Elk in Santa Clara

[Franklin3]

[attachment=38450:attachment]Actually on my way home I had to stop and take a few snapshots just to prove to myself that I wasn't seeing things.

 

[jvle95]

Nice pic. Is that off of 101 down near Morgan Hill on the east side of 101? I have seen many elk off of Calaveras Rd near Sunol as well. If you take Calaveras Rd back towards San Jose off of 680 there is a nice herd in the hills on the left side of the road. I have also seen a very nice herd with nice bulls on private land up behind Mt. Hamilton. There were also Antelope up there as well.

 

[Live2hunt]

I've seen them on the hills just off 101 and Hellyer. A couple times on the hills off 101 and Bailey Rd.

 

[Franklin3]

This little herd has 3 spike bulls. The big guys hang back ffrom theherd and I think we may all be seeing the same group. I took these pictures on Silver Creek road just east of 101.
I have heard they may be from the HP ranch further south near Metcalf. Evefry now and then a big bull shows himself.

 

[kphunter]

Wow! I lived in the bay area for many years, and never knew elk lived that close! Are those Roosevelt elk?

KP

 

[tmoniz]

They wander over towards the Coyote Golf Course from the San Felipe Ranch. Saw them last Christmas on my way to my Mom's house.

 

[Glass eye]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kphunter @ Feb 2 2007, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Are those Roosevelt elk?[/b]

They would be Tule Elk.

 

[kphunter]

I didn't know Tule's range in the south bay, but then again I didn't know that any elk were down there!



KP

 

[tmoniz]

They are in Kern County and Point Reyes as well.

 

[fishnhunt]

Roosevelts (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) live in the north western part of the state...From about legget north on the west side of the coast range. Tule's (C.e. nannodes) live from about laytonville (cache creek herd) south along the coast and on the east side of the sierra's (Owens Valley). Rocky Mountain's (C.e. nelsoni) meanwhile live in NE california near lassen.
There is also a herd of tules at the concord weapons station

 

[Franklin3]

I just want to know what they're doing in Silver creeek!

 

[el_vaquero]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Franklin3 @ Feb 2 2007, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I just want to know what they're doing in Silver creeek![/b]

Taunting you..what else?

 

[Bwana Turtle]

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There is also a herd of tules at the concord weapons station[/b]

I'm pretty sure they were removed a couple of years ago.

 

[fishnhunt]

Well I guess you are right...They were moved...Oh well. I guess I have been out of the area for too long

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...BAG1CH85K41.DTL

 

[DFGELK]

Just wanted to clear some things up. The tule elk range goes from Mendocino county in the north to southern Kern County in the south (actually their historic range was also along the coast to somewhere near Santa Barbara (or a little north), there are 21 separate herds of tule elk spread out along the coast range and valley. Roosevelt elk are found in the northwest, but they have interbreed with Rocky Mountain elk and you see that from DNA evidence. So you basically get a mix as you travel east toward the Warner Mountains, there you will find pure Rockies as well as some pure Roosevelt and a mix of the two. The real only true herd of Rocky Mountain elk (with no interbreeding showing up in their DNA is on Tejon Ranch in the south). The Concord herd was removed last February. Confined herds have to be continually thinned to keep them from over crowding and degrading the habitat quality. This is expensive and dangerous to both the elk and the people involved. The state is hard pressed to find new areas to establish tule elk that meet our criteria. On one note one of the elk that was removed from Concord and put at Grizzly Island swam back across the bay and went back to Concord (Tidal area). He stayed at Grizzly Island for 6 or 7 months (need to check my notes). He was recaptured last wednesday and moved to Cache Creek where hopefully he will stay put this time. I would not have thought he would do that, it must have been one heck of a swim.

Joe

 

[Franklin3]

GEAT INFORMATION JOE. tHANKS FOR POSTING.
Sorry about the caps lock button I keep hitting it accidently.

Any idea how to find more information about this particular herd?

 

[Bwana Turtle]

That's funny, your apology took more keystrokes than retyping.

I know, I know, I DO really need to get a life !

 

[7mm RM]

Nice pic...

 

[DFGELK]

There are many small groups of elk scattered along the coast, off the top of my head I do not know much about that group of elk. Most of my time is spent on the herds that are hunted or will be hunted, even at that most of my information comes from the local biologist. I am fortunate that I do get to spend a fair amount of time on the ground for certain areas. Look for quite a few changes this year in the elk regs.

Joe

 

[snoopdogg]

Joe, glad to hear that changes are in our midst--I'm assuming also that they are positive for the hunter. And, all this is assuming that things are fine and dandy with the existing elk herds...

Thanks for chiming in.