Season Elk Kill Forty
Majority Four Year Olds
Forty elk were reported taken
by hunters during this year’s open
elk season on Afognak Island.
Three were killed in Tonki Bay
and the remainder were taken in
the Raspberry Strait and Malina
Bay area, according to Will Troyer
of the FWS Game Department.
Good cooperation was again re
ceived from hunters in reporting
elk kills and in supplying the
FWS with elk jaws, for ageing
studies, according to Troyer. 29
elk jaws were turned in and sev
eral others examined. Of the elk
taken 3.4 percent were yearlings,
27.6 percent were two year olds, 14
percent were three year olds and
55 percent were four years or old
er. Several elk taken this year
were at least eight years old. "It
is difficult to determine the exact
age of the elk by teeth after four,
years,” Troyer stated. "Antlers do
pot seem to be a very good age
criteria, as many of the two year
old elk had five to six points on
the side."
Elk were introduced on Afognak
Island in 1929. At that time eight
young elk were introduced and
these have reproduced to the ex
tent of the present herd. The ex4
act number of elk on Afognak Is
land is not known. Each year the
Fish and Wildlife Service makes
an aerial survey of Afognak but
elk which are in the spruce can
not be seen and therefore only a
portion of the herd is counted.
This year’s survey revealed 345
elk. Of these 196 were cows, 69
bulls and 80 calves.
Elderberry, fire weed and grass
are the main feed taken by elk in
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the summer time. In the winter
they browse heavily on willow as
well as elderberry and even feed
occasionally on devils club. Appar
ently this diet agrees with them as
weights taken indicate that these
are much larger elk than those in
the States. “By cooperative hunt
ers, the FWS was able to obtain
weights of twelve elk this hunting
season. Following is a list of the
field dressed weights of these elk,
which include hide and head, but
minus the viscera. Total weights
of a few are given.
Fid. Dsd. Wt. Tl. Wt. Age
737 lbs. — 2 yrs.
919 lbs. 1074 4 plus
703 — 2-yrs.
899 1054 4 plus
913 1056 4 plus
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estimated that some of the larger
bulls will field dress over 1,000
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