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    Had a yellow headed blackbird in the backyard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by whitewalrus View Post
    I have seen elk out as far east as Las Animas area. Is surprising to see them out that far from the mountains.
    I'm under the impression that before we hunted most of our big game to extinction, will share the plains with bison and other grazers. So we shouldn't be surprised, but I still am every time.
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    Elk went as far as the East coast back in the day.
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    I knew a guy who hunted elk out east of Limon. He always bagged some nice bulls out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CavSct1983 View Post
    Elk went as far as the East coast back in the day.
    They are in Pennsylvania today!
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    I forgot an important piece of information about those elk!

    They were at 120 yards.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    Guess where I saw these guys?


    That is a fine example of the North American big game management method. Elk will again become plains animals, but I would guess some elk populations will still inhabit high elevation tundra and spruce-fir forests.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hummer View Post
    That is a fine example of the North American big game management method. Elk will again become plains animals, but I would guess some elk populations will still inhabit high elevation tundra and spruce-fir forests.
    Are you familiar with the American Prairie Reserve project? I think it's pretty interesting. https://www.americanprairie.org/

    Dan Flores is always pitching for it when he does podcast interviews.

    EDIT: That reminds me that I need to read Coyote America by Dan Flores and America Before by Graham Hancock. Ordered just now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CavSct1983 View Post
    Had a yellow headed blackbird in the backyard.
    Very cool birds, I love their honking call from the cattail wetlands. You're lucky to have them on the eastern plains. They are rare or uncommon on the western slope. I've only once had a few Yellow-headed Blackbirds briefly visit our feeders in Central Orchard Mesa outside Palisade. It's a species in rapid decline due to habitat loss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    Are you familiar with the American Prairie Reserve project? I think it's pretty interesting. https://www.americanprairie.org/

    Dan Flores is always pitching for it when he does podcast interviews.

    EDIT: That reminds me that I need to read Coyote America by Dan Flores and America Before by Graham Hancock. Ordered just now.
    No, but I'll look into it. Working like a dog on the Palisade farm now. Sheesh, it's hot here and the mosquitos are out in force.

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