Elk in 3H

[ANTLERS]

A friend of mine who has property next to mine in lake Huntington,said that while driving one night on 97 ,where it intersects with 116,A cow elk ran accross the road from the directions of the river and into the woods.As there are Elk in north central PA,this might not be so improbable.He swears that it was not a large doe,But a cow Elk.Any one in the area ever have such a sighting?

[Fairgame]

Never, It would be crazy to see one though.  Alot of woods for them to hide in

[Fairgame]

Where the 97 and 116 is where I am. Crazy!

[burmjohn]

Holy crap! That would be neat.

[JW QLTY]

Not hard to believe as a moose was sited in Beacon NY recently.JW

[drwost]

there are elk in pensylvania and if they are thriving then its only a matter of time that more are spotted in NY

[hunterjohn]

there is a small game farm in bethel ny that has elk and all kinda of critters

[burmjohn]

Any more news on this?

[ANTLERS]

That was a year ago,nothing since then.

[the blur]

Most likely a lost Vermont moose.

Or a moose than comes to NY when the VT season opens up, and goes back after the season

But that's more likely where NY boarders VT.

[NYDeer]

Pa has an elk herd, just read the pa site last night, they 'raffle' 50 tags a year..

Could it possibly be an 'escapee' from a farm raising elk in the area? If you Google 'Elk Farm NY', you'll find quite a few..

[ny hunter]

Some one was talking about an elk.Is this true or are the elk hanging out with the Mountain lions?

[Larry]

I did see a cougar down in swain NY she was on the hunt in the sierra inn she almost got this poor guy but he got a way lucky  guy

[ny hunter]

A smart guy would have let that cougar catch him for the night 

[burmjohn]

cougar is a vague term now a days...  Most of them should be shot.

[G-Man]

Most elk that escape from game farms have ear tags.. My friend had a raghorn bull walk by his treestand in humphery ny last bow season no ear tags.... Maybe they tore out but at 15 yards he believes he would of been able to see ripped ears. I remember when moose sighttings were few and far between.now we have a few residents thanks to our neighboring state., same is probably happining with pa. bad part is they aren't protected in ny so i guess you can shoot any you see.....

[Larry]

she did not have 2 opposing teeth

[the blur]

Most elk that escape from game farms have ear tags.. My friend had a raghorn bull walk by his treestand in humphery ny last bow season no ear tags.... Maybe they tore out but at 15 yards he believes he would of been able to see ripped ears. I remember when moose sighttings were few and far between.now we have a few residents thanks to our neighboring state., same is probably happining with pa. bad part is they aren't protected in ny so i guess you can shoot any you see.....

You can't shoot them unless they are in season, and considering there is no season, and no specific tag, I doubt it's legal to shoot them.

[ny hunter]

I agree.There is no Elk season in NY state so you can not shoot an Elk.

[Taz1300]

There is no hog season either and we are basically told to shoot 'em if we see 'em. So whats the difference?

[the blur]

I just did a goggle for elk in NY.  Seems they want to reintroduce them.

Hogs are not native to NY.

Elk appearantly were many years ago.

[letinmfly]

There is no hog season either and we are basically told to shoot 'em if we see 'em. So whats the difference?

Hogs aren't protected and Elk are.  Hogs are destructive and change the ecosystem by destroying natural plants and forage.

[the blur]

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/6964.html

easy to find Moose info

[letinmfly]

Mountain Lions aren't on that list either, but go ahead and shoot one and see what happens to you.  :

Although Elk and Mt. Lions aren't listed there is no season for them because there "aren't" any in NY.  Moose are officially protected because there is a viable population here in NY.

[burmjohn]

What about the one in 3H, so there is at least one in NY, or was.