Kentucky elk season pictures

Craig · Oct 9, 2006

Looks like the elk herd is growing ang there were some nice bulls taken.

http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32665

derquhart · Oct 9, 2006

Hmm...Look at those crowds gathered around. Doesn't seem like too many people around there see elk. Its as if someone shot a bigfoot!

DallanC · Oct 9, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Oct-09-06 AT 03:41PM (MST)[p]>Looks like the elk herd is
>growing ang there were some
>nice bulls taken.
>
>http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32665

I lived in Kentucky for a short time, it would be damn hard hunting outside of the rut LOL! I got in a major argument with a deer hunter there once, he absolutely 100% believed a rifle could not shoot beyond 200 yards, his average shot on deer was less than 50 yards... his longest ever shot with his rifle was under 75 yards. This guy was in his 60's had shot hundreds of deer too. I wish I had my .22-250 with me to knock a popcan off a fence post at 200, coulda won some serious cash

Its a crazy thick forest there with brush and vines growing all over. I remember visiting a really cool rustic lodge deep in the mountains south of Ashland, it was on a very beautiful lake. They had an incredibly old elk head mounted above the fireplace, I asked where it came from and the guy said "right in these mountains... over 100 years ago". Really cool to know the elk are back and thriving.

Side note the word Kentucky means "Dark and bloody ground". I've read it was one of the only "states" that didnt have a native indian tribe due to them believing it was haunted due to some massive battle hundreds of years before (hence the origin of the name).

-DallanC

fletch · Oct 9, 2006

Dallanc, thanks for the history that is interesting...all of those nice animals right in the Walmart parking lot! all of them are whole...

JACKELOPE · Oct 9, 2006

before i moved to washington, i didn't know rifles shot more than 75yds either LOL. i lived in upstate new york. didn't know what quartering an animal meant till i moved out here.
thats cool that those elk are doing well.

HEEFMAN · Oct 9, 2006

Need to find me a Walmart like that one. Looks like they were having a sale on branched antlered bulls. Oh, camo must have been on sale, too.

ridgerunner · Oct 9, 2006

I hope to find a bull like that in WA come another couple of weeks, there were some dandies in there.

Tinman · Oct 9, 2006

It seems wierd to me that all of those bulls are whole. I have been on alot of bull kills and to get one to the truck whole is a rare occurance. Sure it has happened, but more often than not we are forced to bone the meat or quarter it up. Or maybe I just do it the hard way? Do the elk in KY live in a fairly accessable spot where they can be driven up to? Whats the deal?

DonVathome · Oct 9, 2006

Hunting elk in KY or PA for that matter is not like out west, roads are often close and ATV's allowed. Success is also 90%-100% of trophy bulls.

I hope to pull a tag one day, if I do I want to take the state record with bow, reasonable chance with only a handful of elk being taken with bow.

Did you know PA has the same number of B&C elk has Idaho since 2000? Not bad (for PA) considering Idaho issues 1000X as many bull tags!

kingfish · Oct 10, 2006

I bet all those folks are related in one way or another. My wife is from Kentucky and one of my best friends is from Kentucky. He tried to tell me years ago that we had mule tails in this state??(mule deer) I almost wet myself laughing!!!! Only in Kentucky would an elk hunter dump his dead elk in a Wal-Mart parking lot!!!!LMAO.......

Chef · Oct 10, 2006

There sure are some dandy bulls in there that's for sure.
Cool. I had no idea.

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"

antlerrick · Oct 10, 2006

Bet that is going to be some goooood eatin?
Laying out in the parking lot, unskinned, for the afternoon show off session!!
There are some good bulls there, though..

DallanC · Oct 10, 2006

>Only in Kentucky would
>an elk hunter dump his
>dead elk in a Wal-Mart
>parking lot!!!!LMAO.......

They regulate hunting ALOT more than out west... once you kill something you HAVE to get it checked by the F&G officers. Its obvious they set up their checking "station" in the walmart parking lot. You cannot take an elk home after killing it unless you have it checked at the station. Whats interesting is how many people killed their elk on the same day to have so many show up at the same time.

-DallanC

predator · Oct 10, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Oct-10-06 AT 10:43AM (MST)[p]And us Utards can take pride in the fact that most of the herds reintroduced in KY came from.....Yep, Utah.

I was with some folks that took the KY biologists ice-fishing on Pineview. Poor guys couldn't relax enough to fish; everytime the ice popped, it was all we could do to keep them from running off the lake.

They did agree that fresh-caught perch is mighty tasty fried in butter right on the ice!

kingfish · Oct 10, 2006

Hey Lisa, Good to hear from you. How is your season going so far?

toohotky · Oct 10, 2006

I live in Kentucky and the elk herd is still growing. There are only about ten counties in which they are found. This year there were 200 tags available. The elk have been reitroduced in reclaimed coal strip mine ground, that's why they are easily removed whole. Also, the F&W department are still evaluating the herd, they want the weight on hoof and various other measurements. And for the Wal-Mart check in, that only pertains to the elk, all other species are done over the phone.