YEARLING MALES SUCCESSFULLY BREED IN A REINTRODUCED ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI) POPULATION IN KENTUCKY

Jeffery L. Larkin; David S. Maehr; John J. Cox; Charles Logsdon

doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0279:YMSBIA]2.0.CO;2

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Jeffery L. Larkin,^* David S. Maehr,^** John J. Cox,^* Charles Logsdon^***

^*University of Kentucky, Departments of Animal Science and Forestry, Lexington, KY 40546; jllark0@uky.edu.
^**University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry, Lexington, KY 40546; dmaehr@uky.edu.
^***Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Prestonsburg, KY; clogsdon@eastky.net.

Abstract

We examined reproductive performance of yearling males in a recently established free-ranging elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni, Erxleben) population in southeastern Kentucky. Sixteen of 18 (89%) adult females bred by yearling males produced a calf. The calving period, determined for 11 cows, peaked in mid-June; however, 3 females bred by yearlings did not calf until mid-July or August. It is not possible to attribute the extended calving period to breeding by yearling males, as it may have been a result of poor physical condition of females or the disruption of social bonds after translocation the previous winter.

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Jeffery L. Larkin, David S. Maehr, John J. Cox, and Charles Logsdon "YEARLING MALES SUCCESSFULLY BREED IN A REINTRODUCED ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI) POPULATION IN KENTUCKY," Southeastern Naturalist 1(3), 279-286, (1 September 2002). https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2002)001[0279:YMSBIA]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 September 2002

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