ELK CALF CAPTURE
Item Number: 141
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
A rare opportunity awaits TWO PHYSICALLY FIT PERSONS to become involved in a ground search for newborn elk calves. Join a team of Idaho Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologists as they search and capture elk calves by hand, take body measurements and fit calves with an expandable radio-collar. The collared calves will be used to monitor the annual survival and seasonal movements of elk summering in Unit 61 around Idaho's Henry's Lake. This is a TWO DAY/ONE OVERNIGHT trip. Overnight accommodations include dinner, breakfast and a backpack lunch. Winning bidders will be hiking long distances in remote, rugged bear country (grizzly and black bear) with a lot of mosquitoes. Bidders need field clothing, hiking boots, raingear, sleeping bags and insect repellent. Winners will provide transportation to Island Park, Idaho. TRIP TAKES PLACE MAY 29 through JUNE 15, 2009.
Special Instructions
Winning bidders must be in good-excellent physical condition and be willing to work long days. Trip dates are non-negotiable.
Winning bidders will be contacted by Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation office staff.
PLEASE NOTE: An additional charge of 3.45% credit card fee, plus 35 cents per transaction will be applied to the winning bid price of each item. A 6% Idaho Sales Tax will be added to the final bid price for all land-based trips, quilt and framed prints. For all navigable water-based trips, no sales tax will be charged due to Federal law. All sales are final.