ryderwood.  Anyone else shoot any w/ it west of I-5?

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2013, 12:47:19 PM »
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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2013, 12:48:09 PM »
Ryderwood area has long been known for elk with hoof rot.  Should be at least a few guys on here chime in with stories about it.
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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2013, 12:59:50 PM »
http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01443/wdfw01443.pdf

Check out the survey maps. There have been high incidences of hoof rot west of I-5 for many years.
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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2013, 01:38:15 PM »
I have seen elk alot of elk in the boisfort valley with hoof rot, its gotten so bad we have quit applying for the boisfort permits, we saw a herd of 20 elk, we counted 18 of them that were limping, or not putting weight on their feet altogether. The elk were so bad they couldnt even run when they took off. Ive watched it at least for the last 5-6 yrs, becoming really bad. We have taken elk in the area, a few miles back in off the valley floor and the elk seem to be doing ok.

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2013, 01:47:27 PM »
I've killed a couple in boistfort with hoof rot.

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2013, 02:07:07 PM »
I live in Boistfort and the rot is really bad.

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2013, 02:20:35 PM »
It's been around out boistfort and pe ell way for at least the past 10 years..not a pretty sight.

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2013, 03:15:31 PM »
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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2013, 03:30:31 PM »
I am curious about all this hoof rot, I have heard rumors of it out where I hunt, but so far all tracks I have seen, and harvested animals look normal. But I did not get one during early season, I live in Chehalis, right across the border from Ryderwood and would not mind filling a tag on a cow elk that cannot run away and should be removed.
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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2013, 07:36:13 PM »
Lots of hoof rot in the Willapa Hills unit, for at least the past couple of years. Last year and this summer, every group of elk that I saw had limpers in it.

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2013, 07:53:55 PM »
It's funny (sarcasm, sickening actually) how just now hoof rot is starting to get enough attention that the game department has decided to try and do something about it.  It's crippled the Ryderwood herd for a decade, but only when it starts getting bad in the beloved St. Helens elk herd do they decide to do anything.

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2013, 08:44:15 PM »
Lots of hoof rot in the Willapa Hills unit, for at least the past couple of years. Last year and this summer, every group of elk that I saw had limpers in it.

I've hunted that unit for 6 years and never seen one with hoof rot, never sen on eloping and I've seen hundreds. Seen many killed and never seen one with hoof rot, it's pretty isolated around Pe El and the Weyerhauser Pe El tree farm. Never seen it west if there.
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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2013, 09:18:52 PM »
Its in the  667 Now  :bash:

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Re: Elk shot west of I-5 with hoof rot?
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2013, 09:30:15 PM »
Lots of hoof rot in the Willapa Hills unit, for at least the past couple of years. Last year and this summer, every group of elk that I saw had limpers in it.

I've hunted that unit for 6 years and never seen one with hoof rot, never sen on eloping and I've seen hundreds. Seen many killed and never seen one with hoof rot, it's pretty isolated around Pe El and the Weyerhauser Pe El tree farm. Never seen it west if there.

Interesting. Are you hunting up in the back up high, or down in the bottomlands? I've lived here for over twelve years, and been hunting for five, and seen limpers all over the place for at least the last two years. But I'm near the river and hunting mostly in the lower elevations and the southern part of the GMU. Curious if it's less bad up high, or in different areas. I haven't noticed any limpers in the Deep River herd, but lots where I live in Skamokawa, and some over towards Cathlamet, too.

I had a cow with the worst case of it I've ever seen, hanging around my place for a couple of weeks last fall. Coyotes finally got her, and when I had a chance to look at it up close, it was pretty awful. Coyotes left the bad hoof rot leg alone. Other neighbors of mine had a cow with bad hoof rot die on their place last fall, too, but they buried it with a tractor before I had a chance to look at that one and take any pictures.

 


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