Tkaldahl2000
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Yesterday I went up to Ryegate to buy a jeep, and in the course of the conversation I mentioned that I had been hunting near there two weeks ago. The rancher I was buying the jeep from asked if I had seen anything. I told him I had seen where a lot of them were, but found no new sign in the area. He then told me that it was because some certain land-owners who own half of the mountain side go in about a week before season with quads and helicopters and haze the elk onto their land. Now I know that these landowners have shown themselves to be jackasses in other situations, but could this really be a realistic possibility? How could one do that without being noticed by a duly constituted authority? If it is happening, what can the rest of us do to provide evidence that it is happening? If this is really happening, I am willing to camp out over there and videotape the event next year. On the other hand, Is this just sour grapes because people aren't finding any elk on the public land? I was blaming the 500 head of cattle in the valley myself.