I-Elk yayivame ukuxhaphaka kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika, kuquka iArgansas. Ngenxa yokunciphisa indawo yokuhlala, inani labo liye lancipha. Iintlobo ze-elk ezazalelwa e- Arkansas (i- Cerrus elaphus canadensis ) zanyamalala ngo-1840.
Ngomnyaka we-1933, i-US Forest Service yasungula i-Rocky Mountain elk ( iCersus elaphus nelsoni ) kwi-Blacklin County's Black Mountain Refuge. Laba bafana nabo baye bahamba ngowe-1950.
Ngowe-1981, i-Arkansas Game kunye neNtlanzi zagqiba ukuzama kwakhona.
Ngethuba leminyaka phakathi kuka-1981 no-1985, i-112 elk yakhululwa kufuphi ne-Pruitt e-Newton County, ecaleni komlambo weSizwe waseBuffalo.
Arkansas Elk Namhlanje
Iprojekthi yokubona i-infrared ye-infrared eyenziwa ngo-1994 inikezele ngolwazi oluchanekileyo malunga neenombolo ze-elk kunye nokusabalalisa. NgoFebruwari no-Matshi 1994, i-312 elk yabalwa kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo ezihlolwe yi-helicopter ezibandakanya umhlaba kunye noluntu oluzimeleyo ngasemacaleni aphezulu naphakathi koMlambo waseBuffalo, umhlaba othile weSizwe samaHlathi kunye nomhlaba wangasese kwiindawo zeBoone neCarroll Counties.
Ixesha Losuku lokujonga i-Elk
Ngokubanzi, i-elk iphuma emasimini xa ilanga kunye nelanga. Ndixelelwe ukuba ngexesha lehlobo, ngokuqhelekileyo baphinda babuyele emaphandleni malunga no-6: 30 ekuseni baze baphume nge-5 ukuya ku-6 ebusuku Ngethuba leenyanga ezipholileyo, unokuzibona ude ufike ngo-8 ekuseni okanye ngo-4 ntambama busuku.
Ixesha Lonyaka Ukujonga Elk
Ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba kwaye ekuqaleni kuka-Oktobha, xa i-elk izalisa (rut).
Eli lixesha eliyintandokazi kubabukeli bezilwanyana zasendle kuba iinkomo zisebenza kakhulu. Amathole azalwa ngoMeyi noJuni. Iintsana ezincinci zinzima kakhulu ukubona ngoba amabhinqa azigcina ezifihlakeleyo. Ama-antlers abesilisa ayawa ngoFebhuwari noMatshi. Ngethuba lentwasahlobo kunye nehlobo, zimbozwe ngeengubo ezivakalayo.
Bazobongeza ngenxa yokubuthwa ebusika.
Kuphi Ukujonga Elk
Indawo ephambili yokubona u-Elk yi-Boxley Valley, malunga nomlambo kazwelonke waseBuffalo. Kukho i-website enhle kakhulu kunye neemephu zeBhokisiley Valley ebizwa ngokuthi iA Arkansas Wildlife Photography. Unolwazi olukhulu lwe-elk kwaye ushicilela ukuhlaziywa malunga neveki. Unokuyeka kwakhona kwiPonca Elk Centre kwi-Arkansas Highway 43 eNewton County ukufumana ulwazi.
Kukho indawo yokubukela i-elk ephawulwe kufuphi ne-elk center, kodwa akukho mntu utshele i-elk ukuba kufuneka babe khona. Kuyinto enqabileyo ukuyifumana i-elk kwindawo yokubukela. Ukulungele ukufudukela kwezinye iindawo ezikufuphi.
Iingcebiso zeElk
Umhlaba kwiBhokisiley Valley ayikho yoluntu. Yiba neentlonelo kwaye uhloniphe impahla yangasese. Shayela ngokukhawuleza (udinga ukuba kunjalo kuba umendo uphephe). Musa ukuchitha ixesha elininzi kwindawo enye. Kukho rhoqo i-elk phantsi kwendlela.
I-Elk zizilwanyana zasendle kwaye zinokuba yingozi, ingakumbi ngexesha le-rut (ixesha lokuzalisa). Ungazami ukugxotha okanye ukuzivimbela. Ungazami ukuzondla. Ezi zizilwanyana zasendle.
Elk Hunting
Inkqubo yokuzingela i-elk yasungulwa ngo-1998. Ukuzingela kuphelelanga. Ngexesha lika-Arkansas elk lokuzingela i-elk 2014, abazingeli bavuna i-bulls ezili-18 kunye ne-34 ezingenanto.
Kwalabo bavuniweyo, abazingeli bathatha ama-22 kumazwe karhulumente kunye nama-30 kumazwe abucala.
Abazingeli bakhethwe ngoluhlu oluthile lweemvume ezivumelekileyo zokuzingela elk kwimimandla yoluntu yokuzingela umhlaba (le mimandla ibandakanya umhlaba wangasese ovulelekile ukuzingela i-elk kunye nemvume yomnini-mhlaba). Abazingeli abanelungelo lokufumana iimvume ezikhutshwe kwindawo yokuzingela yomhlaba wangasese (akukho mhlaba kawonkewonke ochaphazelekayo) kufuneka ukuba abhale umnini-mvume imvume yokufumana ilungelo lokufumana i-sex elk imvume yokuloba lomhlaba wangasese. I-Arkansas Game kunye neNtlanzi inolwazi lwe-elk yelayisenisi.
Izinto Ezozenzayo eJasper
I-Elk isondele kakhulu kwintampu eyaziwayo yaseLost Valley kunye ne-Buffalo River. Abantu abaninzi bavakashela i-elk ngelixa besententeni okanye bahamba.