tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post3921368841746008230..comments2024-03-17T06:41:27.269-06:00Comments on McElmurray's Mountain Retreat!: Missing ElkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-31218078140418210922012-10-24T06:39:30.224-06:002012-10-24T06:39:30.224-06:00Anonymous: You may be right with respect to vanda...Anonymous: You may be right with respect to vandalism is a last resort. The game warden didn't even respond because he was in a "meeting". The Sheriff should have had the vehicle towed since it had no tag on it and the VIN was not registered in Colorado. I offered to have an investigator friend of mine who works for the Dept. of Justice in Denver run the tag to see if it was stolen from a military installation and the Sheriff was not interested in checking that far. Seems that authorities are not that interested in catching poachers. A tire lock could have been used too. All too suspicious. Sometimes self help is the only help. <br /> Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263413130171705126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-879414157647506962012-10-23T20:57:09.424-06:002012-10-23T20:57:09.424-06:00A 12 gauge slug will ruin a poacher's radiator...A 12 gauge slug will ruin a poacher's radiator, and maybe the creeps won't come back to your area. It's a long walk to town from up here. I'm considering this trek for a wood poacher who destroys ancient pinon pines on other people's property a bit lower than us up here. They steal large limbs from old trees or just cut the tree three feet from the ground because pinon sells for top dollar up here. Elk and mule deer poachers are just as bad, and 'authorities' up here in southern Colorado say they don't have the resources to deal with them. Of course, they don't mention that they might just be related to them. I focus my 3,000,000 candle power light on them at dawn when they stop across the creek from my house, or fire bird shot into the air, to let them know others are around and watching. They always leave. Disabling a vehicle might be the answer. I hate to admit that I actually consider what might otherwise be thought of as vandalism, but these thieves are not being stopped by law enforcement. While I haven't resorted to it yet, I am considering it an option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-29237338612126484232012-10-08T15:11:37.947-06:002012-10-08T15:11:37.947-06:00This sickens my heart….suppose it is a huge ego tr...This sickens my heart….suppose it is a huge ego trip to be responsible for killing this lifeRaylenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-3103141989769381522012-10-05T17:22:54.428-06:002012-10-05T17:22:54.428-06:00Just for future reference... there are lots of har...Just for future reference... there are lots of harmless ways to incapacitate a vehicle long enough to allow the sheriff time to show up. Just saying....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-69849135295094358792012-10-03T18:04:13.841-06:002012-10-03T18:04:13.841-06:00Is there a special place in hell for these creeps?...Is there a special place in hell for these creeps? I hope so. They make me sick.Patricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-60221266491481284492012-10-02T16:16:53.704-06:002012-10-02T16:16:53.704-06:00I agree with what you say Barbara but I think a di...I agree with what you say Barbara but I think a distinction needs to be made between honest hunters who follow all the laws, hunt game within the rules,take only legal game, buy a license which helps the other animals, follow all laws, and hunt during proper times and within the rules. <br />Then there is the poacher who baits game, make their own rules, break laws that decent people follow and thumb their noses at the same laws that others willingly comply with. They don't contribute anything to protect and preserve wildlife. If caught they will likely try to kill the wildlife officer or those who stand in their way. They have no morals or rules. <br />They hunt animals at places the animals feel safe from hunting, and employ any illegal means to kill unsuspecting animals that others can't get near to or have a chance to get legally. They steal dogs to run game to them so they can shoot the animals and then abandon the dogs. They use high powered lights to blind animals at night and shoot the helpless animal. They only get away with it when good people remain silent and are subjective to their threats. They are the lowest form of human life and need to be reported - assuming you can encourage the legal authorities to make a sincere effort to catch them. <br />Most hunters go years to get a bull elk legally. They bait them in where the animals feel safe and shoot them at will. They are a sorry lot of humanity. Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263413130171705126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-28578920929191339722012-10-02T10:07:26.092-06:002012-10-02T10:07:26.092-06:00I hate stories like this one because it once again...I hate stories like this one because it once again proves that animals are just here for man's taking and pleasure for them to do whatever it is that they want to do with them! Something so regal and magnificent looking like this animal should never be adorning some "shoot crazy" macho mans wall in his hunter's lodge! We're suppose to share the planet....not rearrange it to suit our egos! Barbara J. Galassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374747787599553697noreply@blogger.com