I think we may discover, eventually, that the so-called "hunt" took place on private property... the owner of which had not given permission. In fact, the owner may hve expressly forbibben these people from tresspassing on her property.

When they wound up taking the elk on her property she called all the enforcement help she could reach, including Port Gamble S'Klallam. No one else showed up but them.

Not at all sure they should have taken 2 hours to sort it out but we may discover the answer to that problem as well.

I am not a hunter but just what about the conditions, that were so well captured in photos by the reporter, resemble a real "hunt" anyway? If anyone is familiar with this location it is a small piece of land between the highway and the shoreline of Hood Canal. These elk wil graze this patch of land several times a year. Every time they do a line of cars pulls over and the lookie-lou's and touristies all get out and a line of vehicles forms along the highway.

These animals essentially became trpaped between the growing human/vehicle wall and the shoreline. The phots showed several elk standing in saltwater, cowering on the edge of the area they had to move around in. Even after the "hunt" took place the animals were still pressed up against the shoreline and trying to get out of there... to no avail. The area they can move around in is probably about the size of a football field. This was the condition that existed. What about this resembles a fair hunt in anyone's mind?

No way does this get confused with what the officers did or didn't do... but what the hell were these guys doing "harvesting" wild game like it was a beef cow in the pasture?