Smart Elk
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From: Stubbleduck
21-Mar-22
Stubbleduck's Link
Interesting review of Elk movments during hunting season.
https://news.byu.edu/intellect/state-funded-byu-study-finds-elk-are-too-smart-for-their-own-good-and-the-good-of-the-state
From: Glunt@work
21-Mar-22
Or they could have just talked to anyone who has hunted elk for a few years.
From: wyobullshooter
21-Mar-22
^^^^ That.
Wonder how much time, money, and resources they spent on this study? Anyone that has any clue whatsoever about elk behavior could have saved them the trouble.
From: wyobullshooter
21-Mar-22
Double post
From: wcook4303
21-Mar-22
Happens with deer in SE Michigan. There is a state recreation area that borders a metro-park where hunting is not allowed. Late September, all the deer seemingly "dissapear" from the state area and "appear" in the metro-park until after the first of the year. Not a new phenomenon in the animal world.
From: Aspen Ghost
21-Mar-22
In another study, BYU scientists discovered that jumping off tall buildings is associated with a high rate of injuries.
From: 6pointbull
21-Mar-22
Its common to see change in behavior, but through the years it has gotten worse in bow season, imho. With all of the camo clad warriors running rampant through the woods blowing their bugles every 5 minutes, the elk learn in a hurry.
From: TODDY
21-Mar-22
I thought this was an ad for a new app. Sounds like it should be anyway....
From: Jaquomo
22-Mar-22
That's ok. Taxpayers have paid for numerous studies to understand why young people who drink alcohol are more likely to have casual hookups. Nobody asked me. Could've saved a lot of money to spend on studies of why cocaine makes monkeys agitated.
From: Mike Ukrainetz
22-Mar-22
This is also how they justified releasing wolves into Yellowstone because they said hunters couldn't manage the elk overpopulation. All they really had to do was let hunters into Yellowstone Park, problem solved, instead wolves wiped out most of the elk forever and Grizzlies will keep the population suppressed.