Finding hoof rot dead elk shed hunting

[bbarnes]

Anyone else finding elk dead out shed hunting I've found 17 so far with massive hoof rot.Please post photos and locations or pm I'm in the process of producing a you tube channel to bring attention to this situation it's gone on WAY TO LONG!!!!!

[highside74]

I don't have anything to add but I appreciate your effort.

[PolarBear]

Luckily our local herds do not have it yet but a few miles away in Vail I hear they are finding a few dead elk with hoof rot. A few years back it was really bad in the Rock Creek area of the Pe Ell South unit.

[bornhunter]

Luckily our local herds do not have it yet but a few miles away in Vail I hear they are finding a few dead elk with hoof rot. A few years back it was really bad in the Rock Creek area of the Pe Ell South unit.

It still is.

[PolarBear]

Luckily our local herds do not have it yet but a few miles away in Vail I hear they are finding a few dead elk with hoof rot. A few years back it was really bad in the Rock Creek area of the Pe Ell South unit.

It still is.

My daughter passed on 5 different branched bulls in the Pe Ell S because they were so sick and emaciated. All could barely walk.

[millerwheeler]

Anyone else finding elk dead out shed hunting I've found 17 so far with massive hoof rot.Please post photos and locations or pm I'm in the process of producing a you tube channel to bring attention to this situation it's gone on WAY TO LONG!!!!!

Show some pics  of what your finding

[Tbob]

I’ve found a few the last few years and have seen plenty of other limpers out there. I’ll try and start documenting it

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Looking forward, with morbid curiosity to seeing pictures...
17 dead elk should have those UW people should be looking at.
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Most herds I run into are smaller than that.
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So that would be one whole herd, or you been doing a lot of walking...

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[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I have seen herds that have a lot of limpers, but not dead ones...

[Westside88]

Didn’t WDFW shoot a bunch in that area a few winters ago? I sure hope a solution can be found before we don’t have any elk left

[huntingfool7]

tagging

[CastleRocker]

About 10 years ago, on one of our last trips out behind our house hunting sheds, we found 14 carcasses in one day.  Called WDFW twice.  My son found 6 more after that, so we called again.  We don't shed hunt out there any more, as there are no more elk.  Our neighbor said he saw a couple last year, so hopefully they are on the way back. 

[Alan K]

Out towards Pe Ell/Boistfort numbers are waaaay down, but it seems a lot of the herds only have a handful of limpers versus 80% like it was 5-10 years ago. The sickening part is its been down there for 20-25 years. Loooong time to work its way through the population before they start building back up.

[bornhunter]

I am not to far from pe ell. 3 herds close to my place total right at 100 head. Rough count last time over 90 had the rot. One dead branch bull found behind my place a month ago.

[nwwanderer]

Dr. wild might like to see what you have

[bbarnes]

WDFW and the DR have received lots of photos,myself and my team have compiled.We are also giving info to our law makers in the state.Also waiting for WDFW to respond to our list of questions and get our meeting scheduled.

[bbarnes]

WDFW and the DR have received lots of photos,myself and my team have compiled.We are also giving info to our law makers in the state.Also waiting for WDFW to respond to our list of questions and get our meeting scheduled.

[High Climber]

WDFW and the DR have received lots of photos,myself and my team have compiled.We are also giving info to our law makers in the state.Also waiting for WDFW to respond to our list of questions and get our meeting scheduled.

Thank-you guys for trying to make a difference and help our herds. It’s sad what things have become. Let me know if you need any help locating limpers anywhere in the area

[nwwanderer]

Thank you

[trophyhunt]

Is there a state wide map that shows where cases of hoof rot have been confirmed?

[Chesapeake]

Hoof rot report map. When you harvest an elk with hoof rot your supposed to report it at this site. You can also report observations, when you find dead elk with hoof rot, ect....

https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/diseases/elk-hoof

Looking on the map there doesn't appear to be a report or reports of 17 dead elk found in 2021. Maybe to recent and not yet displayed on the map? 


BBarns,

Are you the fellow handing out the "Defund WDFW" stickers around town?

[Skyvalhunter]

 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Still want to see pictures...
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Better than a scat picture...

[ne kid]

Any chance I could get some stickers?

[pianoman9701]

WDFW and the DR have received lots of photos,myself and my team have compiled.We are also giving info to our law makers in the state.Also waiting for WDFW to respond to our list of questions and get our meeting scheduled.

Bruce, is the study that's being done by WSU an improvement over the "work" that was done while it was completely in the hands of the WDFW? Or, are outside parties who may have a stake in the result still finding it? Is Dr. Fairbrother still involved?

[Blacktail_Obsessed_19]

thats crazy because Elk hunt a lot from bawfaw to trap creek and mainly in the rock crk-trap crk areas and I have only seen one bull with hoof rot on that side in the last 3 years and the one I did see was close to the farm fields. The most hoof rot i see up there is strictly the bawfaw side. I have no idea of cause, But I have started to notice in the willipa hills the closer to farm fields the more elk with hoof rot I have seen. not sure why, but it really sucks when you do see them.

Luckily our local herds do not have it yet but a few miles away in Vail I hear they are finding a few dead elk with hoof rot. A few years back it was really bad in the Rock Creek area of the Pe Ell South unit.

It still is.

My daughter passed on 5 different branched bulls in the Pe Ell S because they were so sick and emaciated. All could barely walk.

[grundy53]

I hunt that general area too. I agree that most of the limpers I see are down by the farmer's fields.

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