Curios here. Speaking of snow and elk.We had about a foot over the weekend. I think NW Colorado got a little more
Having just received the Colorado Outdoors Annual Preference Point Issue, I was anxious to see what the elk herd count numbers were since that winter kill last year. I have saved all the issues since 1990 or so.
Comparing the 2023 herd count in E-06 which covers most of the winter kill area to the 2024 herd count, it shows a
herd reduction of 1690 elk ( 40581 vs 38891) which is only about 5 %. The year before count shows a reduction of less than 300 elk. Last winter there was a prediction of 40% winter kill which would be about 16,232.
Can anyone shed some light on this. Am I looking at the right year.
It still shows in excess of 300,000 elk for the entire state
