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<blockquote data-quote="badaboom" data-source="post: 228098" data-attributes="member: 8373"><p>Let it walk. LIW</p><p></p><p>On another note:</p><p>Some years ago I came across a large bull elk that was just over a fence line by about 30 yards (private Land). We noticed the bull from about a 1/3 mile down the road we were driving, returning from a hunting area we had access on the road to in the area. Upon getting closer to the elk we recognized this was a great shooter bull but we couldn't take it. As we approached closer the bull got up and started moving away from our direction parallel to the road some what and just over a lightly timber covered ridgeline. Once the Bull was on the move we noticed it had been injured pretty badly on the right rear quarter, this just made us more anxious to take the animal but we couldn't it was still on private land. As we drove down the road over the lightly timbered ridge we stopped the vehicle on the road and looked over in the direction the bull had gone. There stood the bull about 100 yards off the road standing in the heavily shaded evening in Timber and Aspen trees looking right at us, it was pretty cold and damp. While the Bull Elk was standing there I pulled up the binos and started getting a better view of the Bull Elk. The bull was a large 6X6 probably in the 310 class or larger looking in our direction breathing heavily large streams of panting steam with each breath chewing on a large piece of aspen bark in his mouth - beautiful thing you had to be there. This was a moment you don't forget and would put most publication subscriptions pictures to shame. We let it walk. Follow-up I spoke in person to the local wildlife officer about this specific situation my main question was if the Bull Elk had come over the fence line and was in the road, Could I have taken or shot / harvested the elk illegally ? Never received a answer. The reason I ask, is the road is a right of access easement and it was legal for me to be there and due to the circumstances with the elk being injured I felt it would be best to take the animal. Would this be Legal ???????????</p><p></p><p>Best Regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="badaboom, post: 228098, member: 8373"] Let it walk. LIW On another note: Some years ago I came across a large bull elk that was just over a fence line by about 30 yards (private Land). We noticed the bull from about a 1/3 mile down the road we were driving, returning from a hunting area we had access on the road to in the area. Upon getting closer to the elk we recognized this was a great shooter bull but we couldn't take it. As we approached closer the bull got up and started moving away from our direction parallel to the road some what and just over a lightly timber covered ridgeline. Once the Bull was on the move we noticed it had been injured pretty badly on the right rear quarter, this just made us more anxious to take the animal but we couldn't it was still on private land. As we drove down the road over the lightly timbered ridge we stopped the vehicle on the road and looked over in the direction the bull had gone. There stood the bull about 100 yards off the road standing in the heavily shaded evening in Timber and Aspen trees looking right at us, it was pretty cold and damp. While the Bull Elk was standing there I pulled up the binos and started getting a better view of the Bull Elk. The bull was a large 6X6 probably in the 310 class or larger looking in our direction breathing heavily large streams of panting steam with each breath chewing on a large piece of aspen bark in his mouth - beautiful thing you had to be there. This was a moment you don’t forget and would put most publication subscriptions pictures to shame. We let it walk. Follow-up I spoke in person to the local wildlife officer about this specific situation my main question was if the Bull Elk had come over the fence line and was in the road, Could I have taken or shot / harvested the elk illegally ? Never received a answer. The reason I ask, is the road is a right of access easement and it was legal for me to be there and due to the circumstances with the elk being injured I felt it would be best to take the animal. Would this be Legal ??????????? Best Regards [/QUOTE]
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