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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1528322" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>True story.</p><p>In the early years of (the hunt), it was required that all who were drawn for a tag, had to aquire the services of a guide/outfitter. They even offered a program where they trained the guide/outfitters. </p><p>I think it was a whole half day coarse costing about 10 bucks, and it included all the necessary road maps of the elk range. Im not entirely joking here, I had several friends who took the coarse and became guides and even they joked about it.</p><p>Anyway the first year of the hunt, my B I L whoe's name the camp phone was listed, got a call from the game warden investigating an Elk kill on our property. (all kills require the site to be marked with tape, and they are all investigated). This kill as many others are, was within the safety zone of our camp building which is 150 yds unless permission is granted. My B I L was asked if we wished to press charges against the hunter, and he said no. </p><p>No doubt the guy drove up our drive and shot it, but he claimed otherwise. Anyway the following fall I arrived at camp for turkey hunting and a vehicle pulled in and the guy asked for me by name. I had no idea who he was until he told me he was the lucky elk hunter, and he brought us a nice elk roast in appreciation. I questioned him about his knowledge of the area, and he said he had never been there until he arrived for that hunt. So this trip was his second time ever being there. But he was now a guide, and offered me free services if I ever drew a tag. I said ive been coming here since im 12 and im now 70, and your offering to guide me? He said well you have to have a guide, and im simply offering you my service. So I thanked him and he left. Since then there have been two more shot within the safety zone of our camp, but only one with permission, a huge 7x8 shot from the driveway as my son watched.</p><p>The game warden for Cameron Co sat in our camp and told me flat out that without landowner cooperation for the many situations just like these, the whole elk program couldn't be successful.</p><p>So you can call it whatever you want, and ill call it what it really is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1528322, member: 12443"] True story. In the early years of (the hunt), it was required that all who were drawn for a tag, had to aquire the services of a guide/outfitter. They even offered a program where they trained the guide/outfitters. I think it was a whole half day coarse costing about 10 bucks, and it included all the necessary road maps of the elk range. Im not entirely joking here, I had several friends who took the coarse and became guides and even they joked about it. Anyway the first year of the hunt, my B I L whoe's name the camp phone was listed, got a call from the game warden investigating an Elk kill on our property. (all kills require the site to be marked with tape, and they are all investigated). This kill as many others are, was within the safety zone of our camp building which is 150 yds unless permission is granted. My B I L was asked if we wished to press charges against the hunter, and he said no. No doubt the guy drove up our drive and shot it, but he claimed otherwise. Anyway the following fall I arrived at camp for turkey hunting and a vehicle pulled in and the guy asked for me by name. I had no idea who he was until he told me he was the lucky elk hunter, and he brought us a nice elk roast in appreciation. I questioned him about his knowledge of the area, and he said he had never been there until he arrived for that hunt. So this trip was his second time ever being there. But he was now a guide, and offered me free services if I ever drew a tag. I said ive been coming here since im 12 and im now 70, and your offering to guide me? He said well you have to have a guide, and im simply offering you my service. So I thanked him and he left. Since then there have been two more shot within the safety zone of our camp, but only one with permission, a huge 7x8 shot from the driveway as my son watched. The game warden for Cameron Co sat in our camp and told me flat out that without landowner cooperation for the many situations just like these, the whole elk program couldn't be successful. So you can call it whatever you want, and ill call it what it really is. [/QUOTE]
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