[JRinKY]

We had a couple Elk Cows out in the field with the Regular cows today. Judy Brown spotted them First...said "You've got a Cow out in the Road." Then. "NO its Deer....then I don't know What they Are."
(She never saw an Elk before.)

These photos are about a hunert yards away....She took them because My phone was on Update.
They were practically in my yard at first.

 

[MRC]

Wait till the whole herd finds out you have hay bales!!!

 

[George Foster]

When I read the title, I thought it was Dean that you were posting for. Very Neat! As Mike said you will probably have regular visitors now.

 

[george in KY]

Awesome!!!

 

[FBecigneul]

I didn’t know elk frequented that neck of the woods.

 

[Doug Roberts]

Didn't they transplant some elk into KY several years ago? Seems I heard that was pretty successful.

 

[JRinKY]

Didn't they transplant some elk into KY several years ago? Seems I heard that was pretty successful.

Maybe 20 or more years ago to Far Eastern Kentucky. They have done well and there is an Elk hunting season every year. Donald Trump Jr. Is a big hunter and shooter and he hunts on private land here and has killed at least 2. State Wildlife folks trapped and caught several and sent them to Virginia...and about 6 months ago turned some loose in McQueary County down by Sam Koger and the Tennessee line.
So.
Guess we got Bear, Elk and all we need now is Wild Hawgs, which are 30 miles to th West of here.
Elk roam a lot and may be 10 miles away by now.

 

[FBecigneul]

Turkeys I think have been the most successful transplants. They don’t even put them in the cities and they flourish there. Next, I think, is elk. They moved some into central Michigan and maybe even by Skruske and they are doing well around Roscommon.

 

[45tajjat45]

Fast shutter speed. Or izzit diff now w electronicals w cameras?

 

[Dean in Colo.]

You should have gone out there and chased them off JR, that way you could have something to do for the rest of the day... fix the fence they tore down!!!
They seem to forget they can jump when running from something!

 

[Kentucky Fisherman]

You should have gone out there and chased them off JR, that way you could have something to do for the rest of the day... fix the fence they tore down!!!
They seem to forget they can jump when running from something!

Hmmm, in the past, Kentucky farmers who could prove (?) crop damage from deer could get what they called depradation tags from Fish & Game to kill extra deer on their property. Don't remember if that was just during regular hunting seasons, but I think so. Don't see why the same shouldn't apply to elk, although with our crooked F&G and the rigged elk tag lottery, I have a feeling they won't issue a crop depradation tag involving elk. They'll just tell the poor farmer to suck it up. JR should call and ask that question. Find out what the requirements are.

 

[JRinKY]

You should have gone out there and chased them off JR, that way you could have something to do for the rest of the day... fix the fence they tore down!!!
They seem to forget they can jump when running from something!

I thought it Odd the way they approached a fence. They eyed it up and down for at least 30 seconds. First one made a half hearted sideways leap, and got halfway over. It flopped about a bit and finally made it without tearing the fence down.
No hurry, just ambled across the field.
These two have been spotted In the county a few times the past few weeks.
Years ago, they wouldn't have lasted 2 days

 

[charlie sterner]

They taste good as beef JR. May need a Lil more than a 204 to bring one down though, less ya head shot one.

 

[lightman]

I bet that was an exciting sight! They transplanted some here in the mountains in the northern part of the State a few years ago. But I think the locals kept them thinned out.

 

[george in KY]

If im not mistaken it legal to take elk at anytime when out of the elk zoned area
You are way out of the area...there's no elk season per se only a drawed hunt.

 

[hedgehoghunter]

Excellent sausage just saying.

 

[Doug Roberts]

Many years ago, large party of p doggers in SD. The outfitter’s wife fixed an elk roast and a buffalo roast for dinner. The elk was very good and WAY better than the buffalo.

 

[Kentucky Fisherman]

As long as the topic is eating elk, my maternal grandmother, who was in her 70s or 80s at the time, was known as the Hot Tamale Queen of Paducah, KY. She got a call one day from a local guy who had been out West and brought home a bunch of elk meat. So, he asked Granny if she'd make up a bunch of tamales using his elk meat. "No problem," says Granny. She said it was real good meat and she thought it tasted very slightly sweet.