well here is the reply, that I got this weekend from the fish and game biologist > ***************** Here�s what our wildlife veterinarian said:
""The animal had just used up its fat stores and was starting to atrophy. So it could be a whole body thing if the animal was �starving� or in a single limb in the animal wasn�t using the limb and the muscles were starting to waste."""
You can expect to hear them look to "control" the 'overpopulated' herd by managing for more predators (wolves).
