Saw a few elk

[NitroHunter]

Last week.
I saw three good bulls standing in a yard last Wed. and me and my wife went to the area we went to last Summer.
We got within 40yds of a small herd of 20-25, all cows.
Of course, we left the camera at the house.

[deerslayer11]

I cant wait till they reintroduce them around here.

[BlueNorther]

admin said:

Last week.
I saw three good bulls standing in a yard last Wed. and me and my wife went to the area we went to last Summer.
We got within 40yds of a small herd of 20-25, all cows.
Of course, we left the camera at the house.

Isn't that the way?
Nitro,any idea of the herd size you got in your state?


A few years back me and a pard were out scouting for some fishing access on a creek we wanted to fish.Season wasn't open but it was a nice march day and any excuse to get out of the house works for me.Anyways, we're headed down a trail in his jeep and I see many,many,many spots out in a stubble feild about a mile from us.As it was the trail took us right by that feild and there were no less than 400 elk standing and laying there.While we stood there gawking at them a local rancher pulls in behind us and starts talkin about the elk.Seems we were only seeing half the herd that winters in there.Unfortunately only a select few ever get to hunt this ranch .

[benhuntin]

Man i would love to see some of those around here. Unfortunatly Florida is elkless.
Dont forget your camera next time.

[NitroHunter]

Blue, I would be afraid to even venture a guess, but the herd is doing great.
I've saw pics of some good sized herds in this same area, and we saw several small pockets of elk too far off to count the other day.

Unfortunately, this area is off limits to hunting also.
We're going back soon and I'll try to get a few pics.

[Shorthair]

When did they start the elk program in Ky?

[NitroHunter]

shorthair said:

When did they start the elk program in Ky?

I got this off of the RMEF site. I was thinking it was 98, but apparently it was 97.

In 1996 the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation pledged over $1.4 million to the state of Kentucky’s elk restoration project. On December 18, 1997, seven elk that had been captured in Western Kansas were released at the Cyprus Amax Wildlife Management Area in Eastern Kentucky. This was the first of a series of releases that continued thru the winter of 2002. The plan originally contemplated releasing 1,800 elk at a rate of 200 per year for 9 years across a 15 county restoration zone. The translocations were discontinued in 2002, with just over 1,500 elk having been released at 8 different sites, 500 in the final 12 months of the releases. Since 1997, the Foundation has increased it’s funding of the project to $2,000,000.

The elk have thrived in Kentucky. They are achieving a 90% breeding success rate, and a 92% calf survival rate. The absence of predators, relatively mild Kentucky winters and abundant food sources have not only contributed to the remarkable population growth, but also account for the fact that the Kentucky elk are on average 15% larger than elk found in western states. By July 2000, Kentucky had the largest free ranging, wild elk herd east of Montana.

[thunderstorm]

bluenorther said:

admin said:

Last week.
I saw three good bulls standing in a yard last Wed. and me and my wife went to the area we went to last Summer.
We got within 40yds of a small herd of 20-25, all cows.
Of course, we left the camera at the house.

Isn't that the way?
Nitro,any idea of the herd size you got in your state?


A few years back me and a pard were out scouting for some fishing access on a creek we wanted to fish.Season wasn't open but it was a nice march day and any excuse to get out of the house works for me.Anyways, we're headed down a trail in his jeep and I see many,many,many spots out in a stubble feild about a mile from us.As it was the trail took us right by that feild and there were no less than 400 elk standing and laying there.While we stood there gawking at them a local rancher pulls in behind us and starts talkin about the elk.Seems we were only seeing half the herd that winters in there.Unfortunately only a select few ever get to hunt this ranch .

We are up to about 6,500-7,000 now. We will issue 400 tags for this year's hunt.