New Elk Season

[Gumby]

Manitoba Conservation just opened a late elk season. Anyone not successfull in the 2 GHAs around Riding Mountain Nat'l Park can use their tags in a special season from Feb 9 to the 28th. I sure hope it warms up enough out here because this will be a great way to break the mid winter blues!! They want the herd cut down to about 2500 head and are hoping this will get a few. Minimum of 3 pts for bulls and any thing else goes. Now if those damn elk will just come out of the park..... :cheers: :cheers:

[BlueNorther]

You need them to come out of the park but you also need land owners who'll allow you to hunt.I found it that way down around Waterton Nat'l park here in Alberta.There were land owners who complained about the elk who came out of the park to eat thier hay but damn few who'll let you hunt.

[scooter]

You need them to come out of the park but you also need land owners who'll allow you to hunt.I found it that way down around Waterton Nat'l park here in Alberta.There were land owners who complained about the elk who came out of the park to eat thier hay but damn few who'll let you hunt.

I ran into that alot this year. They complain about the elk eating their hay...but they are the first ones with their hands out for the compensation cheques from the Gov. for the loss of hay. :roll:

and.....I wanna hunt in MB next week :crybaby:

[T-man]

Was having a round of bull%^$ with some of the fellas down at the range, I like the way they apparently do it down in some of the states. If a farmer wants to claim compensation from the government for hay/crop loss to wild game they have to provide a contact list of hunters including license numbers, hunter days and harvested animals. If they don't allow hunters they don't get any compensation. The principle being that since they haven't done anything to prevent the damage, why should they be compensated.

[scooter]

Was having a round of bull%^$ with some of the fellas down at the range, I like the way they apparently do it down in some of the states. If a farmer wants to claim compensation from the government for hay/crop loss to wild game they have to provide a contact list of hunters including license numbers, hunter days and harvested animals. If they don't allow hunters they don't get any compensation. The principle being that since they haven't done anything to prevent the damage, why should they be compensated.

See, that's the way it should be done up here. If they don't want to do anything about the problem, why should they be compensated?

[Jack19]

While I was at work today I seen a Heard of 30+ Elk chewing on a bunch of hay bales that a farmer left in his field, I'll bet he will be asking for compensation.

[Gumby]

That's a good idea for the compensation. Some of the farmers around the park are like that. One guy told a friend of mine he could hunt all the crown leases but not his private land. He said the elk needed a safe area to go???? This is right beside a Nat'l park what gives with that???? The good part is a lot of the land around the park is crown leased land so you don't need permission to hunt it. It's a good idea to ask first but if the lease holder says no you can just go ahead and hunt anyway.

The big cry here right now is that there have been a few cases of bovine Tb around the park and the farmers are blaming the elk for it. They want compensation and something done about the elk but they don't want anyone to hunt on their land. There have even been cases of guys charging for access, something I'd never heard of over here.

Hope it warms up a bit though. -30 this morning with a -44 wind chill is too cool to get me out sitting in a stand!!