Micro Drive 5 Traditional Geocache
Ladybug0048: This one is old and things in the area have changed.
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Number 5 in a series of micros established to give beginners easy caches to find, midwinter cache deprived hunters a grab & go, plus following the caches will take you on a nice drive. Bring your own pen or pencil.
The American Elk:
The Shawnee Indians and the scientists of later times called the American elk the wapiti. The animal was given the name of elk by the early English colonists. They paid no attention to the fact that the name elk had long been used for the European moose. The bull (male) elk stands about 5 feet high at the shoulder, and may weigh from 700 to 1,100 pounds. Its rounded antlers may spread more than 5 feet. The antlers of a grown bull will have a total of about 12 points. Antlers grow during the summer and are shed in late winter. The cow (female) is smaller than the male, and has no antlers.
During September and October, the bulls fight for leadership in the herd. An exceptional bull may keep a harem of 60 or more cows, but the average one keeps only a dozen or so cows at a time.
Elk were once found over most of the United States and southern Canada. But hunters killed so many of them that they survived only in the region west of the Rocky Mountains.
Seeing the elk here isn’t the same as seeing them in the wild but if you have never seen one in the wild this is the next best thing. Of course a cache hide is a good reason to stop and check out the elk.
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