Two Follow Ups From July Mo Conservationist

[mic]

Being a Project Manager can be like being a fisherman... some days are great and some really suck. Today was the later. So I took a break and re-read an old MO Conservationist from July. I wanted to know if anyone knew the outcome of the following:

1. Maramec Springs Hatchery was going to raise brook trout with rainbows in an effort to control a parasite called Salmincola californiensis. Anyone know if it worked?

2. MDC released the elk in Peck Ranch CA. Did anyone see or hear them? Anyone know how they did/doing?

[drew03cmc]

I am watching this for information. I would like to believe they both did well.

[Addicted to Creeks]

let me catch the brook trooooooooooout!

[ozark trout fisher]

let me catch the brook trooooooooooout!

No, they're all mine!

I have heard the elk are doing pretty well in Peck Ranch. I'm a bit disapointed that I've yet to see one myself (despite having been down there a few times this fall) but I've talked to quite a few locals that have. I haven't been in the refuge portion though, just the area outside the fence. And trying to see elk hasn't been my goal as I've been hunting (not elk of course, though I hope I don't have to say that.) But I would like to go down there sometime in the near future to see if I can get some pictures.

[fishinwrench]

Lets pick dates and see who guessed closest....

1. When will some nimrod get busted for shooting one ?

And

2. When will the first one get hit by a compact car and result in a fatality ?

[ozark trout fisher]

Lets pick dates and see who guessed closest....

1. When will some nimrod get busted for shooting one ?

Probably it won't be too long. Most people down I've met in that area are good folk that go about hunting in honest sorts of ways, but there's a significant deer dogging element down there as well. I wouldn't be too surprised if people who would do that would shoot an elk if they thought they could get away with it. But I think enforcement will be pretty tight, and I imagine the fine would be pretty massive.

And speaking of massive, an elk is an awful big thing to try to get away with poaching:)

[laker67]

Probably it won't be too long. Most people down I've met in that area are good folk that go about hunting in honest sorts of ways, but there's a significant deer dogging element down there as well. I wouldn't be too surprised if people who would do that would shoot an elk if they thought they could get away with it. But I think enforcement will be pretty tight, and I imagine the fine would be pretty massive.

And speaking of massive, an elk is an awful big thing to try to get away with poaching:)

I have heard that tracking chips were implanted into each elk. That way when they run off, and return to colorado, they will know were they went.

[Feathers and Fins]

Someone probably already has shot one... But im betting next September for the bust...Compact car vs Elk im thinking April early May...

[jdmidwest]

Have not heard about the Brookies. They were raising them for parasite control, they never said they were going to release them to catch.

The second round of elk are being trapped in Ky. Since they have done it once, they know what they are doing now and should not have the issues they did last time. This time there is less publicity and fanfare. And, hopefully, below budget on the cost.

[mic]

Have not heard about the Brookies. They were raising them for parasite control, they never said they were going to release them to catch.

The article specifically said they will not release them for fishing.