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Wisconsin Elk
14 March 2018, 06:24
thecanadianWisconsin Elk
Looks like Wisconsin will have there first elk hunt this fall. With 4 tags available, my odds are right up there with drawing a Shiras Moose on my first try.
https://www.jsonline.com/story...hunt-2018/421310002/
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14 March 2018, 07:32
p dog shooter6 tags are going to the tribes
14 March 2018, 07:57
thecanadianThey shoot them every year anyway, why not make it legal.
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14 March 2018, 08:56
georgeldNot many, but a great start!
Good luck drawing a tag. Just don't hold your breath. AND IF you do, go buy A lotto ticket right away!
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14 March 2018, 19:12
OLBIKERGet rid of the wolves and we might have a good amount of tags available in a few years.OB
14 March 2018, 20:12
p dog shooterquote:
Originally posted by OLBIKER:
Get rid of the wolves and we might have a good amount of tags available in a few years.OB
In the elk zone for sure along with a lot of the bears also.
15 March 2018, 00:00
buffybrThose Wisconsin Elk were totally established with sportsmen's dollars. I don't agree that Indian tribes should be given any tags for subsistence hunts of trophy animals. But in this liberal society...
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15 March 2018, 03:39
Outdoor WriterMarch 14, 2018
RMEF Supports Inaugural Wisconsin Elk Hunt
MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation congratulates the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on its decision to institute Wisconsin’s first-ever managed elk hunt later this year.
“This is the culmination of more than two decades of elk-related conservation work,” said Blake Henning, RMEF chief conservation officer. “RMEF has been involved with reintroduction efforts in Wisconsin dating back to 1995 and continues to put funds on the ground to benefit the state’s elk herds and elk habitat.”
The DNR will provide ten bull-only tags for the fall of 2018 within the Clam Lake elk range in north-central Wisconsin. The state’s southern elk range in Jackson County will not be a part of the hunt.
One of the tags will go to a resident via a RMEF raffle designed to generate revenue for elk habitat management, research and monitoring. It is expected to be available for purchase in May.
“This hunt is not only a tribute to the DNR and many other partners but also to our statewide membership including our RMEF volunteers who have worked so hard for so long to raise funds to enhance Wisconsin elk country,” added Henning.
RMEF has two dozen chapters and more than 9,700 members in Wisconsin.
Since 1990, RMEF and its partners completed 455 conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects in Wisconsin with a combined value of more than $8.6 million. Of that total, more than $1.6 million went specifically toward elk reintroduction and other conservation work.
RMEF is standing by to assist with further Wisconsin elk restoration efforts expected in 2019.
Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
15 March 2018, 04:12
Topgun 30-06quote:
Originally posted by Outdoor Writer:
March 14, 2018
RMEF Supports Inaugural Wisconsin Elk Hunt
MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation congratulates the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on its decision to institute Wisconsin’s first-ever managed elk hunt later this year.
“This is the culmination of more than two decades of elk-related conservation work,” said Blake Henning, RMEF chief conservation officer. “RMEF has been involved with reintroduction efforts in Wisconsin dating back to 1995 and continues to put funds on the ground to benefit the state’s elk herds and elk habitat.”
The DNR will provide ten bull-only tags for the fall of 2018 within the Clam Lake elk range in north-central Wisconsin. The state’s southern elk range in Jackson County will not be a part of the hunt.
One of the tags will go to a resident via a RMEF raffle designed to generate revenue for elk habitat management, research and monitoring. It is expected to be available for purchase in May.
“This hunt is not only a tribute to the DNR and many other partners but also to our statewide membership including our RMEF volunteers who have worked so hard for so long to raise funds to enhance Wisconsin elk country,” added Henning.
RMEF has two dozen chapters and more than 9,700 members in Wisconsin.
Since 1990, RMEF and its partners completed 455 conservation and hunting heritage outreach projects in Wisconsin with a combined value of more than $8.6 million. Of that total, more than $1.6 million went specifically toward elk reintroduction and other conservation work.
RMEF is standing by to assist with further Wisconsin elk restoration efforts expected in 2019.
I'm a member of RMEF and appreciate all they do. However, IMHO offering 5 of the 10 tags to Native Americans is overkill and pure BS! Maybe 2 or 3 of the 10, but half of them and 1 to a high roller in an auction only leaves 4 tags for the blue collar workers!
15 March 2018, 04:20
Outdoor WriterOther than what has been posted here and the RMEF press release, I know nothing about the efforts to establish an elk herd in WI. That also means I have no knowledge at all of the contributions any tribe had in those efforts, if any. Because of that I have no opinion if 1/2 the tags are too many or not.
That's sort of like a "no comment."
Edited to add: Perhaps there is some LEGISLATIVE reason for the tag allottment.
Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
15 March 2018, 05:37
OLBIKERThe Wi.DNR has no backbone and is afraid of the liberal Supreme Court Judges who always take the side of the Indian.
15 March 2018, 07:04
Snellstromquote:
Originally posted by Topgun 30-06:
I'm a member of RMEF and appreciate all they do. However, IMHO offering 5 of the 10 tags to Native Americans is overkill and pure BS! Maybe 2 or 3 of the 10, but half of them and 1 to a high roller in an auction only leaves 4 tags for the blue collar workers!
You should re read the article, nowhere does it say "one tag to a high roller" 4 go to the drawing process, 5 to Indians and one to a "RAFFLE" where even a working stiff has a shot at it.
15 March 2018, 07:27
carpetman1It says 5 of the 10 will go to the Chippewa Tribe.
Perhaps they can raffle them off in their casinos?
15 March 2018, 08:17
Snellstromquote:
Originally posted by carpetman1:
It says 5 of the 10 will go to the Chippewa Tribe.
Perhaps they can raffle them off in their casinos?
I'd rather see the State or RMEF raffle them, at least the money has a chance of going back to Wildlife Management.
15 March 2018, 09:44
thecanadianquote:
Originally posted by carpetman1:
It says 5 of the 10 will go to the Chippewa Tribe.
Perhaps they can raffle them off in their casinos?
That will likely not ever happen. They will shoot er wound their 5 elk and that will be that.
"though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression."
---Thomas Jefferson
15 March 2018, 17:38
p dog shooterquote:
Originally posted by thecanadian:
quote:
Originally posted by carpetman1:
It says 5 of the 10 will go to the Chippewa Tribe.
Perhaps they can raffle them off in their casinos?
That will likely not ever happen. They will shoot er wound their 5 elk and that will be that.
I fore see the tribal members traveling up and down the roads in the Clam lake area at night with their spot lights, shooting their elk that way.
Just like they do with deer.
15 March 2018, 22:36
OLBIKERquote:
Originally posted by p dog shooter:
quote:
Originally posted by thecanadian:
quote:
Originally posted by carpetman1:
It says 5 of the 10 will go to the Chippewa Tribe.
Perhaps they can raffle them off in their casinos?
That will likely not ever happen. They will shoot er wound their 5 elk and that will be that.
I fore see the tribal members traveling up and down the roads in the Clam lake area at night with their spot lights, shooting their elk that way.
Just like they do with deer.
Amen to that!!!!
20 March 2018, 21:42
carpetman128 states have Indian casinos. Wisconsin being one of the 28. Perhaps a big portion of the casino revenue is donated to wildlife management in Wisconsin, thus they get half the tags. Then again maybe not. Their donation was tongue in cheek, really I'd say fat chance. To the victor goes the spoils. Which war did the Indians win to give them the right to have casinos where non Indians can't?
21 March 2018, 04:51
OLBIKERIn Wisconsin after they buy a new Escalade with their casino money the rest goes for booze and drugs.