Bad form elk hunting?

[Poser]

Couple of old timers shot several elk on an island just off a popular day hiking trail in Teton county but gave no thought to how they might recover the meat.

'Nightmare’ elk hunt turns heads in Teton County

A group of out-of-state hunters angered people when they killed four elk in view of a popular walking trail and couldn't reach the carcasses.

trib.com

 

[TxxAgg]

Sounds like some absent minded hunters and some relocated California residents.

 

[Gerbdog]

Yup you said it, bad form, know your limits... and if that means you didnt bring a boat.... that means you didnt bring a boat...
I dont mind so much that they shot them along a popular trail... i'm sure that happens every year in every state, some people are just lucky like that with their hunting.
What bothers me is that they didnt take the moment to figure out if that river was crossable ..... or have a raft planned already (which is what they ended up doing it seems after reading article).
Like the article said... it was all totally legal
I have a spot that is across a river but... i dont hunt it if it just rained and the river is too high to cross, i make sure its something i can manage even loaded down with meat.
Wonder if the meat was still good, sounds like it sat there with the guts still in it and "bloating" for a long while according to the article but was rafted out 33 hours later...

 

[GunsAreFun]

Sounds like wanton waste to me.

 

[GordonFreeman]

they got to within shooting range, squeezed off about seven shots and watched three cow elk and a calf fall

JFC....

 

[Poser]

“The elk carcasses, meanwhile, sat untouched and bloating up in the sunlight for hours. The elderly hunting party hadn’t thought out how they’d get to the elk, and once they sized up the Snake they realized they’d risk their lives if they tried to ford it.”

Here’s my favorite part:

“Through some connections to people in town, the Upper Midwesterners procured a canoe and wheelbarrow as tools for extracting the meat. But the Snake River is running unseasonably swift, and their first attempt at a crossing resulted in a capsize, a soaked Minnesotan and an unmanned canoe being carried downstream.”

 

[Gerbdog]

“The elk carcasses, meanwhile, sat untouched and bloating up in the sunlight for hours. The elderly hunting party hadn’t thought out how they’d get to the elk, and once they sized up the Snake they realized they’d risk their lives if they tried to ford it.”

Here’s my favorite part:

“Through some connections to people in town, the Upper Midwesterners procured a canoe and wheelbarrow as tools for extracting the meat. But the Snake River is running unseasonably swift, and their first attempt at a crossing resulted in a capsize, a soaked Minnesotan and an unmanned canoe being carried downstream.”

Haha yea... i saw that... was pondering what they were planning to do with the wheelbarrow .....

 

[Poser]

Haha yea... i saw that... was pondering what they were planning to do with the wheelbarrow .....

I was thinking the same. Like, you could put a dead cow elk and a wheelbarrow in the Crossfit games and no one would successfully get an elk in a wheelbarrow much less make it 5 yards, but 2 79 year olds were going to do that + a canoe crossing?

 

[Gerbdog]

I was thinking the same. Like, you could put a dead cow elk and a wheelbarrow in the Crossfit games and no one would successfully get an elk in a wheelbarrow much less make it 5 yards, but 2 79 year olds were going to do that + a canoe crossing?

Clearly a wheelbarrow is sort of boat shaped and therefore it must float.... we are gonna use this to pull along behind the canoe with meat in it!

 

[Vandy321]

Bad on the old-timers, but Brad "the hunter" sounds like a poser... "mowing them down"? Did they teach you that at the Sierra Club meeting, Brad?

 

[mtwarden]

bad form indeed; I'd be curious how much they were able to salvage- if it wasn't much, I would most likely be breaking out my citation book- being a dumbass doesn't preclude one from abiding by the law

 

[Ross]

no excuses even for senior citizens…..this is Fubar……what a joke….

 

[11boo]

Criminal behavior not poor form.

i guess not criminal.

One of Nesvik’s employees, warden Jon Stephens, was able to rendezvous with Geringer and his crew while they strategized Sunday evening about how to reach their downed elk. Even though their harvest was legal, he gave them a talking to.

 

[Button]

Old people are not always wise. Stupid people can live to old age.

 

[T28w]

Old people are not always wise. Stupid people can live to old age.

This is true.

 

[NB7]

"With age, comes wisdom"...but not necessarily

 

[IdahoElk]

Haha yea... i saw that... was pondering what they were planning to do with the wheelbarrow .....

?????????

 

[KOK]

cali commies

 

[SWOHTR]

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Lol, this is great

 

[Marble]

Sounds like some absent minded hunters and some relocated California residents.

Sounds like you should read the article.

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