Warm weather february elk

[Rotorwash]

Thanks! We were so focused on getting packed out before dark that we didn't even think about pictures

[Husky7mm]

No fat at all on her.

Interesting, I would have thought they spent most of the winter living off there fat reserves.

[Opinionated Ol Phart]

Yes-- its getting hard to get private property ok because of a few jerks--- but its worth a try.

[Rotorwash]

I don't really know why. The winter has been very mild and feed is everywhere. I would think that would make for lots of fat. Maybe others in the herd were but not this one.

[Squamch]

Yes-- its getting hard to get private property ok because of a few jerks--- but its worth a try.

We were up there a few years back, and it was colder in Victoria than Quesnel. Not a single farmer we spoke to was willing to let us on their land, horror stories of livestock shot, gut piles in fields, over-harvest, equipment shot up...

We went home hungry.

[Husky7mm]

We were up there a few years back, and it was colder in Victoria than Quesnel. Not a single farmer we spoke to was willing to let us on their land, horror stories of livestock shot, gut piles in fields, over-harvest, equipment shot up...

We went home hungry.

I hear the same thing up hear in GP, and there is a fair bit of elk hitting the farmland in the winter. I am sure there are some jerks but its mostly regurgitating the same stories over and over to justify saying no. People aren’t so neighbourly anymore, especially near the big cities. The farmers seem to want to get paid for the elk depredation but not want stranger on their land. A gut pile on the field in winter is a poor excuse, the ravens and coyotes will have that gone in a day, probably in the fall too for what its worth.

Anyways, the entire fringe is crown land so figure it out, frame pack, calf sled, snow shoes, cross country skis, snowmobiles with skimmer. If there is a will, there is a way.

[Squamch]

I hear the same thing up hear in GP, and there is a fair bit of elk hitting the farmland in the winter. I am sure there are some jerks but its mostly regurgitating the same stories over and over to justify saying no. People aren’t so neighbourly anymore, especially near the big cities. The farmers seem to want to get paid for the elk depredation but not want stranger on their land. A gut pile on the field in winter is a poor excuse, the ravens and coyotes will have that gone in a day, probably in the fall too for what its worth.

Anyways, the entire fringe is crown land so figure it out, frame pack, calf sled, snow shoes, cross country skis, snowmobiles with skimmer. If there is a will, there is a way.

I don't disagree, but dad has asbestosis, so he can't breathe well, 2 wrecked knees, his hips aren't all that awesome, and his back is actively trying for a hostile takeover of control. He was just there to shoot, I was the pack animal. He only put in with the hope that he would be able to sit a field. Hiking is off the books for him now.