Post by: ballpark on April 21, 2020, 11:24:39 AM
2013 2016
Antlerless - 1085 Antlerless - 1250
Antlered - 891 Antlered - 1,107
2014 2017 2019
Antlerless - 1455 Antlerless - 754 Antlerless - 540
Antlered - 911 Antlered - 658 Antlered - 650
2015 2018
Antlerless - 1929 Antleress - 594
Antlered - 1080 Antlered - 650
So at what point are we going to find out what the real elk population is? Remember in 2014/15/16 how many cow tags were issued because we had too many elk?
Post by: bobcat on April 21, 2020, 11:31:48 AM
Post by: fishngamereaper on April 21, 2020, 11:33:19 AM
Where is district 8? (which GMUs)
Yakima herd
Post by: bobcat on April 21, 2020, 11:48:59 AM
Post by: ballpark on April 21, 2020, 12:13:35 PM
Would be interesting to see the Yakama tribe harvest numbers for the same years.
I'm sure the numbers support their mission statement for their Wildlife Resource Management Program.
"It shall be the mission of the Wildlife, Range, & Vegetation Resource Management Program for the Yakama Nation and its members to manage, protect, restore, and enhance the ecological cultural integrity of the Land & Natural Resources preserved since Time Immemorial and under the Treaty of 1855" (509) 865-5121 Ext. 6325
Post by: hunterofelk on April 21, 2020, 12:55:57 PM
Post by: Special T on April 21, 2020, 03:35:44 PM
Where is district 8? (which GMUs)Yakima and Colockum herds looks lie the units are listed by the OP
Post by: Special T on April 21, 2020, 03:42:46 PM
Wasn't the winter/spring of 2016-2017 a bit harsh for the Yakima herd? I remember seeing winter killed elk when I was shed hunting that spring.
As memory serves there was both a drought and a bad winter that precipitated the 2018-19 changes to the regulations making anterless the last 6 days of the early season. we have had mild winters in between that should have had them bounce back. Lack of snow fall has made the Yakima surveys useless or unfinished due to not enough snow to push down the elk. One of the problems with the Colockum herd is an unknown number of elk are entering the Yakima Training center below vantage and flying over that has not been done. Both of these counting issues are throwing the numbers off, and allowing the department to go Permit only. Some folks like this, and I think most hate it. Im glad i dont have any boot leather invested in this area, and im curious what the hunter number will be this next year. If memory serves there are about 5k archers that hunt those 2 herds.
Post by: elksnout on April 21, 2020, 09:04:23 PM
Elksnout
Post by: Special T on April 21, 2020, 10:23:04 PM
Other than permit "any bull" in those units aren't all of those bulls harvested spikes?Yes and next year that will be all that is open over the counter. East side elk tags will be greatly reduced for general season and harvest dominates by special tags.
Elksnout
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