Bull elk poached in WMU 166

[Rhino81]

Turns out some people are truly despicable. 8 bull elk were shot on the south east corner of the rumsey grazing lease yesterday. The worst part is that the heads were cut off and the bodies were left to the coyotes. If anyone has any information or was hunting northwest of the blue sky colony in the past 2-3 days and saw any vehicles and could provide a description please DM me.

[X-Treme]

Ugh. FFS. My favorite game meat to date too!

[300magman]

Originally Posted by Rhino81

Turns out some people are truly despicable. 8 bull elk were shot on the south east corner of the rumsey grazing lease yesterday. The worst part is that the heads were cut off and the bodies were left to the coyotes. If anyone has any information or was hunting northwest of the blue sky colony in the past 2-3 days and saw any vehicles and could provide a description please DM me.

Unreal.....been looking for one myself down there, 8 less chances of finding one now and for nothing.

[Smoky buck]

More losers sadly not surprised

[Ray Ray]

There is very often a C.O. at the gate . Unfortunately not this time. These people need to be caught and punished , then call the authorities . Disgusting waste of resource and life

[Rhino81]

Sounds like 5 trucks have been impounded and the degenerates have been caught. Stay tuned for names

[elkhunter11]

There needs to be some meaningful consequences in these cases, loss of vehicles, firearms etc, huge fines, and for repeat offenders prison time.

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by Rhino81

Sounds like 5 trucks have been impounded and the degenerates have been caught. Stay tuned for names

Hang em high!

[waldedw]

Originally Posted by Rhino81

Sounds like 5 trucks have been impounded and the degenerates have been caught. Stay tuned for names

5 trucks impounded is a good start, now confiscate guns as well, sounds like an organized poaching ring, I'm sure once the names come out they will not be first time offenders. Time to make an example of these guy's so hopefully not just the slap on the wrist treatment.

[Smokinyotes]

Some people are just kill crazy. Don’t understand how someone can do that and still live with themselves.

[pikergolf]

Fine, lose vehicles and never hunt again, done.

[Mb-MBR]

Originally Posted by Smokinyotes

Some people are just kill crazy. Don’t understand how someone can do that and still live with themselves.

It is difficult to ask someone to respect others including wildlife when they don't respect themselves. Loss of all items used in this egregious act should be confiscated and any charges that can be levied should be levied.

[Ackleyman]

Originally Posted by pikergolf

Fine, lose vehicles and never hunt again, done.

Exactly. Big fines and no light weight "2 year hunting suspension" or slap on the wrist. Once they are convicted AB should co-ordinate with Wildlife Officials in the other Cdn provinces so they can not ever purchase a licence anywhere in Canada.
Poaching is for scumbags , leaving the meat of 8 Elk........well the bastards should be horse whipped.

[gman1978]

It’s a gong show on a good day in hunting season in and around that place but this takes the cake. When something like this happens it is a black eye for everyone. The media will paint all hunters with the same brush as poachers and everyone looses opportunities in the future. There is more of this stuff happening than one would like to believe especially in the east country. The book needs to be tossed at these guys. No apologies and no excuses. If you want to just pull the trigger go shoot gophers but usually people that do this kind of stuff are borderline dangerous.

[CBintheNorth]

Disgusting.

We already know that they don't have any regard for the law, so a license suspension is useless.
Confiscate anything used that day and fine them each $100,000 or 18 months in jail with no parole.
That should be a good start.