Stolen Kill

[pianoman9701]

I just said that, look at page  5 in the hunting regulations. however you should have not left the cow, with out gutting it.period.

That depends on how long it took him to get to the truck and back. And, had he gutted it, it would've taken even less time for the thief to take it out.

Why is this post not in Elk Hunting?

[Astonb86]

I just said that, look at page  5 in the hunting regulations. however you should have not left the cow, with out gutting it.period.

That depends on how long it took him to get to the truck and back. And, had he gutted it, it would've taken even less time for the thief to take it out.

Why is this post not in Elk Hunting?

Thats probably a user error on my account, Im new to the forum and was trying to figure that out...

[Old Man Yager]

Man that sucks. Would be tough to hide an elk, but if I get a deer, I won't drag it all the way to the road, if I have to leave it and walk to my truck, I'll leave it in the brush, and then go get my truck. Sucks that you can't trust people these days, even another Hunter.

[jackmaster]

Dude you really didn't do anything wrong at all, in the time it took you to get back the elk would have still been fine, and like someone else stated it would have aided them in getting it out quicker, my money is on RAY and I would spend the rest of the elk season and deer season up there hoping to bump into ARAY again, you will be able to tell but his eyes if he is the one who jacked it as soon as you see him.. What a flying pile of human excrement!! I hope RAY falls on one of his own arrows!!!

[JMARSHALEK]

Man that sucks. I agree with most of these guys in that you need to report it to Wdfw. I would also call around to local butchers to see if your cow was dropped off around that time by a guy named Ray. Hope you get your tag back and bag a bigger one.


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[Astonb86]

Dude you really didn't do anything wrong at all, in the time it took you to get back the elk would have still been fine, and like someone else stated it would have aided them in getting it out quicker, my money is on RAY and I would spend the rest of the elk season and deer season up there hoping to bump into ARAY again, you will be able to tell but his eyes if he is the one who jacked it as soon as you see him.. What a flying pile of human excrement!! I hope RAY falls on one of his own arrows!!!

Haha thanks brother! Yeah I do hope karma catches who ever took it. Ray told me where he was camping so afterwards I went there and couldnt find him. I spent the whole day looking. Planning on going back up there sometime this week.

[WSU]

I too had my first elk taken.  It's a bummer for sure, but there's more elk in the woods. 

[Boss .300 winmag]

Dude you really didn't do anything wrong at all, in the time it took you to get back the elk would have still been fine, and like someone else stated it would have aided them in getting it out quicker, my money is on RAY and I would spend the rest of the elk season and deer season up there hoping to bump into ARAY again, you will be able to tell but his eyes if he is the one who jacked it as soon as you see him.. What a flying pile of human excrement!! I hope RAY falls on one of his own arrows!!!

Haha thanks brother! Yeah I do hope karma catches who ever took it. Ray told me where he was camping so afterwards I went there and couldnt find him. I spent the whole day looking. Planning on going back up there sometime this week.

Yep, told you that and you were at ease with him knowing where he was supposedly camped? He has probably done this before is my guess. If he didn't get an elk why did he leave?

[12Gauge]

Ray looks very guilty.

Stolen game is one reason I do not hunt alone, most importantly getting hurt out there.

Always hunt with trustworthy person.

[pd]

 Would be tough to hide an elk, but if I get a deer, I won't drag it all the way to the road, if I have to leave it and walk to my truck, I'll leave it in the brush, and then go get my truck.

 

I also will not half-load my vehicle with meat or horns.  I stash everything in the brush, until all of the meat that other gear is ready to load.  Especially the rack---I would never put antlers in my truck, and then go back for meat.

[JDHasty]

Had a friend wake up to an El Camino backed up under the meat pole.  This happened 35 years ago and they got the meat back.  IIRC, it was a couple quartered elk.  I don't remember everything about the incident but it did involve a high speed chase on Hwy 101. 

[sumpnz]

Not sure if this was mentioned. But here is solid advice.

Always carry a blank card or business card with you. If you ever have to leave a kill alone for any length of time. Stick this card with your name, number, wild I'd number etc etc with the animal. Tightly roll the card up and slide it into the mouth of the animal. Deep into the cheek. A place you can inform wdfw of. And a place no hunter would really think to look....well until now since I spilled the beans.

Knew of a guy that was able to reclaim a stolen elk because he stuffed the spent .375H&H casing from the round he'd used to kill it up the nose of the elk.  Thief not only didn't know it was there, he (unsurprisingly as .375H&H isn't exactly ubiquitous) had a different caliber rifle.  Obviously not a perfect solution while archery hunting, but I guess there's no reason you couldn't carry something like an empty shell casing or some other durable but unusual item to do something similar.

[Fish4Fun]

Not sure if this was mentioned. But here is solid advice.

Always carry a blank card or business card with you. If you ever have to leave a kill alone for any length of time. Stick this card with your name, number, wild I'd number etc etc with the animal. Tightly roll the card up and slide it into the mouth of the animal. Deep into the cheek. A place you can inform wdfw of. And a place no hunter would really think to look....well until now since I spilled the beans.

I did something close to the hidden card 40 years ago on a spike bull. Only being 16 I needed some help so I was going to run down the road to camp and get help. My Old Man chewed on me for leaving my elk up the road. I said think about this, no way out of here except past our camp, and then I pulled out the TONGUE, that I cut off and stuffed in my pocket. I said, they would have to try to explain to a warden how I have that if I didn't shoot it and tag it.  Another one of the little ideas to use if you are alone and have to leave a critter alone. 

[boneaddict]

Very ingenious of you.

[Moe the Sleaze]

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