Bon Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Camera to Provide Elk's Point of View What does an elk eat?With footage captured by a tiny video camera placed on a Pennsylvania elk this week, researchers soon will find out. The research initiative is a product of a partnership between the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Keystone Elk Country Alliance, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organization headquartered at the Elk Country Visitor Center in Benezette, Pa. The Game Commission actively manages wildlife habitat throughout Pennsylvania, and within the state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipower Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Using the data collected by this technology may allow the PGC and associated partners to develop better feed plots in an attempt to keep more of the elk in an area where they don't become a nuisance to drivers and residents. Time will tell. With the fast emerging drone technology we may soon be able to follow wildlife with drone mounted cameras and have instant access to what they see. That might be enlightening for those of us who are into wildlife management. Bon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 will also be kinda cool to see things from their perspective. hipower 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 If you want to see elk forget the viewing areas. Ride around and check people's yards. I'm sure the local residents could tell the PCG what elk eat. I can tell them what deer eat. WMJ77 and Bon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 they eat quince, grass & rhodys in my yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipower Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 If you want to see elk forget the viewing areas. Ride around and check people's yards. I'm sure the local residents could tell the PCG what elk eat. I can tell them what deer eat. Anything you try to grow at TL is lunch for deer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Buds off the dayilies, phlox, Asiatic lilies, asters, roses, hostas and they eat the rhodys as far up as they can reach in the winter. They look weird. I've got a bunch of poisonous stuff that they don't touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mungaknuts Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 It will probably be hit by a car before that camera falls off and will be tiem wasted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 We have not seen any elk here since the flood!!! Think they all got washed back down to Benezette!!! LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 It will probably be hit by a car before that camera falls off and will be tiem wasted not to many get hit in the spring/summer. It's mostly the fall when they are in rut. They are like kids, they don't stop and look both directions before running across the road. WMJ77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImProbablyRight Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I can't wait to see the elk's POV when he walks out in front of my car. I'll finally get to see the look on my face! Shmoopie11 and WMJ77 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old3dogg Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 not to many get hit in the spring/summer. It's mostly the fall when they are in rut. They are like kids, they don't stop and look both directions before running across the road. I don't pay a whole lot of attention when I'm in rut either. hipower, Bon and Shmoopie11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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