Yukon Elk

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This elk is an absolute freak, it is so big. Apparently it is from an elk herd transplanted to the Yukon from Yellowstone back about 1978; I think the Yukon and Yellowstone did a bison-for-elk swap?

I cannot access Photobucket at work, where I received this pic url address, so I posted it here in 2 formats, and don't know if it works.


If these do not work I will check back tomorrow and see if I can download the pics then.



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Beautiful Elk! What did you take him down with? How far did you have to track him?(if at all). Let's hear a little about the adventure! Congrats!
 
No, no, I didn't shoot that! My buddy, Sheldon sent me that pic.
From what I gather, the elk is the result of a herd of animals transplanted into the Yukon from Yellowstone Park back about 1978 or so. This is the first year the Yukon has allowed a hunt for those elk.

The story is that the elk was shot by a hunting guide, so I'm guessing this guy has been seeing those elk for years and knew right where to go as soon as tags were for sale.

That thing scores something like 451 B&C (I think non-typical), which is high in the record book.
 
Sweet bull for sure. Now as a Yukon reisident you have another great species to hunt.

Be like the elk planted near the Peace River years ago (20y). NOw they are really flourishing.

I heard yesterday that a very large bull elk was taken NW of Peace River with a bow. Suppose to go #2 in Alberta is the rumor. I have friends trying to get moire info and possible pics.
 
No these are not farmed elk,but they have never been hunted.We had our first permit draw for a couple bulls this year.
 
Demonical said:
No, no, I didn't shoot that! My buddy, Sheldon sent me that pic.
From what I gather, the elk is the result of a herd of animals transplanted into the Yukon from Yellowstone Park back about 1978 or so. This is the first year the Yukon has allowed a hunt for those elk.

The story is that the elk was shot by a hunting guide, so I'm guessing this guy has been seeing those elk for years and knew right where to go as soon as tags were for sale.

That thing scores something like 451 B&C (I think non-typical), which is high in the record book.
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Demo, here is the written attchment I got from the Taxidermist doing my ram.

This bull was killed in the Yukon on 9-25. Elk were put in there in
> 1958
> > from Yellowstone Park. This was the first year they have been hunted.
> They
> > drew for 15 permits.
> > The hunter is Al Klassen.
> > He's been a sheep guide in the Yukon and Northwest Territories and has
>
> > personally guided over 100 Dall Ram kills.
> > Preliminary gross score... 451 5/8
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Noel said:
Hmmmmm, a masacre is about to unfold.
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I thought the same thing actually.

I frequently hunt where the elk hang out and they're still hanging along the side of the highway. I know where the big elk was taken and there's still lots of elk there.

I went out deer hunting last Sunday and saw a huge 6x6 and what I thought was a 8x8, which was a bit too far away to see.

There are some B&C elk here for sure.

I heard that as of Monday only 11 have been taken which surprises me.

Another rumor floating around is that the bunny huggers applied for the elk hunt as well. Quite a few of my hunting friends noticed that on the online results which show who received tags that nobody recognized most of the names. I'm sure it's possible.
 
Just for others to know, I don't say the masacre thing to be rude. I got to witness first hand how some "folks" from Saskatewan treated the Ya Ha Tinda herd and it was not very cool. They snuck up on the herd and shot right into it. There were about 17 shots fired into the herd and only two died that they found. I wonder how many limped away from the spree.
There are two kinds of wolves predating on that now dwindling herd.

Hope its not the same situation for you up there.
 
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