Surprising elk sighting

stevie · Oct 5, 2024

Last Tuesday while traveling from my sons’s youth deer hunt we saw a small herd of elk right of the highway in the headlights. One nice 5x5, a spike and about 6 cows.

They were 12 miles North of the City of Rocks on that highway to Mimbres. Did not expect that.

ECHC · Oct 6, 2024

I know a guy from Deming. He says it is becoming more common to see elk that low.

Treefiddy · Oct 6, 2024

Interesting. Didn't an elk cause a fatal accident by running across the I25 by T or C recently too? I would be tripped out if I saw one in either of those places.

Muleman · Oct 7, 2024

They have been in both those places for awhile, they come and go, apparently elk don’t mind the heat

Prime_Beef · Oct 7, 2024

They show up in a lot of unexpected places. We saw these raghorns while antelope hunting between Abbott and Gladstone a few years back.

mozey · Oct 7, 2024

I've seen them down by Dell City. My first thought was they had to be tules, but as time passes, I'm more inclined to think they were rocky mountains. Those things seem to be able to go anywhere.

Mudbull · Oct 7, 2024

Treefiddy said:
Interesting. Didn't an elk cause a fatal accident by running across the I25 by T or C recently too? I would be tripped out if I saw one in either of those places.

I’ve seen them near Percha off I-25

Reuben_Soady · Oct 7, 2024

They prefer to be prairie critters. Only hide in the mountains to get away from people. They hang in the bottom of the Caldera all day if they're not pestered.

NMPaul · Oct 7, 2024

Elk seem to be extremely resilient, to bad mule deer are not.

gburk · Oct 7, 2024

stevie said:
Last Tuesday while traveling from my sons’s youth deer hunt we saw a small herd of elk right of the highway in the headlights. One nice 5x5, a spike and about 6 cows.

They were 12 miles North of the City of Rocks on that highway to Mimbres. Did not expect that.

Yes we’ve seen some randomly in that area at night too.