Bull elk on Whidbey Island

[Stalker]

"I thought that I just read an article about a guy who accidentally shot an elk while deer hunting back east and it wasn't a problem because elk were not suppose to be in the state and there was no season for them." 

I believe what you are referring to here happens in W. VA with the elk that have been reintroduced into Kentucky. The animals cross state lines and they are killed because of W. VAs position on them. I think that position is idiotic and W. VA should participate in the expansion of the KY herd since elk did roam those lands in the past.

It would be great if WDFW would bring a few cows here to WI to keep this guy company. They should also take some and put on the other islands so in the future when the herds are decimated by the predator population they can return them to the east side.

[wapiti22]

That's cool!  I own 6 acres of land on Strawberry Point on the island.  I need to go visit my property this weekend.

[Toptwo]

"It is likely that it came from the North Cascade herd found along the Skagit River. According to one 2002 report from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, that herd peaked at 1,700 in 1984 yet sharply declined to about 300 by 2002...."


Hmmm....now I wonder what could have happened to those 1400 elk.... 

[James]

They are protecting him now, but that attitude will quickly change if he establishes a herd there.  I love elk, but would HATE to have to deal with them every day on my property especially if I had agricultural land to farm.  They are horrible pests and destroy everything.

[ICEMAN]

Obviously crossed over on a land bridge during the last ice age.