More special privileges

[Whitefoot]

 

There would be more elk to hunt on the Yakama rez if they shot those skinny horses that are ruining all the forage. 

The Hanford herd has been over population objective for a long time and I'm glad there's some sort of step towards management other than giving out landowner tags to people who don't allow public access. That being said, over harvest would be a major mismanagement and clearly allowing offroading has terrible optics (which they probably aren't and that looks like a parking lot). I'm hoping that this stirs up the herd and allows them to disperse further.

They should allow an archery tag inside the fence. That would be crazy sought after.

[Whitefoot]

Calling it ancestral is where the line should be drawn. While ancestral just means passed on from someone above you in your family tree, it's misleading in this sense. Just call it a whoopty boony basher hunt...

lol

[Whitefoot]

If elk existed in area when the treaty was signed that's one thing.  Hunting a species that did not exist when the treaty was signed is another. 

On another note I read where the tribal council is getting first shot so to speak on hunting.  Lets see how that plays out

lol

[Whitefoot]

Treaty RIGHTs...not 'privileges'.  I think that's fundamental to understanding the topic.

Treaty “wrongs” is more like it…

Rights

[Woodchuck]

Keep it civil. That's the only warning anybody gets on this one. 

[jackelope]

Whitefoot-
Any idea how many cows the Yakamas have killed today to reduce the elk population in there?

[Whitefoot]

Whitefoot-
Any idea how many cows the Yakamas have killed today to reduce the elk population in there?

Not sure i didn't go on the hunt. But we only have three days left until or cow season ends.

[2MANY]

I've always been a fan of shooting pregnant cows.

[deerlick]

Well does someone have any photos of the bulls they killed yet? There's has to be a truck driving around Wapato/ Toppenish by now with 3 or 4 racks out the back and huge "Air Jordan" sticker on the window.

lmao

[Rainier10]

There is a very small window of days that a cow elk is not pregnant and not nursing a calf, like a few weeks to a month window.

[LDennis24]

I shot a pregnant cow in March one year. If you hunt after the rut, the cow is pregnant. 

[Rainier10]

Also if the area is over carrying capacity taking out cows is the best way to get the population in check. You also need healthy bull to cow ratio so taking old bulls is justified as well.

This should be a great opportunity to show that hunting is a great conservation tool and hopefully an opportunity to open this area up for management by non natives as well.

They could have a hunt coordinator escort hunters and target a certain number of cows and bulls be removed each year.

With a hunt coordinator involved you could ensure all rules were followed and no habitat gets damaged by off roading.

[2MANY]

Obviously I'm NOT a fan of shooting cows or hounding them 5/6 months out of the year either.

Men of all colors will soon enough "manage" the elk into extinction just like he's done to our steelhead.

 

[huntandjeep]

Whitefoot-
Any idea how many cows the Yakamas have killed today to reduce the elk population in there?

Pretty sure you already know the answer to that .

[trophyhunt]

Aaron doesn’t like to answer those questions, if he ever does and it’s about elk numbers, take it with a grain of salt.