Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 07, 2020, 01:32:47 PM
Apparently another hunter found the tag and then set it on top of the skull. So many questions......Why didnt the original hunter take the tag, or the hunter that found it and placed on top of skull a year or two later? Was it ever reported? Odd that the tag was still near enough the remains and not packed of by a critter>
I called and left a message for both the veterinarian whose # was on it, and with the other attached phone # (assuming biologist) a guy named Scott ?
Very curious to find out the details, I had a cow on cam a year or 2 ago with a red ear tag...may be the same one.
Post by: Henrydog on October 07, 2020, 01:39:51 PM
Post by: emac on October 07, 2020, 03:17:02 PM
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Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 07, 2020, 06:42:55 PM
Maybe a predator kill and that's why the tag was still there
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Thought about that, but doesn't explain why the tag was still right there and not drug/carried off, or eaten with the hide, AND how it ended up sitting on top of the white skull.
Post by: Sutherland on October 07, 2020, 07:18:23 PM
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 09, 2020, 12:26:13 PM
Post by: cantstump on October 09, 2020, 01:02:36 PM
Got a call back from WDFW. The adult cow was tranqued and tagged in 2010. As far as they know, no one ever reported it as harvested so its a mystery on how it may have died, but 10+ years old for a cow in the Colockum is pretty old.
Post by: Skyvalhunter on October 09, 2020, 01:04:49 PM
Post by: Brushcrawler on October 09, 2020, 01:33:32 PM
Post by: TheStovePipeKid on October 09, 2020, 02:26:28 PM
Cool find! Why is the bio infamous?
You see, he's more than famous, he's in-famous.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on October 09, 2020, 08:42:09 PM
I am assuming the infamous WDFW Bio Scott Fitkin
Could be, but it was a gal that I talked to.