Quite the interesting read!
Castrated (Thankfully), harvested by a color blind hunter in Chouteau / Augusta and dropped off to be processed... Upon P/U, Processor inquired what was up with the florescent orange antler(s)...?
And the mystery began to unfold...
Possible transport of a Roosevelt Elk from the WA Tacoma area harvested in Augusta / bordered Bob Marshall Wilderness? Genetically, apparently so! Interesting to read of the extensive details maintained by Washington Dept of Fish & Wildlife! Good on them.
Why and who remains a mystery.
Castrated (Thankfully), harvested by a color blind hunter in Chouteau / Augusta and dropped off to be processed... Upon P/U, Processor inquired what was up with the florescent orange antler(s)...?
And the mystery began to unfold...
Possible transport of a Roosevelt Elk from the WA Tacoma area harvested in Augusta / bordered Bob Marshall Wilderness? Genetically, apparently so! Interesting to read of the extensive details maintained by Washington Dept of Fish & Wildlife! Good on them.
Why and who remains a mystery.
Smuggled elk poses a mystery for Montana wildlife officials
Genetic testing revealed that the young bull is of an exotic sub-species, and that it came from a herd more than 600 miles from where it was shot.
billingsgazette.com