Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: rebal69972 on December 18, 2011, 10:19:04 PM
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the last day of late archery i found 2 elk with there heads cut off they'ed been there awhile i didnt have my gps on my so i went back to get my gps but i couldnt find them again i know no one went back in to get them the smell alone almost made me sick i want to call the gamey's but if i cant find the elk again i cant expect them to be able to and i dont know what to do. both where bull with just the heads removed with out going into details they had been there id say mod season or maybe alittle longer i hate to leave them without anyone paying for them it just p*** me off to see this they wernt 30 yards apart :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Where?
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there in gmu 505 off longbell road above the third road to the left the one blocked off by the big rocks and upthe hill to the left of that loggin road. i have a good idea where they are i just couldnt find them
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i came to a spot in the 505 this year last week or so and there was a spot with 5 elk heads laying there, 3 cows, 2 bulls racks cut off. i thought it was a little funny to see the cow heads there seeing as you have to have proof of sex. made me think something fishy was going on. who takes the baby making goods with them? i dont. you take the head right?
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the elk in 505 took a hell of a hit this year the week before early archery season a guy was caught after he had poached 4 i found 2 and i talk to a guy that found a cow dead, there where also 2 spike killed in there durning late season. i thought u had to take the head with you
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I could be wrong but you have to be able to prove the sex. so if it were a cow, I would think that you wouldnt need to take the head due to the tits
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And with a bull, you only need the head if there is some sort of antler restriction, which of course in most cases in this state, there is. But if it's one of the "any bull" or "any elk" areas, a guy COULD leave a bull elk head in the woods, as long as there is evidence of sex attached to one of the quarters.
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Or maybe they had been all processed and they threw the heads away.
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thats a good point im from MO and the tags are antlered or antlerless and you have to keep the head attached but it is easyer to keep the head on a 150 lbs wt compered to a 800 lbs elk
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the last day of late archery i found 2 elk with there heads cut off they'ed been there awhile i didnt have my gps on my so i went back to get my gps but i couldnt find them again i know no one went back in to get them the smell alone almost made me sick i want to call the gamey's but if i cant find the elk again i cant expect them to be able to and i dont know what to do. both where bull with just the heads removed with out going into details they had been there id say mod season or maybe alittle longer i hate to leave them without anyone paying for them it just p*** me off to see this they wernt 30 yards apart :bash: :bash: :bash:
I think if you have a good suspicion they were poached and you have the general idea of where they are than call the state and let them do their work maybe you could even meet them up there and give a hand :twocents:
