Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on October 20, 2023, 03:44:56 PM
Post by: fowl smacker on October 20, 2023, 04:00:44 PM
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/oct/19/study-elk-hoof-disease-found-in-washington-goes-be/Nothing new there. I was expecting to read they finally figured it out and the cause is a chemical deployed by a certain timber company. Guess I'll keep waiting.
Post by: HntnFsh on October 20, 2023, 05:53:07 PM
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/oct/19/study-elk-hoof-disease-found-in-washington-goes-be/Nothing new there. I was expecting to read they finally figured it out and the cause is a chemical deployed by a certain timber company. Guess I'll keep waiting.
Too much money involved to come to that conclusion!
Post by: Alchase on October 20, 2023, 07:42:41 PM
But But Grizzlies and Wolves they have figured out. :bash:
Post by: Humptulips on October 20, 2023, 08:20:53 PM
Post by: Tinmaniac on October 21, 2023, 08:34:44 AM
Post by: duckmen1 on October 21, 2023, 08:44:10 AM
Virtually no reports of Hoof Rot in elk on Vancouver Island yet they spray the same chemicals on cuts as we do .
Yet one of the biggest reasons I have heard has been a contributing factor to hoof rot in Washington is the wet environment. Now if that is the case then…….. “Vancouver Island”…….. :dunno:
Post by: Turkeyman on October 21, 2023, 03:44:40 PM
Post by: elkchaser54 on October 21, 2023, 08:06:22 PM
Post by: Bucks2Ducks on October 22, 2023, 06:10:43 AM
Roosevelt have lived in wet country for years. It all started after slash burning.Didn't they use to burn the whole clear cut?
Post by: HntnFsh on October 22, 2023, 07:03:24 AM
Roosevelt have lived in wet country for years. It all started after slash burning.Didn't they use to burn the whole clear cut?
Yes!
Post by: Turkeyman on October 22, 2023, 02:51:20 PM
Post by: rackattack on October 22, 2023, 06:22:50 PM
Roosevelt have lived in wet country for years. It all started after slash burning.
Do you mean after they quit slash burning the clearcut and just use sprays now?
Post by: Turkeyman on October 23, 2023, 10:24:00 PM
Post by: Lumpy Taters on October 24, 2023, 07:51:43 AM
Post by: Browndawg on October 25, 2023, 11:22:58 AM
Post by: elksnout on October 25, 2023, 05:15:25 PM
I thought they gave out all the cow tags on St. Helens because they were starving in the winter because of over population. I think this was around 2005ish.
That my understanding as well. Made local news headlines big time with starving elk. Damn sad that was. Now look at what’s left…
elksnout
Post by: BlackRiverLabradors on October 27, 2023, 08:11:19 AM
Post by: Bullkllr on October 27, 2023, 08:23:30 AM
I thought they gave out all the cow tags on St. Helens because they were starving in the winter because of over population. I think this was around 2005ish.
That my understanding as well. Made local news headlines big time with starving elk. Damn sad that was. Now look at what’s left…
elksnout
I think there was some well-documented winter kill in the immediate Loowit/Mudflow area. That was not the case in the surrounding 4/5 GMUs where huge numbers of cow tags were issued.
Post by: Lumpy Taters on October 28, 2023, 08:47:38 PM
Post by: HntnFsh on October 28, 2023, 09:14:56 PM
Post by: Tinmaniac on October 28, 2023, 09:46:12 PM
Post by: kyle dillehay on November 12, 2023, 12:49:36 PM
Post by: Tinmaniac on November 12, 2023, 01:03:22 PM
Do you think the meat is effected in any way by the hoof rot?Most definitely.We quit hunting Westside because of it.I can't look at a group of limpers and say "yummy ".
Post by: huntingfool7 on November 12, 2023, 02:18:21 PM
Do you think the meat is effected in any way by the hoof rot?Yes. It's called atrophy. The muscle tissue in the affected limb is lighter colored, softer and shrunken from lack of use.
Post by: pianoman9701 on November 13, 2023, 06:40:11 AM
I guess it has made its way to the lower Humptulips now. Working its way north. when it first showed up, they should have killed every elk in the area affected. Too late for that now. I'm not sure how you could cure a wild stock even if you knew how to treat it.
The article incorrectly states that the DFW first found out about it in 2008. They'd actually started seeing it 20 years earlier but did nothing about it until it reached critical mass.
Post by: BA Mongor on November 13, 2023, 09:12:02 AM
Post by: Tball77 on November 13, 2023, 06:10:57 PM