Mdc To Restore Elk In Carter, Shannon & Reynolds Counties

[ozark trout fisher]

For what its worth...The MDC voted today at their meeting in Kirksville to introduce rocky mtn elk to Peck ranch.

http://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/conservation-commission-approves-elk-restoration-plan

Nice.

[taxidermist]

Gonna cause a big stink, As I was sitting in the coffee shop this AM. A bunch of people were really pissed off to hear Steve Grant on KY3 news last bight say the elk would be coming from Arkansas. The locals say that the Ark. Game and Fish have an elk problem and should issue more tags than to give the elk to Missouri. They also say that if MO. gets Ark elk, that means open season on ever elk they see.... It may get real sticky down here if you are an elk.

[Gavin]

If its true....Elk might be the only good thing that ever came from Arkansas .

[taxidermist]

There has been a lawsuit filed over the elk. If Arkansas does give them to MO. then the people incharge of the lawsuit has ask that all the elk be exterminated due to the fence damage. They have ask that instead of giving elk away to MO more tags be issued for Ar. residents. Since it is the Ar 1/8th% sales tax that currently supports the elk program.

Remember too that the elk that were here 150 years ago were not Rocky Mountain Elk.

[ozark trout fisher]

There has been a lawsuit filed over the elk. If Arkansas does give them to MO. then the people incharge of the lawsuit has ask that all the elk be exterminated due to the fence damage. They have ask that instead of giving elk away to MO more tags be issued for Ar. residents. Since it is the Ar 1/8th% sales tax that currently supports the elk program.

Remember too that the elk that were here 150 years ago were not Rocky Mountain Elk.

Are you sure Taxi? I looked online for quite a awhile just now looking for any news about such a lawsuit, and came up with absolutely nothing.

I do not understand why people are opposed to the reintroduction of such a beautiful creature, and a native one too. Especially now with the live animal disease testing that is available.

"They also say that if MO. gets Ark elk, that means open season on ever elk they see.... It may get real sticky down here if you are an elk. "

If people do poach any elk I hope they are punished to the full extent of the law. I've had just about all I can handle of the "shoot anything that's good to eat" mentality that is so prevalent in the Ozarks. Some people need to start going to jail, and not just for a week or two.

[Al Agnew]

Are you sure Taxi? I looked online for quite a awhile just now looking for any news about such a lawsuit, and came up with absolutely nothing.

I do not understand why people are opposed to the reintroduction of such a beautiful creature, and a native one too. Especially now with the live animal disease testing that is available.

"They also say that if MO. gets Ark elk, that means open season on ever elk they see.... It may get real sticky down here if you are an elk. "

If people do poach any elk I hope they are punished to the full extent of the law. I've had just about all I can handle of the "shoot anything that's good to eat" mentality that is so prevalent in the Ozarks. Some people need to start going to jail, and not just for a week or two.

With a lot of them, it's more like "shoot anything the guv'ment tells me I cain't shoot."

[ozark trout fisher]

With a lot of them, it's more like "shoot anything the guv'ment tells me I cain't shoot."

That's also true.

The fact is, I know a fair number of folks down in the area where the elk will be re-introduced (I hunt and fish there on a very regular basis) and I'd say the majority of them are level-headed, honest folks, who don't like the deer doggers and support the elk re-introduction. But there are enough ignorant people down there to pretty much ruin it for everyone else-the MDC had better been on a sharp lookout for poachers when these elk are reintroduced. I hunted some public land in the general area this weekend for deer and saw several radio collared deer dogs running around. While most people in the area are fine, upstanding folks, some people don't even seem to be ashamed over their poaching ways-I've actually had guys ask me on public land on opening weekend of deer season "Have ya seen ma' dogs?"