Yes, elk patterns have changed since the wolves have shown up. Alot.
Where I shoot whitetails, in central Idaho hay fields, the elk stay year round now. Before the wolf introduction, the elk would winter in the hay fields, and then move back higher into the back country, before calving season. When the hay started growing, in the spring, the elk were gone. They typically didn't show back up until well after the last cutting was put up.
The hay farmers started complaining about the year round elk, and depredation cow elk hunts were implemented.
Again, the elk lose. This time indirectly....because of the wolf.
Andy3
