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Not sure it will ever rebound with Tract D acquisition of 121,000 acres back to the Tribes.
Quote from: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 08, 2019, 01:53:48 PMNot sure it will ever rebound with Tract D acquisition of 121,000 acres back to the Tribes.That dispute is not over yet. Still going through the appeals process.RW
The last two years there has been more logging in the NFS around Trout Lake than I have seen in the last 20 years. This logging should add a bunch of winter/spring feed for the elk that move down into the area to winter.
I can’t speak to the change in herd size. But SDS has been closing more and more land down to the public. Others have said kreps did the same but all there land has been no trespassing for the time I have lived down here. And they have a lot of good hunting landlocked.
Quote from: HUNT-HARD on December 10, 2019, 10:46:28 AMThe last two years there has been more logging in the NFS around Trout Lake than I have seen in the last 20 years. This logging should add a bunch of winter/spring feed for the elk that move down into the area to winter.I have not seen any logging in the GPNF in over 20 years, only some select thinning but no clear cutting.
I've been pretty upset about the decline in that unit and the surrounding area as it was one of my favorite places to go. To me it's been a combination of "Loving it to Death" by many of us who like to hunt there - and the perfect storm of the other factors I mentioned before.I'm going to stop hunting there for a few years and pray for the herd to recover. I'm sad about not hunting there, but I'm looking forward to learning new areas.
A massive cougar and black bear population is the main reason for the decline. If you want to improve hunting come hunt predators.