Elk herd established in Cosby

[Doskil]

http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines ... 18771.html

Wonder what the TWRA will now do?

 

[Land Between the Lakes]

It looks like Elk may end up dispersing into other areas of east TN in the future.

 

[Biggun4214]

Elk have moved back and forth from Cataloochee to Tennessee for several years. One bull visited Cosby regularly for a few years. A small bull was captured in Jefferson Co in Jan of 2011. A collared cow was killed near the Waterville Exit on I-40 this spring. TWRA gets reports of elk in Cocke County regularly. Usually the Park comes and gets them.

 

[Doskil]

But the TWRA does not want elk back in the Smokies

 

[scn]

But the TWRA does not want elk back in the Smokies

First I've heard of that.

 

[Doskil]

I thought the official position of the TWRA is no elk outside the designated restoration zone?

 

[JimFromTN]

The problem is that an elk by itself can't reproduce so they keep sending them back to where the herd is. I have friends in Cosby and they say they have sent the same bull back to NC several times. They are going to try and send the bull to a different herd this time from what I understand in hopes that he will stick with a new herd this time. Maybe the females will be a little prettier in the new herd.

 

[scn]

I thought the official position of the TWRA is no elk outside the designated restoration zone?

That has nothing to do with the Smokies since the restoration over there is being done by the US Park Service.