Abbotsford Elk!

[David Heitsman]

A client just called the office and informed me that he and his group were just watching a cow elk for a while this morning near the pipe
plant just off of Whatcom Rd. Has anyone else seen them yet?

Maybe this is old news?

I will drive around there some this evening and see if I can spot any. It'd be way cool to hear them, not to mention hunt them on Sumas Mountain someday.

[swampdonkey]

I work at the plant and our driver seen a 4 point elk in the flats just down from the plant last week . So they are around

[Elkhound]

a buddy of mine sent me a pic of a young bull there a few days ago

[albravo2]

probably the Pitt River herd?

[adriaticum]

probably the Pitt River herd?

How did they cross the river?

[rides bike to work]

They also come down from baker
i have seen them in Columbia valley figured they where from the baker herd

[David Heitsman]

I assumed they were Pitt River elk since people have been seeing them in Maple Ridge and Mission. The Fraser is low, shouldn't be a problem to swim it.

[itsy bitsy xj]

Harrison has a herd as well

[The Dawg]

Can you get a guided hunt in Abby for elk?

[Blainer]

Harrison has a herd as wellThat would be my guess

[guest]

How did they cross the river?

They Sank to the Bottom and walked it .......... Really ? How do you think .?

..... Likely the Pitt or Stave group I would think.

[adriaticum]

They Sank to the Bottom and walked it .......... Really ? How do you think .?

..... Likely the Pitt or Stave group I would think.

I don't know.
I am not sure there is somewhere that's not too urban for an elk to wander and swim over the Fraser unnoticed.
Actually one spot from Dewdney peak to Sumas mountain that might have enough forest.
I just don't see a Pitt River elk doing it, maybe Harrison.
But more likely came from the south.

[wideopenthrottle]

Can you get a guided hunt in Abby for elk?

only if you pay the Associated Wildlife Preserve....heheheh

[markomoose]

Elk are great swimmers although you rarely see them in the water.A good friend watched a small herd up here in P.G. swim the Fraser River back and forth for over a week just to feed in the farmers field.

[ruger#1]

probably the Pitt River herd? Or they could be some elk from around Ryder Lake. Chilliwack.

[ruger#1]

I don't know.
I am not sure there is somewhere that's not too urban for an elk to wander and swim over the Fraser unnoticed.
Actually one spot from Dewdney peak to Sumas mountain that might have enough forest.
I just don't see a Pitt River elk doing it, maybe Harrison.
But more likely came from the south. Stave also have elk. They were transplanted there in 1995. Been a few seen just south of me. One nice four point and some cows.

[ruger#1]

https://youtu.be/7e5REuWIILo

[kevan]

According to a friend living in Arnold there have been Elk wandering down from the Mt. Baker side of the Border.

Friggin' Yankee immigrants ehh ???

[randymac]

Or they could be some elk from around Ryder Lake. Chilliwack.
i hear they died out a few years back in a big freeze

[randymac]

I'm sure the liberals will figure out a way to allocate them to the guides

Can you get a guided hunt in Abby for elk?

[ruger#1]

i hear they died out a few years back in a big freeze My old boss lives there. He has seen them.

[Camp Cook]

There is a 5 point bull there as well.

Hopefully the local folk that kill game with impunity year round don't ruin the chance for this small herd to grow.

[bc_buckshot]

No Pic then isn't true....even if I did see on in Mission 5 years ago

[stella-artois]

abbotsford zoo elk

[czechsanchez]

caught a glimpse of the herd just up west harrison in the early summer while 4x4ing with the GF.

my buddy in rosedale says they spotted one out there about a month ago, i could easily see it being a member of that herd swimming over the fraser

http://i.imgur.com/HoNPjQc.jpg

[Ride Red]

There is a big herd just south of Sumas in Acme Washington too. Elk travel immense distances in a short amount of time. We tracked a big bull in a basin up in the Kootenays one day and found the same bull 10 miles away a couple days later. As far as swimming, they are almost unbeatable. Very cool to see them locally, hopefully they are left alone and not poached.

[lip_ripper00]

i hear they died out a few years back in a big freeze

Dude this is Southern BC......!

[wideopenthrottle]

i hear they got killed a few years back and ended up in a big freezer

fixed it for you...heheheh