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Elk herd west of Vantage?
« on: April 08, 2012, 07:42:32 PM »
So I travel for work every weekend and for the 3rd straight week I have seen this herd that has 300/400 head maybe more just guessing, west of Vantage on the north side of I-90 near the big windmills! All the years and numerous trips thru there I've never seen this herd J ust curious has anybody else been seeing them and does anybody know what herd that is?

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 07:56:14 PM »
That is very traditional winter ground for elk out of the Colockum area.    I think they are more often North of the old Vantage highway, but I know I've seen them in there quite a bit, too.
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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 08:02:15 PM »
Ok i see...thanks for the info Dan-o! Pretty cool to drive by and see that many elk together!

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 08:06:13 PM »
I have seen them too when I took my son back to WSU.  I figured at least 150 head of elk. 
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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 08:44:37 PM »
I have seen them off and on over the years. Even in the median
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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 08:52:50 PM »
Those are Colockums pet bulls  :chuckle: all of em....and all gonna be 350 class or better....they must of escaped his pens :)

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2012, 09:35:45 PM »
years ago the were shooting them with some type of net gun from a helicopter, they were showing it live on the news , had some type of malfunction and it did not explode the net until it hit a cow in the back of the head dropped her dead in her tracks

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2012, 10:36:37 PM »
Royal bull I remember that, it was on KOMO. 

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2012, 09:58:46 AM »
Those are Colockums pet bulls  :chuckle: all of em....and all gonna be 350 class or better....they must of escaped his pens :)

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2012, 10:26:01 AM »
There every year.

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, 11:02:32 AM »
Just saw them on on Thursday afternoon.  They were on top of the hill on the south side of 90.

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2012, 07:12:38 PM »
Sw them on the way to spokane.

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2012, 07:53:31 PM »
They have been there for awhile now. A few weeks ago there was 2 really nice bulls in the herd.  :tup:

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2012, 10:09:13 PM »
I saw them 2 weekends ago.  I saw around 40 but im sure there were more on top of the hill.  I was heading east and they were on the left side about 1/4 the way down the hill.

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2012, 06:59:40 AM »
I drove to Spokane last week & there were three elk in the median at Vantage just as I started heading down the hill.  A cow & two smaller elk and it looked like they were running around playing.  Cool to see. Mike

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Re: Elk herd west of Vantage?
« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2012, 07:40:00 AM »
The Quilomene herd, been there as long as I can remember....

 


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