Is Moose poaching a problem in CO?

[ChrisAU]

Saw this in the Gunnison CPW office. Holy smokes.

 

[CorbLand]

Be prepared for the shit storm that is going to ensue.

Moose mistaken for Elk

 

[ChrisAU]

Obviously there is no such thing as mistaking one for an elk. Especially in a bull only unit, with antler restrictions.

 

[huntsman22]

Obviously, somebody seems to do it just about every year......

 

[oldgoat]

A few years ago there was I think twelve shot by mistake!

 

[oldgoat]

But horses and cows get shot just about every year here too being mistaken for elk and then there was the kid archery hunting with his dad last year or the year before that got shot and killed by a muzzle loader hunter.

 

[davsco]

damn i was going to pop me a moose, but that extra $.50 just puts me over the edge.

 

[4ester]

Makes me afraid to be in the woods with some of these idiots. I’ve often thought that my dry earth FL clothing is risky.


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[Murdy]

Reminds me of a story of a dairy farmer who took white paint and painted C O W in big letters on the sides of his herd.

 

[Btaylor]

Reminds me of a story of a dairy farmer who took white paint and painted C O W in big letters on the sides of his herd.

Thats awesome if you have an either sex tag.

 

[Brafcauknid]

I'm originally from Meeker, and seems to be one shot and left around there just about every year or 2, and theres not really a lot around the meeker area yet, I imagine there are several shot each year in areas where they are a little more common.

 

[5MilesBack]

Makes me afraid to be in the woods with some of these idiots. I’ve often thought that my dry earth FL clothing is risky.

And yet I see pics of guys carrying their elk heads out........."antlers up" every year. SMH

 

[4ester]

And yet I see pics of guys carrying their elk heads out........."antlers up" every year. SMH

Yeah I still don’t get that either. Way easier to carry them horns down. And on a big bull you can rest the whale tails on the ground like a kickstand and take a break. Never killed a 400” bull so maybe that’s how it has to be done but I have my doubts unless the mains are stupid long or you are 4’ 10” tall. Just got a visual of a short guy that can’t put his feet on the ground on a 400” bull haha..........hanging from his pack. Now that’s a problem to have.


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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

I wrap flagging tape around the antlers when packing them out...

 

[5MilesBack]

I wrap flagging tape around the antlers when packing them out...

And as long as they're pointing down........that "might" deter most idiots.

 

[Kootenay Hunter]

"....that elk must have gotten tangled up in some flagging tape....BANG"

 

[303TrophyHusband]

There was a kid I went to high school with that shot a beef cow one year mistaking it for a deer, they gave him a fine but didn't revoke privileges, everyone should get a second chance. He used his second chance the next year and shot another beef cow...

 

[ChrisAU]

I don't get it. We saw cows last week in the gulch walking in, 200-300 yards through timber. All 4 of us were first timers anxious to just lay eyes on an elk, and we knew instantly they were beef cows without picking up binos or rifles. They behave and look very differently.

 

[huntsman22]

But, you were born with a brain. Many aren't....

 

[5MilesBack]

There was a kid I went to high school with that shot a beef cow one year mistaking it for a deer, they gave him a fine but didn't revoke privileges, everyone should get a second chance. He used his second chance the next year and shot another beef cow...

That's because the CPW doesn't regulate bovine shooting. That would fall to the rancher pressing charges, and the county Sheriff.