Grizzly to move out of Pa.

The elk are amazing animals and the new visitor center in Benezette is well worth a trip, esp as the hills display the inevitable fall colors. Just be SO careful driving. They seem to not have the same suicidal mentality as deer and do not race out into the road, but any collision would not go well for anyone.
And i have always thought, esp after seeing them in person, "Thank god they are not carnivores!"

schnewj said:

What always amazed me, is that every year someone hunting in Elk County PA always managed to shoot an Elk by mistake. How can you mistake an Elk for a white tail? As our buddy Stick would say, citidiots!

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are they protected or just for display in Elk County???
or...
what am I missing???....

Stick486 said:

are they protected or just for display in Elk County???
or...
what am I missing???....

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For years the herd was small and it was illegal to hunt them. I believe that there is now a limited hunt for them. Elk county was the primary area where the herd was located.

You of all people know that an Elk can not be mistaken for a whitetail. Yet, some idiot would shoot one "by mistake" every deer season.

Stopped in Jasper, Alberta late one night for something to eat and walked within 5 feet of a 5 or 6 point bull elk and his 3 cow harem bedded down for a rest. We kept an eye on each other and it went well. Quite a few people have died up here hitting moose. The most dangerous critter on the roads. Moose don't have the reflective disc in the back of their eye like deer so its black animal on black pavement in the dark. If you are driving a small car you might go under them. With a pickup they wind up in your lap.

I have never mistaken an elk for a deer but I have mistaken a few deer for elk from a distance. The deer up in the north have to have a large body mass to survive the cold so they sometimes get to about 350 pounds with massive racks on them.

schnewj said:

For years the herd was small and it was illegal to hunt them. I believe that there is now a limited hunt for them. Elk county was the primary area where the herd was located.

You of all people know that an Elk can not be mistaken for a whitetail. Yet, some idiot would shoot one "by mistake" every deer season.

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same happens to horses and cows....
every year...

Do the male donkeys grow antlers?

HJ

Long time since I've seen a Unibabit. They're pretty rare in this neck of the woods.

HJ

honesttjohn said:

Long time since I've seen a Unibabit. They're pretty rare in this neck of the woods.

HJ

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that might have been the one ya saw...

Don't make any special trips to the PA store. And, leave that 10% off coupon at home. The coupon will not be honored and everything remaining in the showroom is 10% off the regular price.

Thrifty Tool Guy said:

Don't make any special trips to the PA store. And, leave that 10% off coupon at home. The coupon will not be honored and everything remaining in the showroom is 10% off the regular price.

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yep, have to admit, sorely disappointing finding the hype was misleading.

Welp, got my truck back, they did a great job, all early indications are the bandsaw is everything I had hoped it would be and the community appears to be back on track..

Hell, I got no complaints

Wouldn't do ya no good to complain because nobody would listen if you catch my drift. >