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Offline Mike450r

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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2015, 10:56:49 AM »
Those elk down there are swimmers for sure.  I have never seen them in the Columbia but have seen them swimming in Willapa Bay a few times.

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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2015, 11:07:55 AM »
Do they have hollow hair like deer so they float a little better? :dunno:

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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2015, 12:39:20 PM »
Last summer a freind sent me a picture of a 4x4 bull, floating dead 14 miles out of warrenton.

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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2015, 12:46:51 PM »
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Do they have hollow hair like deer so they float a little better?

Yeah they do.

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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #19 on: January 05, 2015, 02:05:10 PM »
How do I get a catch card for those  :chuckle:
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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #20 on: January 05, 2015, 06:20:26 PM »
Seems to me they are wading.  Looking for a little brackish water to help treat their foot rot  :chuckle:

They aren't wading. The deep channels at the bridge are right off the shore. Both ends are green metal spans. These concrete pilings are well out in the river. They are definitely swimming. They'd have to get out a couple miles from shore to get to any bars they might wade on. I know this from many years of gillnetting right there.
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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2015, 06:45:59 PM »
We were dredging in Willapa Bay and the locals workin with us said the elk occasionally swim from Long Beach peninsula to Washaway Beach on the north side and yes they have seen them drown when they dont make it!
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Re: Elk in the Columbia River
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2015, 08:41:32 PM »
Makes me think of a story I heard, or maybe it was an article I read but cant quite remember. Said that there was a collared mt goat that was collared by mt hood then a couple weeks later they couldnt find it. Turned out they found it in Washington. That would be a crazy sight, see a mt goat crossing the columbia.

 


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