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<blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 193846" data-attributes="member: 605">Ghost said,So you would like to know??? Me too. Satellite elk bulls that get pushed out of their home range by dominant bulls will go on a walk about. Can be over 100 miles. My Farmed Elk Ranch has been visited by seven bulls in seven years. I am in E5. If a sportsmen (with a once in a life time tag) is unsuccessful in other units they can hunt E5. It's as simple as putting the word out and wait. Three of the seven were shot by female hunters. I am certified/trained by the State to remove the brain stem and lymph node for CWD testing. Have given it to a Game Warden and he asked what am I supposed to do with this? Of the seven wild elk shot here, the Game and Fish has not been interested in testing one.Just throwing this out there.........what about DNA? By pulling hair could they source their origin? Did they come from the badlands or Montana or South Dakota? That would be a wealth of information how far they travel. I could pull the samples as I'm usually there with a loader tractor helping load and most times the harvested animal goes through my walk-in cooler walk-in freezer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fritz the Cat, post: 193846, member: 605"] Ghost said, So you would like to know??? Me too. Satellite elk bulls that get pushed out of their home range by dominant bulls will go on a walk about. Can be over 100 miles. My Farmed Elk Ranch has been visited by seven bulls in seven years. I am in E5. If a sportsmen (with a once in a life time tag) is unsuccessful in other units they can hunt E5. It's as simple as putting the word out and wait. Three of the seven were shot by female hunters. I am certified/trained by the State to remove the brain stem and lymph node for CWD testing. Have given it to a Game Warden and he asked what am I supposed to do with this? Of the seven wild elk shot here, the Game and Fish has not been interested in testing one. Just throwing this out there.........what about DNA? By pulling hair could they source their origin? Did they come from the badlands or Montana or South Dakota? That would be a wealth of information how far they travel. I could pull the samples as I'm usually there with a loader tractor helping load and most times the harvested animal goes through my walk-in cooler walk-in freezer. [/QUOTE]

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