Bison vs. elk tracks
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From: DonVathome
13-Nov-14
Any tips on how to tell bison vs. elk tracks apart? Not just size, I have a cow bison tag - roughly same size as a bull elk.
From: TurkeyBowMaster
13-Nov-14
Stride length was the only way I could tell bull elk from cattle
From: Coyote 65
13-Nov-14
Bison track look like cattle tracks. Elk tracks look like deer tracks.
Bison and cattle very square with rounded tips. Elk, more elongated and sharper tips.
Terry
From: oldtimer
13-Nov-14
Elk and bison tracks are like night and day
From: Glunt@work
13-Nov-14
Yep, bison look like cattle tracks. Wide and stubby in shape when compared to elk. In soft ground a single track can look almost the same frontwards or backwards.
From: elkstabber
14-Nov-14
Here you go. I drew an archery tag and killed a cow bison on the Kaibab Plateau in AZ (House Rock herd). Here is a photo of her rear foot.
From: elkstabber
14-Nov-14
For your reference also that was an 8-10 year old cow and her weight was estimated at 850-900 pounds. The meat yield was very nearly 500 pounds! (Buffalo typically yield over 50% of their whole weight) In case you are interested I had the horns scored and they netted 79 4/8 P&Y, which is well under the 100" minimum.
Good luck on your hunt. They are an amazing animal to hunt.
From: Jim B
14-Nov-14
Front and rear elk feet.
From: killinstuff
14-Nov-14
Yeah a cow elk and cow bison are not even close in size or foot print. If you kill a bison I hope you have friends with extra space in their freezers cause theres a lot of meat. After 6 months of choking down nothing but buffalo, you'll kill a calf the next time.
From: Bou'bound
15-Nov-14
if you kill a bison with a foot the size of an elk foot you'll enjoy the young calf's meat, but you shot the wrong bison!
From: DonVathome
20-Nov-14
I was guessing a cow bison track would be roughly the same size as a bull elk? They weigh almost the same?
I was hoping they were similar to moooo cows, so that helps, thanks.
From: huntinelk
20-Nov-14
Don,
When are you going out?
