European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aba Zine by Bob Dvorchak associated press tired game Warden Norm Erickson o Emporium. A. First saw a wild Elt about 40 years ago he s part of a legion thai treasures sighing Tho Majestic animals in the Only Reo roaming Elk Herd in Tho Unildo Stales East of Michigan ii s a real till to see a big old Dull. I Lovo to hear a him Bugle 1�eil up Al on a  says Enelson. 71, v.s10 relink i t 13w5 met fl34-Ycar Ca eur Chasim poachers sightseers flock by the thousands to n Kofl Square mile area of  and can Wron counties in Norih Central Pennsylvania they some Mes Block Rural roads to Admire a Heid of i 40 Elk protected by Law against Hunters but an  a i rapture can Boa Farmer s nuisance Only percent of tha Alk Range is on Public land and Farmers say marauding Elk Eal or trample their Corn bulldoze barbed wide Lenaa and harass or my livestock. They re Nice to see. But i can t afford to Lood them they to eating boiler than my cows says Dairy Farmer David Wolfe at is. Marys a. The Only thing they re Good Lor is of look at says an irate Homer Grimm a Farmer in nearby Emporium they devastate the crops. You ran l Hunt them. They re valuers they re Good of nothing " caught in the Middle is the Pennsylvania game commission some say the commission ii doing too Little to keep Elk a a irom arms and out of trouble Olhorn May too much Revenue from Hunting License f-115 being spent on an animal thai can to hunted to have in be the voice of  say Rawland Cogan. A  to Chocian with the game comm Sion Thwe s lots of Aimers who o like to see the Doggone things liminal de just because be Don t Hunt Bald sunday. January 24, 1988 eagles Closen i moan be should gel Ridal hot ii div arc voracious  a his Hull weighs bog incl eats 22 pounds of loud a in. 5i Impi Mol wite eradicated shortly alter Iho civil War they rank behind Moose As the largest to nijhuis of the Cei Lamity. The last Elk was choir ghz to have Boon Shol in 1667 near Iho head Aleis of Tho Clarion River. Nearly m  shipped Elk by train irom yell Vaslone National Park. From 1913 to 1926, 177 animals Ucic locked crop damage comp amps Wem heard the year the Rocky Mountain Elk Orri Vod lir Nilca Hunts Cro etl owed Iron 1923 to 1931 Bui the e k were Lull alone until game managers began surveying Ham m i a i they i ouzo helicopters and ground trackers Lor a detailed census every january from a Low of 38 animals in 1974. The pop Lauon has grown to 140 Iho High Cal since the census began almost every year an Elk is Misla Frenly Shol Lor a doer and 52 have been killed by poachers or careless Hunters in he past 12 cais killing an Elk carries an j800 Fine Tho Elk county federation Al sport men oilers a j200 Reward of lips leading to inn Aires of poachers size is Iho Oik s most impressive feature a monster butt stands 5 feel at the shoulder and can have a beam of Antlers 6 Loci song Adarno a  0 so Jan tines Tho spread Between the beams can to 5 feet tourism peaks in Iho Malin season Between late August and the end of clot or when Loo  Vij Bug ool Tho bulls echoes Oil Moun Laukides Tho thigh i arc challenges to Solhei males or Raj lira _hl3 to females the ruling hulls lock horns lower Agio gels ornate Anoll is Ari Lihe  and Siatuu in the he d the or Al ail my Iori is i i a piece of Ihu a i Derries Gilill survives ii s Nice to know they re Mere say. David sorg 40. A materials researcher Lor a Carbon company of rpm my Point of View an Elk in the  is Worth 100 or 1,000 in Tho Wesl because so Many Niobe people get l the stars and stripes Page 13