livinoutdoors
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I drive kinda slow for a younger fella?We've got one here. You have to be extra careful driving now.
I drive kinda slow for a younger fella?We've got one here. You have to be extra careful driving now.
Right now we have exotics in three areas of the state roaming that need to be shot. This one that the article is about, some red deer in Heard County and a cow elk in the Dawsonville area. We had a bunch escape last year as well after storms knocked holes in fences in multiple areas of the state.
I have read where they claim they are less "dangerous" than a deer as they tend to walk out into the road instead of running seeming from no where.We've got one here. You have to be extra careful driving now.
I had to lock it down and slide sideways a couple years ago when one jumped off a road bank in front of me in the middle of a blind curve.Does the state have plans for when/if elk wonder in from NC or Tn (Tn is a stretch but NC is probably going to happen in a few years pretty regularly)? Are they still going to be consider exotic and incidental even though they came in naturally?
Kind of like that cougar a few years ago in the Lagrange area. Ga is not supposed to have them and then there one is. You assume its an escaped exotic and shoot it and then they run a test and find out it is a transient Fl panther and you get in all kinds of trouble.
I have read where they claim they are less "dangerous" than a deer as they tend to walk out into the road instead of running seeming from no where.
Does the state have plans for when/if elk wonder in from NC or Tn (Tn is a stretch but NC is probably going to happen in a few years pretty regularly)? Are they still going to be consider exotic and incidental even though they came in naturally?
Kind of like that cougar a few years ago in the Lagrange area. Ga is not supposed to have them and then there one is. You assume its an escaped exotic and shoot it and then they run a test and find out it is a transient Fl panther and you get in all kinds of trouble.
I have read where they claim they are less "dangerous" than a deer as they tend to walk out into the road instead of running seeming from no where.
Where elk indigenous in Georgia back in the day?
NoAre wild elk that wander in from North Carolina legal to shoot in GA?
Where elk indigenous in Georgia back in the day?
With regard to the panther, how are you supposed to know if it is a wondering Fl panther, someone's escaped pet or one that wondered in from Tn (I think that is the closest population I have heard of).They are not protected in Georgia. Regarding the Florida panther, they are protected by Federal law under the endangered species act and elk have no such protection.
The one I saw was from Greene CountyAny info on exactly where the trail cam pictures are from, I've heard Mitchell and Edgehill. As the crow flies our lease is about 10 miles from Edgehill.
With regard to the panther, how are you supposed to know if it is a wondering Fl panther, someone's escaped pet or one that wondered in from Tn (I think that is the closest population I have heard of).
So just to clarify any wild elk or red deer in Georgia is fair game with a hunting license in hand?
I would expect any red deer (not native to North America) to be an escaped or released farmed deer.
I wish Georgia would clarify the law on wild elk ( wandering from NC and TN) like SC did.
Make it clear people can or cannot shoot them.