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I hunted unit 12 near the lochsa river for a number of years, until finally giving it up in 2010. My hunty party had success and took a few nice bulls from there but the elk population seemed to be less and less each year until finally you could hardly hear a bugle in a whole week of hunting. The wolves and other factors hit the area hard. I haven't been there since '10 and that was pre-wolf hunting. I'm curious if the elk have made any sort of comeback in the last few years? Anyone here hunt the area or have any first hand knowledge?

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If you look at the harvest statistics on the IDFG website, the success has been bouncing a lot. In '10 it was 14%, '11 was 10%, '12 was 21%, and '13 was 15%. '14 numbers won't be up for a few months.
Starting about '10, hunter numbers have dropped by 1/2 to 2/3 and harvest has gone from averaging 20 to 25% down to those numbers.


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Used to be good............hunted there during the '80's. Tough hunting.

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