Oregon rancher takes "wildlife management" into own hands, gets arrested for poaching

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Oregon rancher takes "wildlife management" into own hands, gets arrested for poaching

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/04/wallowa_man_arrested_charged_w.html


A 68-year-old Wallowa man was arrested after state fish and wildlife troopers discovered more than two dozen elk carcasses in and around his Northeast Oregon property.

Larry Harshfield was taken into custody April 8 and charged with illegally killing a dozen elk on his property. Oregon State Police said there was no indication any effort was made to salvage the meat. An "extensive investigation" from wildlife enforcement troopers determined the Wallowa man allegedly killed 13 more elk on an adjacent property. .........................


But unlike other high-profile poaching incidents, such as the Facebook post that led to the arrest of two Dallas men on accusations of killing bull elk, Harshfield's case involved wildlife disputes on his own property. That's prompted some landowners to fight back.
 
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Unlike some landowners, she said, the Harshfields do not allow hunters on their land.

The state also offered Harshfield a kill permit, which would've authorize him to eliminate elk on the property. That permit comes with the stipulation that permit holders skin, dress and transport the animal's carcass to a meat processor. The processor then donates the meat to local charities.

But Harshfield declined that kill permit, Dennehy said.


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nccatfisher

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Have you seen the bill in the legislature requiring disposal of any deer or elk killed for depredation?


Its not just Oregon ranchers having problems with deer and elk.
No, why would I, just because you posted a thread about it a month or so ago? :rolleyes:
 

nccatfisher

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So lets put an extra burden on farmers and landowners in this state when deer and elk are causing problems?
Your words not mine. The ones doing the bulk of the shooting them aren't going to go the depredation permit anyway. They shoot them in the guts with small caliber rifles and let them run out of the fields. That way they aren't encumbered with burying them nor the hassle of permits.
 

nccatfisher

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Don't think they have gotten that good of foothold in Or. yet. But come a little east they are doing well.
 
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