New neighbor...
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From: writer
08-Dec-20
Guy who hunts the property south of us had this guy walk into a food plot a few days ago. He assures me it’s been on our side of the fence, too. He’s been in the area, east of Topeka, since late summer 2019.
From: t-roy
08-Dec-20
That would get your ticker going, getting glimpses of that guy walking through the brush towards you in your deer stand!
From: Trebarker
08-Dec-20
I would fall out of the tree!
From: cherney12
08-Dec-20
Man, didn’t know Fish and Game was stocking them, too
From: writer
08-Dec-20
Pic didn’t come through well, besides being sideways. Has a nice drop tine.
From: crestedbutte
08-Dec-20
You or him gonna buy a statewide elk permit and make a go at him or leave him be and hope no one else shoots him? Who knows maybe a small huntable herd established there someday?
From: sitO
08-Dec-20
I saw the drop, and we could start a "Go Elk Fund Me" campaign for your tag MP!
From: writer
08-Dec-20
The elk permit would probably be cheaper than the corn bill if I’m going to compete with that neighbor. He said he won’t shoot the bull but isn’t happy unless he has every deer in the county. Now I know why our deer numbers have tanked, after going across the fence for a visit.
Guess the bull is kind of a celebrity with locals...they’ve named him, put food out for him., two little girls consider it “their elk.”
I better pass. I’ve already found better homes for my elk mounts, anyway.
From: writer
08-Dec-20
The elk permit would probably be cheaper than the corn bill if I’m going to compete with that neighbor. He said he won’t shoot the bull but isn’t happy unless he has every deer in the county. Now I know why our deer numbers have tanked, after going across the fence for a visit.
Guess the bull is kind of a celebrity with locals...they’ve named him, put food out for him., two little girls consider it “their elk.”
I better pass. I’ve already found better homes for my elk mounts, anyway.
From: Thornton
08-Dec-20
I posted a pic on my semi live thread a while back. My friend's hunting buddy owns one of the farm's he is frequenting.
From: kscowboy
09-Dec-20
Buddy in the area had this on his trail cam, Mike. Definitely the same bull back in mid-October.
From: writer
09-Dec-20
There are a quite a few relatively small tracts of property in that area. Kind of surprised he didn’t end up in our soybean field. He must be be feeding in others to the south and east.
From: One Arrow
09-Dec-20
Any cows in the area?
From: One Arrow
09-Dec-20
Any cows in the area?
From: One Arrow
09-Dec-20
Any cows in the area?
From: writer
09-Dec-20
Know of no other elk in the area, if that’s your question.
KDWPT shot an elk near a buddies ranch this week. It had an ear tag so needed to be tested.
From: Kansan
10-Dec-20
Sure makes a guy wonder how many elk are actually wandering around in our state. It seems that there’s more and more sightings every year. More elk, or more trail cameras?
From: TwoDogs@work
10-Dec-20
Elk are occasionally seen here in Chasse County. I have seen elk three times. It has been quite a few years since I saw one. One year in Turkey season I saw two cows. They were probably escapees/releases from an elk farm less than 10 miles away as they were wearing collars. Two other times I saw lone cows in another part of the county. There was a bull that was around for a couple of years North of Matfield Green. It would spend time hanging around cattle. One rancher told me that it was aggressive when he was feeding his cows during the winter. He had to shoot a shotgun into the ground in front of it a couple of times to get it to behave. His dropped antler was found in wheat field that spring.
From: Thornton
17-Dec-20
Looks like he is getting popular. Hopefully this will keep him from getting shot.
From: Dale06
18-Dec-20
I had a spike elk on my game cam in Ness county a couple years ago. Neighbor had a 5x5 on his camera during same time period.
From: sitO
18-Dec-20
September '06, Sharon KS
