600 elk shot in Winston cause of hoof rot?

[boomstick]

There are wolves in the Winston unit so don't kid about I have proof.

[jackmaster]

There are wolves in the Winston unit so don't kid about I have proof.

ok so post it up, dont keep that kind of stuff all to yourself, its one of those secrets that needs to be let out 

[Bordercop]

I spoke to some WDFW wardens and biologist at the Sportsman Show. The have no idea where that started. The locals told the same story to by co-worker who went on a cow hunt there. A very reliable source from this forum also has no idea where this story started from.

[kentrek]

Dont know about wolves in the Winston..I figured they should be moving in on the east side of the mtn this year or so but after 3 trips so far this year I have yet to find any sign of them..il be hitting it real hard in the end of Feb an march to find em so if ya have info id really appreciate a pm of your experience 

Not to derail the tread lol I didnt know there was 600 elk in the winston left

[sirmissalot]

I know for a fact there have been a number of elk killed in and around the saint Helens herd, in an effort to work on a fix for hoof rot. They kill them, take samples and study different stages of it as well as check for different strains etc. so to say if 10 elk were killed because of hoof rot it would make the news paper it's obviously not true, but it certainly wasn't 600 I'll tell you that.

I also know various people who have had to put down elk because the hoof rot was so bad they couldn't stand up anymore (myself included, and with a wardens permission).

[RadSav]

I heard that they contracted with the bigfoot aliens that live beneath Mt St. Helens.  WDFW supposedly got a screaming deal and didn't have to buy ammo as the bigfoot aliens kill them with the large boulders they usually throw into the river when hunters get too close.  A friend of my brothers neighbor has proof.

[Jonathan_S]

I heard that they contracted with the bigfoot aliens that live beneath Mt St. Helens.  WDFW supposedly got a screaming deal and didn't have to buy ammo as the bigfoot aliens kill them with the large boulders they usually throw into the river when hunters get too close.  A friend of my brothers neighbor has proof.

I'm friends with your brother's neighbor 

[bobcat]

The WDFW did kill a few elk for their study and it was in the news:

In March, WDFW killed 12 elk in Southwest Washington and four from east of the mountains and sent tissue samples to several laboratories across the U.S. for analysis. Some of it went to the University of Liverpool, England, because researchers there have experience with hoof rot in domesticated sheep.

This summer, the agency may collect calves that are only a few months old to see whether hoof rot is passed along from cows to calves.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/10/no-answers-yet-southwest-washington-elk-hoof-rot/

[lostbackpacker]

I think they just hired Mick Dodge to do it. 

[ELKBURGER]

Thanks Bobcat.

[Bigshooter]

I think they just hired Mick Dodge to do it.

 

[Curly]

The WDFW did kill a few elk for their study and it was in the news:

In March, WDFW killed 12 elk in Southwest Washington and four from east of the mountains and sent tissue samples to several laboratories across the U.S. for analysis. Some of it went to the University of Liverpool, England, because researchers there have experience with hoof rot in domesticated sheep.

This summer, the agency may collect calves that are only a few months old to see whether hoof rot is passed along from cows to calves.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/10/no-answers-yet-southwest-washington-elk-hoof-rot/

Well, that sort of explains the rumor.  12 + 4 = 16.     Someone heard a bio say 16 elk were shot and mistakenly thought that 16 sounded like 60.    60 elk then became 600 when someone texted about it and accidentally hit the 0 button twice.  Now we know how a dozen elk shot in the Winston became 600. 

 

[REHJWA]

With that math I heard it was 1200...

[gonehuntin68]

Thanks for the info guys.

[Old Man Yager]

Still waiting for the proof on the wolves in Winston........................