#Roosevelt elk registration#
#Roosevelt elk free#

Thanks for the best week of my life so far. Reservations for this hunt may be made at the last minute and you will have to pick your tag up at a Fish and Game office in Alaska.Įlk hunts can be combined with deer and/or duck hunting. There is a chance, however, that the harvest goals will be met and the Fish and Game will close the season early or not offer it at all. Mature bulls will weigh in excess of 1,000 pounds and typically sport dark, heavy horned, palmated antlers.

#Roosevelt elk registration#

If you don’t draw a tag, it has been common in past years for the Fish and Game to offer a closely monitored either-sex registration hunt after the drawing hunts, which does not require that you win a lottery tag. Roosevelt elk are the largest of the 3 north American elk species and are indigenous to Vancouver Island. Please contact us for recommended hunt numbers and dates.

#Roosevelt elk free#

Please feel free to begin communications with us at any time, though we will not ask for a financial commitment until you have drawn your tag.

Tag hunting periods begin in late September through late November. Interested hunters must apply with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for a drawing tag in November of the prior year, with results usually posted in the spring. It is recommended that those considering this hunt should be in good physical condition. Though occasionally found near the beach, they use the steep terrain to their advantage. The country itself is magnificent, and these animals are very good at surviving. It is an exciting, challenging, and rewarding hunt. Table fare is, by opinion, superb, a very light flavored, lean meat. Antlers are heavier but shorter, lacking the long, graceful tines of their cousins, but making up for it in mass. These animals are larger than their Wyoming cousins, with some big bulls estimated to weigh over 1,200lbs. These results will aid managers in setting appropriate harvest quotas for elk across the hunt zone and provides justification to implement targeted management that alleviates conflict.Our location on Raspberry Island is ideal for targeting both the Raspberry Island and South West Afognak Island Roosevelt Elk Hunts. This is the first study to document calf survival and recruitment in northwestern California and provides evidence that calf survival is high but is not uniform across the area. Across all age classes, human-caused mortality (roadkill, legal harvest, euthanasia, and poaching) was the most prominent for adults and yearlings. Predation was the top cause of death in calves and black bears ( Ursus americanus) accounted for 22% of marked calf mortality. Birth weight, study area, and the linear trend of time were found to be the most important covariates for summer survival, while the variable effect of time was most important for annual survival of calves. Calf survival was 0.67 (SE = 0.009) during the first 14 weeks of life (summer) and 0.82 (SE = 0.001) annually. Over two seasons, this study captured and marked 58 calves and 28 cow elk in Del Norte and Humboldt counties. The objectives of this study were 1) to estimate summer and annual survival rates and determine recruitment rates for Roosevelt elk calves in the area, 2) to evaluate differences in calf survival by examining the effects of individual and population level covariates on summer and annual calf survival, 3) to identify factors influencing the timing and cause of calf mortalities, and 4) to establish a baseline of mortality factors influencing elk across all age classes. Factors influencing calf survival are poorly understood in northwestern California where Roosevelt elk ( Cervus canadensis roosevelti) are known to exist.

Survival of juvenile ungulates is known to be highly variable, yet it is fundamental to understanding the dynamics and trends of wildlife populations.