skyhightree1":ny1d3c24 said:
Kathie in Thorp":ny1d3c24 said:
Filled my elk tag today (damage tag) in our big pasture when about 75 head came through our fence. Had to wait for them to string out a little to get a good shot at one. Probably 2 yrs. cow. One 80-100 yd. shot -- lungs -- with a scoped Ruger 308, 150 gr. Remington Corelock round. Got a pic, but I'm not a good pic poster. Damage tag via neighbors getting their hay stacks torn apart by elk.
Good job.. We have elk in Virginia but haven't heard of them doing damage like that here.
Major issue here, Sky, with elk vs. hay. They've been in and out a few times over the last few months, and weren't doing too much damage out in the hay fields, even with very low temps, until the heavy snow came. Then it got bad, and the stacks got hit. We've got some fence to fix with today's ruckus, but probably won't be the last time this winter, so our cows are staying close to the barn vs. the pasture that borders RR tracks.