Three things are crashing elk numbers in Margaret
1) Too many trees--not enough feed. All that Weyco. blast zone has grown up and new clearcuts are sprayed heavy instead of burned.
2) Game Dept. piling on permits to intentionally drop numbers after a winter die-off a few years back and Weyco. complaining about elk eating trees (since there is not much left to eat).
3) Hoof rot starting to hit them up there.
Find feed=find elk