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Here are a couple pics of the resident elk heard in the Vita area.



You may have to ask Terry Nelson subsistence hunter extraordinaire (aka Roseau River Band Chief)Patty said:Couple nice bulls... There was a big Bull shot down there last fall wasn't there???
Fair enough... Didn't realize it was one of "those" scenarios...brasso said:You may have to ask Terry Nelson subsistence hunter extraordinaire (aka Roseau River Band Chief)Patty said:Couple nice bulls... There was a big Bull shot down there last fall wasn't there???
True, and are good dedicated hunters, better then the first nations. I know one too, good friend actually, he did good this fall so far (but at least he hunts with a bow only)Tinman said:that heard will disappear real soon, I know some metis already planning on hunting them this fall....and these metis have good jobs, own businesses and all the big toys.....they even own land in that area.....think they need sustenance????
Tinman said:that heard will disappear real soon, I know some metis already planning on hunting them this fall....and these metis have good jobs, own businesses and all the big toys.....they even own land in that area.....think they need sustenance????
The area is not as big as you may think. Don't you think the locals don't know where these elk are?? They've been there for years, and the poachers know where they are also...yes you may be naiveRed_River_Clay said:The area is a big area...depending on where the fire goes I suppose. They are on my quarter but nobody here knows where that is. And hopefully people on a Hunting Forum are hunters not poachers...maybe I am naive.
You're not being naive! In today's world there are very, very few secrets and even those don't last long. The good thing is that some of those elk are on private land, which by law cannot be entered upon without landowner permission. So long as landowners do not give permission to enter onto their property to people intent on killing those elk, they have a good chance of increasing in numbers. By the same token if a landowner wants to give permission to subsistence hunters to enter onto his/her property to hunt elk and the numbers are there to sustain a certain harvest level then that is his/her business and nobody else's! Tough to accept but those rights are guaranteed by law!Red_River_Clay said:The area is a big area...depending on where the fire goes I suppose. They are on my quarter but nobody here knows where that is. And hopefully people on a Hunting Forum are hunters not poachers...maybe I am naive.