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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: mfswallace on June 30, 2015, 09:18:32 AM

Title: if you can't wait for hunting season, here you go!
Post by: mfswallace on June 30, 2015, 09:18:32 AM: Bellingham Craigslist

Off season hunting trip. Wild cows wilder then elk!

Wild cow hunts available now .these cows have been running wild for over 50 years . If they wind you hear you or see you they are gone . If they think they are cornered they will charge. This is not a simple walk out and shoot one these are truly wild animals. Lots of brush and hiking on this hunt . The meat on these cows is great . Organic and free range. Give me a call
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This is a weekend hunt Saturday and Sunday 500.00$ this is a hunt not a for sure kill . I will supply tent and food and pack out the meat if you are successful .
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Post by: Jonathan_S on June 30, 2015, 09:23:31 AM: :o I can't dredge the specific slaughter clause from memory but there are laws covering acceptable means of slaughtering livestock :bdid:

#2 50 years of free ranging in WA?

#3 Probably somebody else's cows :chuckle:
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Post by: h20hunter on June 30, 2015, 09:25:36 AM: I didn't know Barbour guides up there? :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on June 30, 2015, 09:26:44 AM: Quote from: h20hunter on June 30, 2015, 09:25:36 AM
I didn't know Barbour guides up there? :dunno: :chuckle:

Yeah right man, way too easy to read.
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 30, 2015, 09:49:51 AM: When hogs get loose and become feral, I don't know of livestock laws applying to them. The state encourages having them killed off.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on June 30, 2015, 09:50:45 AM: :yeah: but cows?
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on June 30, 2015, 10:07:38 AM: Holy crap $500 for a beef cow isn't bad, and they will pack it out for ya, if it really is thick brush and hiking I would be sure to shoot it way back in there just to be sure and get my $500 worth
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Post by: Curly on June 30, 2015, 10:09:56 AM: I wish it wasn't so far away........I'd seriously consider that deal. :twocents:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on June 30, 2015, 10:11:06 AM: I dunno, this stinks to high heaven to me :dunno:
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Post by: NW-GSP on June 30, 2015, 10:11:44 AM: Anyone want to split it four ways
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Post by: andrew_in_idaho on June 30, 2015, 12:45:36 PM: Honestly probably the cheapest free range organic beef anyone is ever going to get, especially if you can process the meat yourself
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Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on June 30, 2015, 01:24:08 PM: hopefully their not someones cows out on range...
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Post by: pianoman9701 on June 30, 2015, 01:55:26 PM: If anyone gets more info on this I'd be interested in finding out.
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Post by: turkeyfeather on June 30, 2015, 02:02:59 PM: Has anyone else ever heard of free ranging cows near Bellingham?
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Post by: cbond3318 on June 30, 2015, 02:11:33 PM: :dunno:
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Post by: Jonathan_S on June 30, 2015, 03:48:44 PM: Quote from: HighCountryHunter88 on June 30, 2015, 01:24:08 PM
hopefully their not someones cows out on range...

:yeah: I'm being serious but it still cracks me up
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Post by: sled on June 30, 2015, 04:05:36 PM: Here is the number
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 30, 2015, 04:10:14 PM: So, wondering what kind of food he supplies? Three meals a day? Tent? Packing?
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Post by: MountainWalk on June 30, 2015, 04:15:09 PM: Cool. If their that damned mean, why not?😀 Up in gum 601, supposedly a smallish herd of some type of beef critters. Was told basically same thing: wild as an elk.
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Post by: Miles on June 30, 2015, 04:15:58 PM: Quote from: JimmyHoffa on June 30, 2015, 04:10:14 PM
So, wondering what kind of food he supplies? Three meals a day? Tent? Packing?

