Mill Creek Watershed Arrest

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

What a waste.  I can understand if you hurt yourself on the initial trip out, but just wasting an animal because its to much work, that's irritating.  With all the info about that unit, guys should know its going to be a very physically demanding hunt. Crap, take one scouting trip up there and you will find a way to scrap together the cash for a packer lol!

There are no packers licensed in there.

Then pay your new buddy with horses to come in with you. Jeeze, why is everyone so nit picky lately!

[T Pearce]

Which Mill Cr Watershed? Walla Walla?
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[Outdoorskindaguy]

anyone know if they took the guys head away from him? i hope they did.

[bobdog86]

I wish people would do 2 two things when contemplating putting in for this hunt: 1. Go with someone as a sherpa first, if you can, if not go look at it from the boundary (and remember this----it's 10x nastier and poopier than it appears!!! steeper and more rugged. 2. If you can't do #1, then go to the summit of Mt Rainier with a 60-80# pack and visualize yourself with a elk quarter on your back, realizing that you have to do it 3 more times. If the person had a physical injury then he/she should have contacted Abel (maybe they did, maybe they didn't who knows), worse case, there's probably alot of people around there that may have volunteered (at least 3) to help, just to get a chance at going in. Unfortunate, but on the bright side, maybe the story will grow legs and will keep some flt-landers from applying in the future.

[PlateauNDN]

Which Mill Cr Watershed? Walla Walla?
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[BENCHLEG]

I like your point of view bob. Sad deal. Wasted animal.

[BLUEBULLS]

An elk will hang a long time in this weather. I assume the elk wasn't quartered and likely not gutted. Either of those would look very bad. There's a lot of time to get help to retrieve an elk. If it "wasted" that quick it must not have been opened up and tells me there were likely no intentions of retrieving it. Might be wrong but that's my opinion for now. Makes us all look bad.

[mtncook]

Jacob, you are so right. I had 2 hunters kill spikes on the 28th they hung at the kill site until 11/2 last day of season. They of course were quartered and shaded all day. That is the longest I have ever left meat hanging. Was mostly surprised nothing got on the gut piles.

mtncook

[T Pearce]

Which Mill Cr Watershed? Walla Walla?
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Thank you

[zike]

As I understand in AK you can't take out the head and horns til you get out the meat. I don't think they should be allowed to keep the horns Could you hire a helicoper to pull the elk out when you get one? I heard they had a copter pull out a couple of elk years ago in SE wa Joseph area.

[j_h_nimrod]

  all meat must be salvaged before hide, head, or horns are packed out in AK. Copters are illegal for any hunting related purposes in AK.

[huntnnw]

If there was an attempt to get meat out there woulda been no ticket. The way WA law is written people can get away with it with a poor me story.

[elk247]

Tagging. Wtf??      

[firefighter12]

I truly hope that they are not able to keep the head and horns, if you can get those out than you damn sure better be able to get th rest of the animal out.  I went down in that hole 7 times this season all they had to do was ask people and on the way out I am sure someone would have helped grabbed a quarter, I know I would have.  On a better note I saw some big bulls in there this year and had several at 200 yards but not the distance I can shoot with a bow. 

[Jonathan_S]

I truly hope that they are not able to keep the head and horns, if you can get those out than you damn sure better be able to get th rest of the animal out.  I went down in that hole 7 times this season all they had to do was ask people and on the way out I am sure someone would have helped grabbed a quarter, I know I would have.  On a better note I saw some big bulls in there this year and had several at 200 yards but not the distance I can shoot with a bow.

I agree, I think it's despicable to not get the meat.

I think they should be allowed to keep the antlers but pay a very substantial fine.  $10,000+ each