WY officials to recommend fewer elk permits

[spectr17]

State officials to recommend fewer elk permits

Associated Press

3/19/05

GARDINER - State wildlife officials plan to recommend fewer hunting permits for elk that migrate in and out of Yellowstone National Park because of continued lower calf numbers in the northern range herd, a biologist said Friday.

State and federal wildlife managers who conducted an annual survey this month estimated that there is an overall ratio of 13 calves per 100 cows in the northern herd.

Officials said this was similar to ratios during 2002 to 2004 but down from the range observed in the previous six years.

Officials said this was the fourth straight year of lower calf numbers.

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[Hoback Hunter]

... and what they're never willing to add is the cause of the low cow/calf ratio

Wolves? Habitat? Hard Winter? Probably a mixture of all three, but still a bad scenario for the population, despite the fact they're fed like cattle.

 

[FTTPOW]

Did anyone ever seriously doubt that this would be an outcome since the re-introduction of wolves? The Antis have to love it.