Elk in Durham?

Twoducks · Jul 22, 2020

I I was told that this was Hit by a car just south of Butte College overpass on Monday or Tuesday I heard they think it came down the feather river to the valley

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Calbuck · Jul 23, 2020

If I remember correctly, there is or was an exotic animal farm off of Hwy 99 and the hwy that cuts over to Oroville..maybe they had a runaway?

Blacktailslayer · Jul 23, 2020

Yes, its true. I know one of the officers who responded. Lady who ht it said it was a deer lol big damn deer!

Fish & Wildlife said it was a Rocky MTN not tule bull.

Homer · Jul 23, 2020

Blacktailslayer said:
Yes, its true. I know one of the officers who responded. Lady who ht it said it was a deer lol big damn deer!

Fish & Wildlife said it was a Rocky MTN not tule bull.

curious how they determined that....

Hoythunter · Jul 23, 2020

Possible. Drew A11 this year. They have signs posted around Antelope lake that thete is elk in the area

mod700 · Jul 23, 2020

Local warden is testing DNA to see if its from the Humbug valley heard …
Mike

Homer · Jul 23, 2020

that's about all they could do....because DNA c

mod700 said:
Local warden is testing DNA to see if its from the Humbug valley heard …
Mike

that's about all they can do.....DNA will not determine differences between Tule, Rocky or Roosevelt....

Homer · Jul 23, 2020

Rough on the car tooo

YBO · Jul 24, 2020

Homer, rumor has it that it is a red stag. Evidently migrated up from the Argentina Plateaus. Elk herds are expanding throughout the north state. Roosevelts are approaching the eastern Coast Range foothills and Tule have been seen between Corning and Red Bluff. Another nail in the coffin for our struggling deer herds.

Moe · Jul 24, 2020

If a lion or wolf doesn't eat em, somebody runs em over. Saw a ded cow elk 3 weeks ago just up frm the Oroville Bridge. Hit by a car. Looked smaller like a tule? Maybe rockys frm squaw valley or Antelope area. Long ways tho.

Ryanbauman23 · Jul 29, 2020

My guess is it came down from Humbug Valley, really isn't all that far. I would be a suprise to see him standing in the middle of highway 90 though.

mod700 · Jul 29, 2020

Ryanbauman23 said:
My guess is it came down from Humbug Valley, really isn't all that far. I would be a suprise to see him standing in the middle of highway 90 though.

About 43 miles as the bullet flies... not that far for a elk to cover, anybody who has hunted them knows how those things can cover ground... its a shame the way it ended for him.
Mike

Ryanbauman23 · Jul 29, 2020

mod700 said:
About 43 miles as the bullet flies... not that far for a elk to cover, anybody who has hunted them knows how those things can cover ground... its a shame the way it ended for him.
Mike

It is a shame. I haven't seen one up there yet but I sure would like to.