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    Elk calf project

    perfectly fine to shoot a collared animal just give us back the collar!
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    Elk calf project

    Its a 10 year study that started around 3 years ago. There are a number of projects under the umbrella of the study....calf survival/fecundity, habitat selection and usage, behavioral observations etc comparing elk in wolf areas to non-wolf areas among others. Since many of the studies are for...
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    Elk calf project

    great question! Yes its a material that stretches with the calf and breaks away after a few months.
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    Elk calf project

    Haven't posted any of the wildlife projects lately, there have been quite a few this year... deer CWD testing/tonsil biopsy, desert sheep capture and relocation, adult elk and antelope capture and gps collar, even darted an injured pregnant Mexican Gray wolf from the helicopter (please keep wolf...
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    What is the ultimate outdoor job?

    I was a really average student in high school Or it could be my son's job, videographer for KUIU and some outdoor companies. this year he has filmed in the Artic (archery polar bear), New Zealand for stag, tahr and chamois and Alaska twice for bear hunts. Will spend the summer on sheep hunts in...
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    What is the ultimate outdoor job?

    pretty sure it's mine , contract wildlife veterinarian for government and tribal organizations.
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    If we are on that side it depends on what trails (if any) have been cleared. Have gone in from Walker Flats, Santa Barbara, Trampas etc. We carry a 5' two-man saw over one of the mules and everybody has a good saw on their saddle. Last year we planned for a 4-5 hour ride from SB and it turned...
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    This particular day we did a 30 mile loop, long ride for that kind of country. It turned my gluteus maximus into my gluteus-hurt-the-maximus .
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Finished work in the Pecos yesterday, on to the Latir wilderness in a couple of weeks
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    Horses: Backcountry trip

    we feed 5- 10# cubes/day /animal (not soaked) depending on available graze and workload. When we get to camp and the stock has cooled down, had a drink, the Horses are hobbled, one wears a bell, the mules follow along and the stock is allowed to graze for whatever time period we set then are...
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    OK thank you Oak, glad you are on the job!
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Point well taken Oak and I agree with the potential conflict. We haven't experienced huge congregations of bighorn sheep at any one salt site perhaps because of multiple locations. Another advantage to our sites is when the herd reaches a carrying capacity we put a drop net over a salt site...
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Elk didn't mind the horses either, we ended up riding right up to them
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Not all fun and games, Mad mules in a rain/hail/thunder and lightning storm for an hour
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Here is a "birds/horses eye" view. They weren't too concerned, about 40 yards away
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    well its trace mineralized salt, we think it helps with immunity/health especially at altitude where minerals get leached out by the snow
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    I have to admit I have a great job

    Second trip of the year packing salt to bighorn sheep for the game dept. Put 600 pounds out yesterday on a 23 mile day-ride. Will put out around 2500 pounds at various sites in several wilderness areas.
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    elk capture

    yep , cross oryx wrestling off the bucket list
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    elk capture

    I like big butts I cannot lie.......
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    elk capture

    Hi Hank, I am a veterinarian and have been contracted by the game dept since 1992. You are right though I have contracted projects for RMEF ( elk capture in NM moving to Kentucky), NPS and DOD ( Oryx at White Sands), many different universities ( on this elk project NMSU and Texas Tech were...
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