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Here it is Bon. I posted Bartzella peony last summer. I bought a big pot for an outrageous price (for me anyway) and it did bloom the first year. Later I picked up a single dried up root of Canary Brilliants from a sale table and after 2 years it has bloomed. It has a lot more pink in it than Bartzella. It is more apparent in the bud. The rain has messed up the shape but the buds are all kind of squished. The first picture is of Bartzella, the second of Canary Brilliants and the third of the bud.

Very nicely done... Looks great.

Thanks... Great event, was very well attended..

 
Thanks for posting...

I said that to the PGC when I thanked them for freeing Blue. He didn't think that was funny!!! Lol

Bon.... It seems appropriate that since Blue is now a movie star, that he would be hanging out in Hollywood.  Makes sense to me...

What is Blue's number & letter?

The PGC no longer uses the yellow collars with numbers and letters... They switched to plain brown collars with an antenna attached and no numbers or letters...

Still miss seeing Fred while up there

I agree "Fred" is really missed....The last few times I went up to Benezette I saw another bull that is hanging around town and quickly gaining popularity...

He is the collared bull 2D... Since then the PGC has removed his yellow collar... I was in the woods up at the Winslow Hill Viewing Area and noticed a bull

bedded in the field.  I laid my camera bag down on the ground and moved about 20 feet.  Suddenly I heard a noise behind me and turned around to see 2D

checking out my camera bag...

Thanks!!! I hope "Blue" makes the cut!!! lol

Bon... I can assure you that "Blue" will make the cut because before Wednesday morning the plan was for the PGC to tranquilize and radio collar an elk.

As it turned out, the PGC was notified about "Blue" being in distress in Scattertown and decided to permit the filming crew document the rescue and collaring.

Did you ever in your wildest dreams think that you would make "Blue" a movie star?

Paul, do you know when this program will air?

Bon... The production company filmed for 6 hours and that will need to be edited down to fit their one hour program format

and this will take some time  I will keep you posted when their programming schedule is announced.

Production Company Films Elk in PA Wilds

 

On February 11, 2015 the Steve Rotfeld Production Company (SRP) was in Benezette to film an episode of the adventure series "Wild About Animals". The subject of this program was the Pennsylvania elk herd. The morning began with a report of a bull elk located in Scattertown with a swing entangled in his antlers. Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) personnel tranquilized the elk and removed the entangeled swing and attached a radio collar around his neck. The purpose of the collar is to allow the PGC to monitor the movements and behavoir of the elk herd. The activities were recorded and can be seen on "Wild About Animals"

 

The filming schedule included interviews with Colleen Shanon, PGC Land and Elk Habitat Manager, and Jeremy Banfield, PGC Elk Biologist. The backdrop for the interviews was the Elk Country Visitor Center managed by the Keystone Country Elk Alliance. CEO Rawley Cogan was interviewed as part of the program at the Visitor Center. The crew then interviewed Paul Staniszewski, a local elk photographer and Pennsylvania Wilds Artisan. He mentioned that in the years that he has been roaming the hills around Benezette photographing elk the thing that impressed him most was

the accomplishments of several state agencies. The PA Game Commission, Fish & Boat Commission, Environment Protection Agency, and the Department of Conservation Natural Resources all collaborated to take this land decimated by strip mining and transformed it into a viable habitat for elk. The result is that Benezette is now a popular tourist destination with hundreds of thousands visitors to the area every year.. Additionally he is most appreciative of the hospitality of local residents that give him an opportunity to photograph these majestic animals and share their beauty with others.

 

"Wild About Animals", hosted by Emmy Award winning actress Mariette Hartley, travels the globe to bring viewers fascinating stories about a variety of animals in their natural environment. SRP is an Emmy Award winning production and national broadcast syndication company. Since its inception in 1985, its programs have appeared on TLC, ESPN, ESPN Classic, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and other national and international venues.

 

Bill Watts, Associate Producer for SRP, noted that he was impressed with level cooperation, accomodation, and hospitality exhibited by everyone involved and that this assured the success of this project. Individuals interested in learning about the elk are invited to refer to their cable television scheduling guide and view the upcoming program.

 

This program will bring national and international attention to the value of our elk herd, introducing viewers to this state treasure and the beauty of this wild and scenic part of Pennsylvania.

Bon... It is my understanding that you made the initial call to the PA Game Commission concerning this bull elk in distress... Many thanks...

Paul Staniszewski

Bon... Thanks for posting...

Nope, you can have it cranky! Was that direct enough?

Now you resort to name calling... Typical liberal strategy, when you are losing an argument, start calling names...

I've lived here all of my life and have seen so much damage done to agriculture and vehicles by the White Tailed Deer. Elk are a completely different story and don't just damage cars and injure people, they kill them simply by their size. The Elk project is great, but when they start straying off of the land set aside for them then the roamers need to go into someone's freezer, not onto the roads. There's a huge difference between going onto the area to see them and running into one, and hitting one on the highway going to work. Mastadons were probably in this area too but if they were reincarnated would you want to deal with them in your backyard?

 

I'm simply saying that the project shouldn't be allowed to expand to the point that it puts locals in danger.

The photographs were posted by Bon for the GoDuBois group to enjoy... You hijacked this thread to bring attention to a deer causing damage to your vehicle.

We don't care about your vehicle.  If your discussion is that important, I would suggest that you start your own thread and not distract from the beautiful photographs.

You comments and link amount to male bovine excrement.  Now, I'll bet that you are one of the known-it-alls that has to have the last word.  I direct you to reply.

Actuslly yes. I would rather see them in someone's freezer than in their car with a dead body under an elk. Sorry, they are not native and they need to be kept on the reservation. Those who brought them here need to be responsible for them and the damage they do.

You are completely wrong... The elk are native to Pennsylvania and the herd was completely decimated in the early 1900's and then reintroduced by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

So now by your thinking the PGC needs to be held financially responsible for all the damage done to vehicles that hit deer.  Especially those off the reservation.  You must be new to this part of

PA because vehicles hitting deer is a common occurrence.  And thirdly, this thread is about beautiful elk photographs and not your sob story about the damage done to your vehicle by hitting deer.

My van has been in the body shop for over two weeks now because of a deer. I asked the guy what happens when an elk hits one? He said they are generally totaled. Yep, nice little elk....get a gun!

Unfortunately, your solution seems to be the answer to a lot of the problems in the world today.  Would shooting a habituated and acclimated elk make

you feel better about the damage to your vehicle caused by a deer?