Guy Miner
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- Apr 6, 2006
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My wife and I spent a few nice days on the Oregon coast. The weather was wonderful! At home it's been 95 - 105 degrees. On the coast it was 50's and 60's, a little drizzling rain followed by a lot of sunshine. MUCH cooler.
We did some wandering around and returned to a favorite place, the Deane Creek wildlife viewing area a few miles inland from Reedsport. Often a herd of Roosevelt elk can be found there, and we saw a couple of dozen. I think this fellow was the biggest we saw. He was busy keeping the little herd together. Anytime a cow would wander off, he was hot after her, herding her back to the others.
Once I thought he and another, slightly smaller, bull were going to square off and fight, but... The smaller bull suddenly seemed to be more interested in grazing and slowly moved away. :grin:
Roosevelt elk are interesting. I've never hunted them. I've read that the bulls can grow to 1,200 pounds! But they rarely have the large spreading racks common to Rocky Mountain elk. Often the Rosie bull displays a more compact rack, sometimes very thick. This seemed to be a relatively young bull, but still, the biggest that we saw.
The Deane Creek wildlife viewing area is a paved place to pull off the road, with a sheltered area that's nice in wet weather. Normally we find at least a dozen elk in view. They're wild elk and can just wander away if they'd like. Trespassing out in the open area is prohibited.
Regards, Guy
We did some wandering around and returned to a favorite place, the Deane Creek wildlife viewing area a few miles inland from Reedsport. Often a herd of Roosevelt elk can be found there, and we saw a couple of dozen. I think this fellow was the biggest we saw. He was busy keeping the little herd together. Anytime a cow would wander off, he was hot after her, herding her back to the others.
Once I thought he and another, slightly smaller, bull were going to square off and fight, but... The smaller bull suddenly seemed to be more interested in grazing and slowly moved away. :grin:
Roosevelt elk are interesting. I've never hunted them. I've read that the bulls can grow to 1,200 pounds! But they rarely have the large spreading racks common to Rocky Mountain elk. Often the Rosie bull displays a more compact rack, sometimes very thick. This seemed to be a relatively young bull, but still, the biggest that we saw.
The Deane Creek wildlife viewing area is a paved place to pull off the road, with a sheltered area that's nice in wet weather. Normally we find at least a dozen elk in view. They're wild elk and can just wander away if they'd like. Trespassing out in the open area is prohibited.
Regards, Guy
