Farm bulls

[hunterofelk]

I was at the Sportsman Show in Puyallup this weekend and was surprised how many outfits where there selling farm raised bulls.  Is this the future of hunting? 

[ICEMAN]

Gosh I hope not. Sort of takes the fun out of it, don't ya think. Might as well shoot a heifer, get more steak, If that is what it is all about.....

[actionshooter]

I saw it also  It looked like there were more than real outfitters 

[dbllunger]

Because more and more people are willing to pay.  As pathetic as that type of hunt is to me there are a lot of people lined up to pay big bucks to lie about their awesome hunt.  The same goes for guided and outfitter hunts.  Many more people are paying for it.  Yes this is the trend and will continue as our country changes.  Luckily for me and my children or even grand children (non yet) we will still be able to hunt public land reasonably easy.

[mossback91]

That means I need to get some strong ass fences built and start raising big boys.

[billythekidrock]

More people want recognition and they want it now. It is all about the score anymore. And they are willing to pay for it. 

[Skyvalhunter]

Billy, can you float me a loan I need some good grain fed elk meat!!

[billythekidrock]

sh!t...those things probably cost more then my house.. lol

[Head-shot]

I've seen an elk farm in Montana. It was fairly big 500+ animals. I was in the area recovering a crashed B1 bomber and saw it near the crash site. But I was told by one of the hands on the place that they did a number of things with them. They were selling stock to some states to reintroduce elk, selling to "private" ranches like in Texas, and they were selectively breeding for horn growth. Cull bulls were butchered and sent to market (places that sell "wild game" like cabelas maybe). He also told me they made a *censored*load on the sheds every year. They would put them into lots and sell them at auction.

I thought it was cool that they were restocking some places but I don't think I would like to hunt them in a feedlot

[Skyvalhunter]

Was that the elk farm outside of Butte along I-90?

[Muleyslyr]

If I'm not mistaken I believe they are illegal now in MT.  I think I read somewhere that MT residents voted something like 52% to 48% against those types of outfits.  If you noticed the ones at the show were from UT and ID.  May be wrong.....but would be nice if the rest of the states followed suit.

[Head-shot]

Was that the elk farm outside of Butte along I-90?

This was about 10 yrs ago and it was down in the SE corner of the state near the town of Alzada, MT.

As to them being shut down in MT, Could be I do not know.

[waoutdoorsman]

More people want recognition and they want it now. It is all about the score anymore. And they are willing to pay for it. 

This is so true-and very sad.

What happened to the days when harvesting an animal was considered a bonus in the mind of the hunter:dunno: when the thrill of the hunt was worth more than the score of the animals rack-luckily it still is for some folks, and for me!
I hate farm hunts, its not hunting; its simply harvesting-and in my opinion there is a difference, call me old school but id rather bust my butt and break a sweat while locating animals.

[GoldTip]

Muleyslyr, the farms themselves have not been outlawed in Montana.  What has been outlawed in Montana is the sale of "hunts" on those farms.

[WAcoyotehunter]

What about the buffalo 'hunts'?  They still do those in MT right?