Elk
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Well it looks like the Idaho legislature is watering down the already weak legislation which would regulate canned elk-hunting operations. A proposed amendment would require ranchers to “knowingly” violate state law before the state could revoke their license. Read the Statesman’s article… FYI: Pocatello 12 Public TV produced a video entitled “Threat to Idaho Wildlife:…
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Here’s an ironic one from Wild Idaho News – Otter halts IDFG deer kill on Jones’ elk ranch 3/9/2007 Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter on Thursday questioned the Idaho Department of Fish and Game practice of euthanizing wild game that has come into contact with domestic elk, halting an operation on an elk ranch near Blackfoot. “After reviewing…
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Perhaps many of you have heard of the WGFDs quick fire-off of the news release below last week. The argument is that wolves are pushing/disrupting elk off of Wyoming’s large elk feedlots, brought about to entice elk away from cattle in an effort to prevent the spread of Brucellosis from elk to cattle. We’ve seen Montana…
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“Wolves are causing a variety of problems on state elk feedgrounds, from spooking the elk and causing them to move from one area to another to killing work animals,” the Wyoming Game and Fish Department said. From Billings Gazette News Services. Read Article. The entire premise of the article is wrong. There should not be…
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Sometimes there are comments that are just so good, they should be brought to the front as a post. “BE” decided to calculate how much cattle consumed compared to elk. Remember that these animals compete for forage on the range. Read on. . . Webmaster. BE wrote: Interesting facts for hunters who care about elk…
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The great effort to clean up or abolish the Idaho elk farms have come down to a dispute between the elk farmers who want a little regulation and those who want none. Story: Seeking compromise, House Speaker holds up elk bill: Game breeders disagree among themselves on how stringent proposed regulations should be. Idaho Statesman.…
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While Wyoming’s politicians are either predicting the imminent demise of elk in northwest corner of the state or saying they have already been nearly wiped out, the ugly truth of fact again flies in their face. Survey: Jackson elk herd population stable. Jackson Hole News and Guide. New story on the count. Feb. 28. Shocker:…
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Spread Creek rises east of Jackson Hole and flow into the Park. It is terrible fishing because it was degraded by a dam to divert waters to Elk Ranch Reservoir for irrigating hayfields for CATTLE inside Grand Teton National Park. The lower reaches of Spread Creek are lousy for fish, but the country around it…