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If there is such an over abundance why did the WDFW cut the rifle cow tags by 90% last year? Seams like they just left more cows to winter on the farmers fields.
They cut the elk tags back because the elk aren't there anymore. Especially in the Yakima area and it's not because of the wolf or winter kill!
Wildlife Overpass? Im sure there are pros and cons...one con being it ain't cheap. In theory putting up game fences along I90 and a wildlife overpass in the area where most of the elk to vehicle accidents occur would benefit. Obviously its not going to benefit our wallets, but I see where it can benefit this issue
Quote from: Randysonia on January 08, 2018, 08:44:59 AMThey cut the elk tags back because the elk aren't there anymore. Especially in the Yakima area and it's not because of the wolf or winter kill! Why are the elk gone?
You do know that cap is in progress.....just east of Lake Kachess.And that is my blind on top!
Quote from: CarbonHunter on January 07, 2018, 07:30:34 AMIf there is such an over abundance why did the WDFW cut the rifle cow tags by 90% last year? Seams like they just left more cows to winter on the farmers fields. Regardless the total number, WDFW maintains the ideal bull/cow ratio for maximum hunting success and herd sustainability. They have mastered this science with the deer herds in the Wenatchee and Methow Valleys for years.
Quote from: 3nails on January 04, 2018, 06:33:53 PM When I first started hunting W. Montana you could hardly hunt a draw in the mountains without bumping elk and you rarely saw them in the flats where the private property was. Now those same draws are virtually void of elk and the flats are overrun with them. They were forced down by the burgeoning wolf population. I wonder if this could be happening here.I have seen this in Montana and even more so in Idaho-Funny thing is people that hunt next to town always say the wolves are not a problem I see elk all the time! They just don't know they all got pushed down there from the wolves ha ha kind of funny but not really
When I first started hunting W. Montana you could hardly hunt a draw in the mountains without bumping elk and you rarely saw them in the flats where the private property was. Now those same draws are virtually void of elk and the flats are overrun with them. They were forced down by the burgeoning wolf population. I wonder if this could be happening here.
