Yeah I’m not trying to point fingers and I’m not personally a witness to it. However a relative that returned back from a outfitted hunt on a private ranch in New Mexico made some comments about things the guides had discussed while hunting.
This was a large private ranch but within the ranch was a separate property that was high fenced. Guides had made the comment that a lot of the bigger bulls around there end up in there with a dart gun, and there were plenty of dart guns hanging in the facility. Also mentioned they said all you have to do is run through there with the corn spreader and could shoot whatever elk you could afford.
Now I live in Texas and that’s common practice for most things. It’s not my cup of tea but I know it’s a legal way of harvesting an animal. Just peaked my curiosity as to the legality of it when it came to elk in other states.
