Re: Wisconsin Elk
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12/27/17 06:36 AM
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It took around 100 years for PA's elk herd to reach a huntable population. Unlike KY we didn't drop 1500 elk on the ground in a very short period of time. Ours were brought here from out west, Michigan and an elk farm in the early 1900's. There are groups of elk in and around the town of Bennezette that are extremely habituated to humans. Everyone looks at those elk and thinks all of PA's are the same. They couldn't be further from the truth. There's a small herd near me that not many realize are there. These elk are really good at avoiding people. I've only ever caught them with a spotlight once and accidentally came upon the twice while hunting crows near the one farm.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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12/27/17 02:34 PM
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Start a season and the agricultural community acceptance of the elk will skyrocket. It is about value. Until then, they will only see the cost.
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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02/25/18 01:28 AM
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Can't be putting all these elk researchers out of work can we.
Talk about a waste of money. Same as with marten research.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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02/25/18 08:17 AM
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Can't be putting all these elk researchers out of work can we.
Talk about a waste of money. Same as with marten research. X2
Enjoy Mother Nature's Glory, everyday!
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/12/18 12:20 PM
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I received an email yesterday stating that Wisconsin recently released 31 new elk into the Flambeau River State Forest. This should help keep our ever growing wolf population fed for another year or two. I'd guess that's why the MNDNR is so hesitant about introducing elk into NE MN too. They claim they have to do more research on whether the habitat is suitable or not. I can help them out on that......IT'S NOT! TOO MANY WOLVES! They are afraid to stand up to the animal rights activists. Guess they aren't smart enough to understand that it's the fisherman, hunters, trappers, etc. dollars that make it possible for them to have a job, not the animal rights people.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/12/18 02:19 PM
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Don’t the natives already harvest them without needing a permit? Yes, I read a year or 2 ago they shot a spike for some kind of ritual. Probably at night in the car headlights.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/12/18 03:08 PM
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Don’t the natives already harvest them without needing a permit? Yes, I read a year or 2 ago they shot a spike for some kind of ritual. Probably at night in the car headlights. True. Nobody was cited.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/12/18 03:15 PM
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Don’t the natives already harvest them without needing a permit? Yes, I read a year or 2 ago they shot a spike for some kind of ritual. Probably at night in the car headlights. Yeh, they're great conservationists. Just ask em.
I don't care how nice the hand soap smells, you should never walk out of the restroom sniffing your fingers.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/12/18 08:11 PM
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I see the signs around Millston of the elk but have yet to see one!
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/12/18 09:17 PM
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Elk were one of the wider spread species in North America pre-European arrival. Southern Michigan's wall-to-wall hardwood forests were full of them, as were most of the eastern states. Elk were also found in the open prairie, but were also found in the mountains...coast to coast. We didn't "chase them to the mountains" as has been posted, the ones in the remote mountains were just the last ones left after the white folks shot all the ones in the east. They shot off all the easily accessible ones in the west too. Buffalo (Bison) were also found in large numbers in the eastern woodlands. They didn't last as long as the elk....too tasty, big, and easy to find for their own good. Ky and Pa had gobs of them, but only briefly after Europeans and their guns arrived. It sure would have been something to see.
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Re: Wisconsin Elk
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04/13/18 10:17 AM
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There is a head of a big bull elk in the Mcdonough County Courthouse with a plaque under it saying it was the last wild elk killed in Illinois. I forget the date but I think it was in the 40's It has the newspaper article with it telling how the sheriff shot it because it was eating someone's corn. There is an interesting article in a book called the history of Perry Co Pa about buffalo stampeding and killing people
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