2 elk mistakenly killed in Wisconsin

[ignorethefringes]

A Mukwonago woman has been issued a $6,150 citation for mistakenly killing two elk while deer hunting

The 41-year-old woman was issued a $6,152.50 citation.

www.jsonline.com

A darn shame. At least she was honest about it and the meat was salvaged.

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Did you hear about the road rage poacher

Road rage poacher faces 24 criminal counts, including eight felonies

Report says Montana man gunned down elk when he was forced to slow down

www.gohunt.com

 

[KipCarson]

Wow, I’m glad they did the right thing and maybe I’m being a little too judgmental here but someone somewhere failed this hunter severely along the way. How a hunter Can be hunting solo without knowledge enough to tell the difference between an elk and a Whitetail baffles me. But it seems stories like this aren’t that uncommon, wasn’t there someone in Utah in the last few years who shot a moose thinking it was an elk?

As far as the road rage guy goes, he's obviously extremely unstable and needs to be locked up, next time his gun might not be pointed at elk.

 

[mtmuley]

She mistook elk for deer. In Wisconsin? No excuse for ignorance. As far as the DB in Montana. Hope he gets the book. mtmuley

 

[np307]

The best part of the article is the random "There was no snow on the ground at the time of the shootings." tucked in the middle of it. What on earth does that have to do with the rest of the story?

 

[KipCarson]

@np307 I though the same thing, are they trying to make excuses for her? “It would’ve been easier to tell the difference if those elk were against a white snow background” smh

 

[daltrix99]

Props to her for coming forward and facing the music.

It is a rough look, though, and stirs cynicism in me when it comes to people’s ability to identify their targets. The attitude of ‘I can see antlers, that’s all I need to see, so I’m shooting it’, is scary.

But again, I’m keyboard judging. Hopefully she learned some tough lessons (and an expensive one), and this story will encourage folks to be a little more discerning when it comes to pulling the trigger. Be careful out there.

 

[Doublecluck]

At 50 yards ?? Wtf? I saw what I thought was a world record antelope this year, seemed to good to be true at a grand, lighting, angle, it was bedded, stalked in closer to 600 before I realized it was a lost spike bull in a area I didn’t know there were elk. 50 yards? Wtf..

Could be worse, heard a couple guys from Minnesota shot a llama this year in MT thinking it was a cow elk.. Guy in California years back shot a horse thinking it was a deer , which was especially weird considering it was fork horn or better only.

 

[WyoDoug]

I feel for the lady but you have a duty as a hunter to know your quarry. There is simply no excuse for shooting the wrong species. But I do admire people who admit to their mistakes and own it.

 

[EYJONAS!]

People that grow up in different parts of the country are raised different when it comes to wildlife. In Montana and other western states where we have such a vast difference in wildlife it's almost second nature to us to identify different species and are so used to it that we don't even think twice. Now I haven't sat in the midwest in a tree stand with no snow on the ground before so I can't say what was going through her head but, obviously she made a mistake and reported it so I'll give her some credit. To the fact of her accidentally shooting 2 it happens more times than one thinks. Especially on spikes and cows when it comes to elk.

In regards to the DB from MT he can pack sand and I hope he drops the soap, cause he's just a effn moron.

Merry Christmas

 

[Dave N]

I work with a guy who shot a horse during deer season. It belonged to his mother!

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Stupid is as Stupid does...

 

[rmyoung1]

I work with a guy who shot a horse during deer season. It belonged to his mother!

We had a guy where I grew up who shot a horse, his own. Road up to his elk-hunting spot, dismounted, tied his horse to a tree, walked in a big circle, and smoked his own steed still tied to the tree. I suppose there’s no more dispiriting walk out of the hills than the one where you’re forced to pack out your own saddle.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Who remembers the llama incident in the late 90s or early 2000s.

A guy from New York was involved.

 

[Busyfarmin]

Quite a few years ago a guy shot a horse that he thought was a coyote. It was just a few miles down the road from our place.

 

[mtmuley]

Who remembers the llama incident in the late 90s or early 2000s.

A guy from New York was involved.

Near Great Falls right? mtmuley

 

[ClearCreek]

A guy from Minnesota killed two moose this year in Wyoming thinking they were elk. Got citations for killing the wrong species and party hunting.

ClearCreek

 

[sbhooper]

I really thought that over the last decade, some of this bullshit had ceased-WRONG! This country will never run out of stupid, idiotic morons. There is no excuse for mistaking an elk, moose, or anything else, for a deer. Those shit heads need to be banned for life from ever hunting again. SMDH.

 

[WyoDoug]

I remember as a kid working with my dad and uncle at game and fish check stations. Nearly everyday someone tried to go through with a horse for an elk, domestic cow for moose, elk for deer. It was rare that they worked a day that someone didn't know the species they were hunting. This happens way more frequently than people realize. I think people should have to pass a test as part of the hunter safety requirement to identify proper species and gender of what they are hunting.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Near Great Falls right? mtmuley

Could be and I think he got popped at a game check if i'm not mistaken for shooting a llama he thought was a cow elk.