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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2023, 11:22:58 AM »
I thought they gave out all the cow tags on St. Helens because they were starving in the winter because of over population. I think this was around 2005ish.

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2023, 05:15:25 PM »
I thought they gave out all the cow tags on St. Helens because they were starving in the winter because of over population. I think this was around 2005ish.




That my understanding as well. Made local news headlines big time with starving elk. Damn sad that was. Now look at what’s left…

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2023, 08:11:19 AM »
They know it’s the chemicals affecting the elk and who knows what else. I’m sure there’s other issues we don’t even notice yet! Go back to controlled slash burns, Stop using the chemicals and thing’s hopefully will see an improvement! Maybe it needs to get voted on !🤷🏼‍♂️

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2023, 08:23:30 AM »
I thought they gave out all the cow tags on St. Helens because they were starving in the winter because of over population. I think this was around 2005ish.




That my understanding as well. Made local news headlines big time with starving elk. Damn sad that was. Now look at what’s left…

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I think there was some well-documented winter kill in the immediate Loowit/Mudflow area. That was not the case in the surrounding 4/5 GMUs where huge numbers of cow tags were issued.
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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2023, 08:47:38 PM »
I don't remember the exact year it started but yes the extra cow tags was because they said there was too many elk in the st Helen's herd.    40 additional cow tags for every weapon type.   They did it for like 6 years.   

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2023, 09:14:56 PM »
From what I remember there were about 3500 cow tags given over about a 3 year period for WInston, Margaret, Mossyrock, possibly Coweeman and Toutle eyc.

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2023, 09:46:12 PM »
The State hardly recognized hoof rot as an actual problem until 2014 or so.How long have they been giving an extra tag for taking a rotten elk ?2015 maybe?They didn't really allocate any funds until 2018 or so for research at WSU. Extra tags were never given out as a method of controlling the spread of hoof rot.It wasn't all that long ago that they were capturing St.Helens elk and transporting North helping to further spread the disease.

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2023, 12:49:36 PM »
Do you think the meat is effected in any way by the hoof rot?

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2023, 01:03:22 PM »
Do you think the meat is effected in any way by the hoof rot?
Most definitely.We quit hunting Westside because of it.I can't look at a group of limpers and say "yummy ".

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2023, 02:18:21 PM »
Do you think the meat is effected in any way by the hoof rot?
Yes.  It's called atrophy.  The muscle tissue in the affected limb is lighter colored, softer and shrunken from lack of use.

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2023, 06:40:11 AM »
I guess it has made its way to the lower Humptulips now. Working its way north. when it first showed up, they should have killed every elk in the area affected. Too late for that now. I'm not sure how you could cure a wild stock even if you knew how to treat it.

The article incorrectly states that the DFW first found out about it in 2008. They'd actually started seeing it 20 years earlier but did nothing about it until it reached critical mass.
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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2023, 09:12:02 AM »
Pianoman is correct. By 1996 is was running rampant in the Kalama River  / Coweeman area and they "State" new something was up, as it wasn't just an isolated case, it was multiple animals.

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Re: More on Hoof Rot Disease
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2023, 06:10:57 PM »
GLYPOSHATE.  Rabbit hole everyone should check out.  Also keep in mind the elliot bay crab die off when that stuff leached into the tidewaters.

 


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