elkoholic Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Hunters went crazy with herd, slaughered elk wantonly. Hunters who encountered a large herd during an Eastern Idaho hunt went crazy, state officials said, "shooting their rifles" and then calling their friends to come and do the same. Poaching was rampant, officials said. One game warden said 14 elk were shot and left to rot. another biologist said six spikes and several branch antlered bulls were illegally shot. Game wardens wrote 31 tickets for everything from shooting too many elk to hunting without a tag. Another 12 warnings were issured, and wardens said they are investigating 21 other cases. "People threw their ethics out the window," said Terry Thomas, a regional manager with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. "hunters lost their brains. They wee shooting until they emptied their rifles." "The bad stuff was disgusting," Thomas said. "There were people who did it right but the flock shooting, the 600 yard shots and the wounded elk is unacceptable." John Hanson, head of the region's game wardens, said, "It created an ugly atmosphere. It is some of the poorest sportsmanship that I've seen in my career." I will refrain from making a personal comment on this story. These actions speak for themselves. As I stated in an ealier post, this is by far the worst year I have ever seen for poor "hunter" ethics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy Wow people are just crazy! im speechless over all these post i have read! All i can say is GOD HELP US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy I hope they throw the book at them! Those aren't hunters, they are slim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IADEERDUDE Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy thats crazy..why no arrests? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy That is just sickening. What were they thinking or were they even thinking. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy [ QUOTE ] thats crazy..why no arrests? [/ QUOTE ] Was wondering the same thing. That is pretty crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffy Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy What is up with all these off the wall displays of stupidity? Was there any mention as to what started this whole fiasco? I for one don't understand why these people are flock shooting at all. That isn't hunting. One more black eye for the good guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooBear Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Re: hunters gone crazy Where did this come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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