Well, if there wasn't three feet of snow in their prime winter range ( my back yard) and the DOW wasn't chasing them with helicopters and airplanes every coup!e of days to "count them" there might not be so many dying.
The winter of '07-'08 was really hard on elk numbers and they never really came back. Now two winters in a row we've had ass deep snow that gets crusted over between storms making it tough for the elk to paw through to get at feed.
That and cow seasons that last into January . . . . . .
RJ
Last edited by recoiljunky; 02/24/20.
When you go afield take the kids. . . . . . . . and please, wear your seatbelts.
Alder, Montana Native. . Transplanted to Craig, Colorado.
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