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Title: Elk herd crossing
Post by: RugerRay on September 23, 2021, 08:12:21 AM

My fiance' took this video while on her way to work Tuesday morning. Pretty dang good sized herd for up here. I wonder if the fires in that area merged a bunch of elk together?

Title: Re: Elk herd crossing
Post by: CedarPants on September 23, 2021, 09:06:42 AM

That's a big group for sure!

Title: Re: Elk herd crossing
Post by: huntnfmly on September 23, 2021, 10:34:38 AM

That’s cool to see thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Elk herd crossing
Post by: Dan-o on September 23, 2021, 11:09:48 AM

 :tup: :tup:

Title: Re: Elk herd crossing
Post by: LDennis24 on September 25, 2021, 09:30:59 AM

Yeah that could definitely be because of the fire near there. There's not even enough cover for a herd that size in that area. They can cover alot of ground in no time though. Never seen elk there before.  :dunno:

Title: Re: Elk herd crossing
Post by: Colby Otto on September 25, 2021, 06:07:49 PM

Quote from: LDennis24 on September 25, 2021, 09:30:59 AM

Yeah that could definitely be because of the fire near there. There's not even enough cover for a herd that size in that area. They can cover alot of ground in no time though. Never seen elk there before.  :dunno:

in 15 years of hunting in north east Washington by collvile we have only seen 3 cow elk cross the road in front of us! :dunno:

Title: Re: Elk herd crossing
Post by: Tracker0721 on September 25, 2021, 09:15:42 PM

Last year driving through there around this time I saw a herd of nearly that size out there in a field just about dusk. Buddy took some pictures as we’ve lived here our whole lives and never seen a herd that big. I’ve seen maybe a dozen as the largest group before that. On Boulder pass 5 years ago or so a heard of 40+ elk were milling about the road. Tons of pictures and a lot of us searched for days and no ones found that herd again in the whole kettle crest. They can cover ground fast!