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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Go Blue on July 15, 2017, 10:24:11 PM

Title: I was up at Hancock
Post by: Go Blue on July 15, 2017, 10:24:11 PM: Today and seen a couple of herds of elk. One herd had 8 cows in it with one calf. The second herd had 7 cows and had two calves and a spike. I'm thinking I should have seen more calves with these couple herds. Do you guys think that the bears and cougars taking the majority of these calves?

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Title: Re: I was up at Hancock
Post by: Duckslayer89 on July 15, 2017, 11:54:10 PM: Quote from: Go Blue on July 15, 2017, 10:24:11 PM
Today and seen a couple of herds of elk. One heard had 8 cows in it with one calf. The second heard had 7 cows and had two calves and a spike. I'm thinking I should have seen more calves with these couple herds. Do you guys think that the bears and cougars taking the majority of these calves?

Thanks

My buddy found a freshly killed calf up on the bridge gate side the same day he reported seeing two wolves. Said the butt was chewed out that's it. Had pictures I saw them. @n_foggy
Title: Re: I was up at Hancock
Post by: Gringo31 on July 16, 2017, 06:15:09 AM: IMO it's not common to see "herds" of deer or elk in the summer without fawn/calves. The momma's out there are still solitary. It takes time before they bring them into general population. Seems the does bunched up are the "non takers". :twocents:
Title: Re: I was up at Hancock
Post by: CarbonHunter on July 16, 2017, 07:19:11 AM: I was up there yesterday checking my cameras and there is still plenty of calves with the cows. What I've observed is that once the herd sees you coming the calves/fawns bed down out of site, which is real easy to do when the foxgloves, ferns and thistles are 6' tall as they are right now in the clear cuts.