Originally Posted By: Hankster
I was told that at one time there was clear cutting around there and the Elk could find plenty of food in the deforested land. The herd grew. They replanted the trees in that area and now the food was scarce for a herd that size. Nobody told me why they didn't just kill some of them.

So is this B.S.?


There is still alot of clear cutting around Tillamook. The difference today is that once the area has been logged, they treat the area with chemicals to keep anything other than tree's from growing.

They used to burn the logged area, wich created excellent forage for deer and elk not long after the fire. But the grass and underbrush slowed the growth of the replanted tree's.

There have been a couple of meetings in Tillamook discussing why so many elk have moved down in to the valley. The bilogists at the one meeting I attended simply said that there was not enough feed for them anywhere other than the valley.

The area you saw the helicopter and elk was probably around the air base. They have trapped and relocated elk from that area a couple of times.
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Rusty Bell