700 elk to be destroyed as chronic wasting disease precaution

Marksmen will work in the next week and a half to destroy 700 elk in southeastern Minnesota that could have chronic wasting disease.

[ForReal]

There's a tea bagger joke in this headline but I'll try to rise above.

[Wondering]

Is there a way these wonderful animals can be processed for food?

[Overnighter]

B.S. they are just doing this for dam ranchers!

[ForReal]

Wondering wrote:

Is there a way these wonderful animals can be processed for food?

I don't think so. Tea bagger has a bitter after taste.

[Tired of it all]

Where can I sign up to be a shooter. Boy that would be a blast. You could try for the max yardage shots for the fun.

[Tired of it all]

Wondering wrote:

Is there a way these wonderful animals can be processed for food?

Yes and we can feed it to all the chronic lefties in this state, they all ready have wasted minds. So they should be immune to any further damage by tainted meat.

[BigP MN]

Wondering wrote:

Is there a way these wonderful animals can be processed for food?

I would think they could hold onto the meat until the results come back.

[MN Observer]

ForReal wrote:

There's a tea bagger joke in this headline but I'll try to rise above.

How on earth can you make a tea bagger joke out of that headline. The key to a joke is that it must be funny. I don't think you can do it.

[doomster]

I'll bet the DNR can hardly wait to start blasting away. They probably lined up all the local police depts to take part so they can hone their trigger fingers to take out pet dogs the next time they serve a warrent.

[Charles Goodnight]

minnesota farmers should not be trying to raise elk, they don't know enough about the genetics to do this right, hence the diseased herd. minnesota farmers aren't smart enough to raise live stock, they should stick to growing beans and corn. leave ranching to ranchers.

[MN Observer]

Charles Goodnight wrote:

minnesota farmers should not be trying to raise elk, they don't know enough about the genetics to do this right, hence the diseased herd. minnesota farmers aren't smart enough to raise live stock, they should stick to growing beans and corn. leave ranching to ranchers.

I don't really think all of the game farms that have elk herds are run by your typical farmer. I believe they are more likely sportsmen who have some land and wish to get into the elk breeding business. Don't blame Minnesota farmers for this terrible practice.

[Tybalt]

it is a terrible practice. the AG department should outlaw it.

[Smith-N-Wesson]

I wonder of the general public can sign up to shoot. What a wonderful program. Would be nice to include young shooters to introduce them into the hunting sport.

[BigP MN]

Smith-N-Wesson wrote:

I wonder of the general public can sign up to shoot. What a wonderful program. Would be nice to include young shooters to introduce them into the hunting sport.

I'm a hunter and teaching a kid to kill something in a fence isn't hunting. Scouting , tracking & setting up the appropriate blind are a good start. Not loading up the helicopter and starting the slaughter.