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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017
Mother elk menaces Gearhart beachgoers
Wildlife agents
tranquilize elk
cow and calf
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
GEARHART — An elk
cow protecting its calf appar-
ently charged a bicyclist on
Monday in Gearhart and was
tranquilized and brought to
safety by police, firefighters
and officials from the Ore-
gon Department of Fish and
Wildlife.
But aggression remains as
calving season creates risks for
beachgoers and passers-by.
“I’m not sure if we have an
elk issue or a people issue at
this point,” City Administra-
tor Chad Sweet said. “It’s defi-
nitely the wildlife and people
coming together creating this
issue.”
Aggressive elk were
reported to Gearhart Police
late last week.
On Thursday, elk were
reported chasing a family near
the Highlands Golf Course.
“We haven’t had anything
on the golf course itself,” said
Mayor Matt Brown, who is
also the golf professional at
Highlands. “But apparently
some folks got chased on the
beach near the Highlands and
ran up into the neighborhood
to the course.”
In another incident, chil-
dren on Little Beach encoun-
tered an aggressive female
elk. “They dropped their skim-
boards, towels, equipment and
ran,” Sweet said.
The elk blocked the chil-
dren from retrieving their
boards for several hours, he
said.
Later Friday, a woman and
four dogs — three of them off-
leash — were also menaced by
the elk before she and another
person were able to get the
dogs under control. Reports
of aggressive elk were also
reported in the Gearhart com-
munities of Surf Pines and
Pinehurst, Sweet said.
or 20 minutes later and shot it
again. It started getting a little
bit drowsy, but it was stubborn.
You couldn’t get close to it. It
was just wobbling around.”
Using a long pole with a
syringe on the end of it, about
20 minutes after the second
dart, wildlife officials were
able to get close enough to
stick it with the syringe and
subdue the elk, Eddy said.
At about 1 p.m., the city
sent out a request for volun-
teers to search for the calf.
“Some locals who saw the blog
found the baby pretty close to
where the flagpole was just to
the northwest of the flagpole,”
Sweet said. “The baby was
fine — in fact it got up to run
away once it was found. ”
A state police officer car-
ried the young elk into a con-
tainer to rejoin the mother,
Sweet said.
“This elk and baby were
moved, but it is going to hap-
pen again,” he said. “There
could be another female elk
out there with its own young
with this same issue.”
Calving season
While calving season is late
this year — it typically occurs
in April, May or June — the
behavior of the mother elk is
normal, Eddy said.
“When they first drop,
especially when the babies
are small, they’re unable to
stay with the herd,” Eddy said.
“They break off from the herd.
Mom gets very protective.”
“It’s definitely the wildlife
and people coming together
creating an issue,” Sweet
added. “This time of year, we
seem to have more reports
of elk. If you see an elk and
it is posturing against you,
just back off and take another
route. Give them their space
and this will be a safer, happier
summer.”
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Multiple incidents
In response, the city added
warning signs on the beach
and sent out email alerts.
Monday morning, Sweet
said, a bicyclist was charged
by an elk near 10th Street in
Gearhart, prompting a call to
the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife and State Police.
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as officials responded to the
scene.
Beach access was blocked
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ment of Fish and Wildlife
moved close enough to shoot
the elk with a tranquilizer dart,
according to Gearhart Fire
Chief Bill Eddy.
“The elk was postured up
by the flagpole on 10th Street
next to the Windward condos
in a defensive position,” Eddy
said. “They shot it one time
with a tranquilizer and it didn’t
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