Free: Contests & Raffles.
Went out this morning, came across two different herds of elk and every single one of them was limping badly. It’s so sad to see. Has WDFW been looking into this issue? Is there any for sure cause? I’ve always heard pesticides and fertilizers were suspected causes.
Quote from: Dirtnap on June 07, 2025, 02:55:30 PMWent out this morning, came across two different herds of elk and every single one of them was limping badly. It’s so sad to see. Has WDFW been looking into this issue? Is there any for sure cause? I’ve always heard pesticides and fertilizers were suspected causes.People blame the timber companies but, it's not that or hoof rot would be all over NW Oregon as well. The same chemicals are used here on timber land. It's a bacterial infection similar to cattle from what I've read. The cows here on the farm walk through a specific foot bath to help prevent it in the herd but on occasion one gets and treatment is pretty simple.
Quote from: kodiak06 on June 08, 2025, 07:32:17 AMQuote from: Dirtnap on June 07, 2025, 02:55:30 PMWent out this morning, came across two different herds of elk and every single one of them was limping badly. It’s so sad to see. Has WDFW been looking into this issue? Is there any for sure cause? I’ve always heard pesticides and fertilizers were suspected causes.People blame the timber companies but, it's not that or hoof rot would be all over NW Oregon as well. The same chemicals are used here on timber land. It's a bacterial infection similar to cattle from what I've read. The cows here on the farm walk through a specific foot bath to help prevent it in the herd but on occasion one gets and treatment is pretty simple.Somebody gets it. They use the same chemicals in multiple states. And it's herbicides not pesticides like the OP mentioned. Hoof rot is a bacteria not a chemical. Bacteria thrives in wet soils like elk tend to spend their time in, when one elk walks through that mud with hoof rot it leaves bacteria for the elk behind it to pick up.
Last meat eater video about it they were working on "test" kits....30 years in and they are working on test kits
They still burn the slash piles. Outlawed???
Just a minor observation here, but it began when the burning of slash in clearcuts was outlawed.
And why didn’t exist prior to the early 90’s?
Quote from: ASHQUACK on June 08, 2025, 05:48:11 PMJust a minor observation here, but it began when the burning of slash in clearcuts was outlawed.100%And started using massive amounts of herbicides. Have any of you read the posted signs where they spray? From what I hear some of those herbicides are banned in other countries.I'm not saying its the sole cause. But I do strongly feel its a big part of the problem.