The ducks aren’t confused

Grand Junction Sentinel - Grand Junction,CO,USA... The old saying that “the work starts when the shooting stops; certainly applies to elk hunting, but a new video from the DOW might make that work a bit ...

South Park discussions

Denver Post - Denver,CO,USATalks will center on elk plans for game management units 50, 500 and 501; for ... The agency is seeking property for spring turkey hunting as part of a plan to ...

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10/18/2006
Division of Wildlife

Denver and Fairplay Meetings To Gather Input On Elk Management In GMU 50, 500, 501

COMMENTS ALSO ACCEPTED VIA SURVEY OBTAINED FROM DOW

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) will hold public meetings in Denver on Wednesday, October 25th, and in Fairplay on Thursday, October 26th, to gather input on three big game herds in the South Park area. Elk management in Game Management Units (GMUs) 50, 500, and 501 will be discussed. Input will also be taken on deer management in GMUs 49, 57, 58, and 581, as well as pronghorn management in units 49, 50, 57, 58, 501, 511 and 581.

The Denver meeting will be held at the Hunter Education Building at the Division's Denver headquarters, 6060 Broadway, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Fairplay meeting will be held at the Northwest Fire Station #2, 21455 Highway 285, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

“Specifically we want input to help establish herd size and male to female ratio objectives for a ten year management plan,” said Jack Vayhinger, the DOW biologist for these game management units.

“Talking to landowners, residents, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts is one of the tools we use for developing our long-term goals for elk management,” said Mark Lamb, District Wildlife Manager in Fairplay. “We want the public to know that their input is welcomed and encouraged in our decision-making process,” he added.

People interested in providing input who cannot attend one of the meetings can obtain a questionnaire from jennifer.churchill@state.co.us.

The deadline for returning completed surveys will be November 15, 2006.

For additional information, contact Jack Vayhinger at jack.vayhinger@state.co.us.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife is the state agency responsible for managing wildlife and its habitat, as well as providing wildlife related recreation. The Division is funded through hunting and fishing license fees, federal grants and Colorado Lottery proceeds through Great Outdoors Colorado.

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Elk hunt underway in park, national refuge

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Registration elk hunt opens on Afognak

Kodiak Daily Mirror - Kodiak, AK ,USAElk hunting on most of Afognak Island opens Monday for hunters who have picked up a registration permit from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game…

Click for full story. Eagle-eye scrutinization of hunters

Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA... Fairplay - Binoculars pressed tight against his brow, Mark Lamb watched tall trees ... Lamb, district wildlife manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, was a ...

From: Darrel <@yahoo.com>To: Jason Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:17:42 PMSubject: Roadkill
Jason,

Skeeter wrote:
"A maintenance worker brought this caribou to our office this morningafter it had been killed by a vehicle on US 85 south of LaSalle. The driver wasn't hurt and actually left the scene of the accident. The animal was probably someone's pet."Buzz

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Dentry: Book holds key to becoming a happy camper

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Weather changes trumpet the beginning of hunting season

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Received this pic from Bob Z- will see if I can get more info on it.

This Elk was killed with a bow in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.

He green scored 575" and should net out at about 530" non typical.

He has an unbelievable outside spread of 79".

This is the biggest bull ever taken with any weapon.

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This story is a bunch of bullPosted: Thursday, Oct 05, 2006 - 11:23:40 pm PDTBy MIKE McLEAN

Reported record Idaho elk was shot in Canada in fenced area
Staff writerCOEUR d'ALENE -- The story circulating with an e-mail photo of a ginormous elk is quite a load of bull."This elk was killed with a bow in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness" of North Central Idaho, the caption says. "He green-scored at 575 inches and should net out at about 530 nontypical." That would make it the biggest bull elk ever taken with any kind of weapon.The world record score for a nontypical elk taken by fair chase is 450 6/8 inches for a bull harvested in Arizona. The Idaho record is nontypical 430 4/8 inches taken in Latah County in 1977. Nontypical means one antler doesn't closely match the other.The bull in the photo apparently is real. The story that comes with it isn't.The description with the e-mail photo was immediately greeted with skepticism by Idaho wildlife experts."The 79-inch spread and all of the measurements are too big for a wild elk," said Jim Hayden, regional wildlife biologist for Idaho Department of Fish and Game.He said more than 40,000 elk have been measured in the Panhandle Region and none scored close to 500 inches."There is no way anything up here could have produced that elk," he said.Just to the south of the Panhandle Region, the Selway-Bitterroot habitat simply doesn't provide enough nutrition for an elk to get that large, he said."This is a domestic elk that was fed high-quality protein and selectively bred from other large bulls," he said.As it turns out, the elk in the photo isn't from Idaho or even the United States. As big as it is, it doesn't qualify for a score in the leading hunting record book.Mark Hatfield, one of the official scorekeepers with Boone and Crockett Club in Missoula, said the elk came from a fenced game farm in Canada.Tony Barber, manager and guide at Laurentian Wildlife Estate near Arundel, Quebec, confirmed the elk came from his private reserve.He said the Manitoban elk -- the largest elk species -- had a 12x10 rack.Barber said the free-range animal had no supplemental feed and its massive size was due to "pure genetics."He said he has picked up shed antlers from the elk that scored more than 500 inches four consecutive years."People thought I was crazy," he said. "But then it measured even bigger."He said the elk was difficult to find on the 1,000 acre fenced estate in the Laurentian Mountains.Trophy elk hunts at the estate start at $4,900, according to the business' Web site.Hunting purists don't consider the taking of an elk from a fenced area as fair chase."It would not be eligible for our records," Hatfield said.Mike McLean can be reached at 664-8176, Ext. 2011, or by e-mail at mmclean@cdapress.co

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Colorado's big game rifle season starts next Saturday

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Meat donation program

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Dentry: Meat donation program requires funding to run

Rocky Mountain News Wed, 04 Oct 2006 0:33 AM PDT
Generous to the marrow, Colorado hunters have shared their elk, deer and antelope venison with those who are less fortunate since 2004, through a national program run locally by Gregg Kay.