Big Game Hunting > Elk Hunting
Hoof Rot
trophyhunt:
It's heartbreaking seeing the elk affected by this, there are times they limp right by my bedroom window, just 3-4 feet away. It looks so damn painful, every time I see it I tell the wife we should be putting them down. We need a damn cure and we need the cause!!!
fowl smacker:
--- Quote from: HntnFsh on June 09, 2025, 05:06:31 AM ---
--- Quote from: ASHQUACK on June 08, 2025, 05:48:11 PM ---Just a minor observation here, but it began when the burning of slash in clearcuts was outlawed.
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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.
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ASHQUACK:
--- Quote from: BA Mongor on June 08, 2025, 07:20:53 PM ---They still burn the slash piles.
Outlawed???
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Yep outlawed burning clearcuts. They used to burn the whole cuts after logging. Now they pile up the crap and burn little piles. The burning cured a lot of infestation and diseases the were dispersed by logging operations. It also put a lot of nutrients back into the soils.
Tinmaniac:
If it was caused by the widespread use of herbicides why was there a specific epicenter in the Boisfort valley?Why is it still non existent on Vancouver Island?
mikey549:
A lot of people in Cowlitz County also believed the Mt Brynion ,Rose Valley area was ground zero for the earliest cases . I always believed that the end of burns and an increase in herbicides was a large factor in the hoof rot explosion. I walked through some clear cuts that were grave yard dead. Literally nothing alive and you could smell the herbicides hanging in the air. I am no Einstein but those elk got something out of those burns or they would not have been chewing on those burnt logs !
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