Will you eat it?

[headshot5]

Funny, everyone criticizing the WDFW for telling us the meat is safe to eat. If you don't believe them, and you don't feel the meat is safe, then don't hunt elk in SW Washington.

Everything in life is not the government's fault.

I'm with you on this Bobcat.  It really is up to the person who is going to eat the animal and their comfort level.  As I have mentioned before, I have no problem evaluating elk meat and deciding if it is fit for me to consume.  All wild meat should be evaluated this way, not just elk with hoof disease.   

[Mudman]

I dont hunt there anymore.  I have eaten it many times.  I dont have the knowledge to determine if its safe just because it tastes good.  Do you?  No.   Neither does wdfw and thats the problem.

[Axle]

  I've never been close to an elk that didn't stink.

Ya - but it's a good stink 

[BiggLuke]

Just curious for all the wetside elk hunters out there, if you happen to shoot a hoff-Rot elk, will you eat it? Do you feel it's safe enough to feed to your family and friends?

Unless your family has hoofs... shouldn't be a concern
I willing to bet a large portion of all the fast food beef you eat has some hoof rot

[Mudman]

No doubt we dont want to see the beef getting butchered.  Farm raised local beef is #1.  I do wonder about chemical ingestion more than a deformed hoof.

[pianoman9701]

Funny, everyone criticizing the WDFW for telling us the meat is safe to eat. If you don't believe them, and you don't feel the meat is safe, then don't hunt elk in SW Washington.

Everything in life is not the government's fault.

No one said that everything is the government's fault. No one has ever said hoof disease is the government's fault. But, if the meat is in fact unsafe to eat and people consume it because they believe it's safe - that IS the government's fault. Knowing the disease has been around for 20 years and not doing anything about it until 2008 - that's the government's fault. Hiding the fact that the disease actually exists in other parts of the Northwest even after they've been questioned about it publicly - that's the government's fault.

[TheHunt]

If I could see the animal had it I would not shoot it. 

[headshot5]

My elk did not have hoof rot but it was really skinny and obviously something wrong. I got 25 lbs of weird tasting meat back from the butcher. Butcher said it was worste he has ever seen and wdfw have reissued tags for less. We have been eating it and havnt been sick or anything but I am pretty unsure about the whole thing. Wdfw was not helpful and they made me never want to support them ever again...

I definitely wouldn't eat the meat if it is weird tasting.  The butcher also said it was the worst he had seen!  That is a red flag to me.

[Big6bull]

My elk did not have hoof rot but it was really skinny and obviously something wrong. I got 25 lbs of weird tasting meat back from the butcher. Butcher said it was worste he has ever seen and wdfw have reissued tags for less. We have been eating it and havnt been sick or anything but I am pretty unsure about the whole thing. Wdfw was not helpful and they made me never want to support them ever again...

I definitely wouldn't eat the meat if it is weird tasting.  The butcher also said it was the worst he had seen!  That is a red flag to me.

Butcher said is was safe and wdfw. What got me mad was wdfw were not even gonna look at it to begin with. And when I asked about possibly getting my points back they said they aren't doing that this year... Waited 6 years to draw that cow tag. If I knew the animal was sick I would not have shot it.

[Mudman]

That sucks, sorry man.  Glad to see WDFW was looking out for its supporters.   Its a crap shoot and nobody is concerned with what is right and wrong, just $ and effort.  Except us.....

[Wiley]

I ate one once, a week latter my toe nails were 6'' long!!!