Top Ramen for that price.
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 30, 2015, 04:37:49 PM: Quote from: MountainWalk on June 30, 2015, 04:15:09 PM
Cool. If their that damned mean, why not?😀 Up in gum 601, supposedly a smallish herd of some type of beef critters. Was told basically same thing: wild as an elk.
There was a wild one in 603 last fall. It would jump fences and come eat the feed set for the tame herds. It was cagy and would sneak into gardens when it heard peoples cars leave to go to work. It would watch people and take off if they got too close. It knew the sight of a rifle wasn't a good thing, but couldn't out run it.
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Post by: scoutdog346 on June 30, 2015, 05:36:43 PM: Sounds like somthing that would b kind of fun and R u telling me i can get a whole cow for only $500???!
Do u have a enclosed area i can prosses it right there with not that many flys and SH@!T? Can i use ur grinder too? And u will pack it out or drag it out after i gut it? How much can i buy a whole cow for normaly?
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Post by: 724wd on June 30, 2015, 09:42:26 PM: same as vancouver bull hunting in hawaii i assume. :dunno: sounds like fun!
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Post by: huntnnw on June 30, 2015, 10:43:45 PM: I watched a hunt in Australia where they were hunting wild cows and they were as spooky as hunting elk
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Post by: grundy53 on July 01, 2015, 04:26:32 AM: Years ago there used to be wild/feral cows in Willapa Valley. Some of the old timers tell me stories about hunting them. They said they were jumpier then elk and faster than you would think. They say they are actually pretty tough to hunt. The hunting was made tougher by where they lived. In a roadless expanse of timber with a brushy under story. Sounds like a bovine version of wild/feral pigs to me.
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Post by: bearpaw on July 01, 2015, 05:09:32 AM: I hunted wild cattle in Australia, there were quite a few of them, old bulls that had gone wild, they were far more cagey than the water buffalo, wild hogs, or some of the deer that we hunted there. The remote country in the northern territories is huge, lots of old bulls that have escaped roundups and after a few years they don't even try to round them up because they are too hard to handle and tear up things! I eventually got one, he didn't have very good horns and he wasn't the easiest critter to get, but I at least got one. Out of 4 of us hunting I killed the only one on that trip. On a more recent trip the guy who went with me killed a world record bull with his bow, it had 45ish" wide horns, must have weighted a ton. That thing was huge! :yike:

This deal in Washington sounds fishy to me, I've never heard of any cattle rancher here that just donates his cattle to nature. My guess is maybe there is one or two strays that actually belong to someone who either owns the land or leases grazing if it's on public land. All public land grazing areas are leased by someone! One way or another the cattle belong to someone! I highly doubt this is the same situation as Australia!

I can't remember if cattle rustling is still a hanging offense in Washinton, it is in some state. At the very least cattle rustling is a very serious offense! :twocents:
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Post by: gilroym on July 03, 2015, 05:33:03 PM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on June 30, 2015, 01:55:26 PM
If anyone gets more info on this I'd be interested in finding out.

A friend and I called yesterday and this is a legit hunt. Lummi Native Tribe owns portage island just out of Bellingham its about 5 Sqmi they have 10 cows left on the island and they wants them gone. The guy offering the trip was asked to help get the cows off as they are aggressive and dangerous. He takes you out there for the weekend take a cow if you can but no guarantee. Its $500 a person not per cow.

He is booked up for the next two weekends and my friend is seriously wanting to do this I would but its my sons birthday and I don't think the wife will let it happen. Also he said their is no firearm restriction but they prefer you use shotgun with slug or a bow.

If you google portage island their are pics of some of the cows that are out there.
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Post by: ckr on July 03, 2015, 05:52:20 PM: Those cows have been out there for many years. I used to work out there and would see them in the clearings from time to time. The island is small and one should be able to cover it in a few hrs. Be careful if you try to drive across to the island during low tide. Seen many trucks get stuck and end up 6ft under.
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Post by: benhuntin on July 05, 2015, 08:06:27 AM: The island is on fire now.
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Post by: mfswallace on July 05, 2015, 08:34:56 AM: Quote from: benhuntin on July 05, 2015, 08:06:27 AM
The island is on now.

Pics when done please :tup:
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Post by: benhuntin on July 05, 2015, 08:37:14 AM: Quote from: mfswallace on July 05, 2015, 08:34:56 AM
Quote from: benhuntin on July 05, 2015, 08:06:27 AM
The island is on now.

Pics when done please :tup:
I just saw on the news that it's on fire. Started by campers, maybe the group of hunters for this weekend.
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Post by: blacktailer on July 05, 2015, 12:16:06 PM: The guy is a local Lynden/Laurel guy. He is a butcher by trade and, I'm sure the meat will be well taken care of. He and another buddy have been Cowboying out there the last couple of years trying to round up the strays. The ones left are pretty wild. Seems like a pretty good way of dealing with them rather than trying to get them caught. He is a straight up guy...
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Post by: bearpaw on July 07, 2015, 06:50:19 AM: Just curious if anyone went hunting and if they had any luck?