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Title: Elk herd west of Vantage?
Post by: mdbuck5x5 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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Post by: Dan-o 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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Post by: mdbuck5x5 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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Post by: TheHunt 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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Post by: rosscrazyelk 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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Post by: runamuk 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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Post by: royalbull 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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Post by: chukarchaser on April 08, 2012, 10:36:37 PM: Royal bull I remember that, it was on KOMO.
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Post by: PlateauNDN on April 09, 2012, 09:58:46 AM: Quote from: runamuk 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 :)

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :yeah: Hard to maintain the fences when you're whining and dining in New York! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: boneaddict on April 09, 2012, 10:26:01 AM: There every year.
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Post by: Swatson 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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Post by: jstone on April 11, 2012, 07:12:38 PM: Sw them on the way to spokane.
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Post by: huntergreg 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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Post by: jnevs23 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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Post by: MIKEXRAY 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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Post by: buckfvr on April 12, 2012, 07:40:00 AM: The Quilomene herd, been there as long as I can remember....