Elk South of the freeway need to be named something else. They are not even close to the ones North of the freeway.
These were southeast of Twin Falls, in the Shoshone Basin area. There's a pretty good herd in there now if you can get the tag.
Doubt I would live long enough to draw a regular tag with 1-2% draw results. You can have one for about $15K by buying a landowner tag though.........South Hills hunting regulations are a mess. I think I preferred it 30 years ago before the elk moved in.
I can't remember just when, maybe 15 or 20 years ago?, the IDFG was going to transplant some elk into the south hills. There were already a few there that had migrated north out of NV and they wanted to add to the herd. The ranchers screamed and the plan was scrapped...or was it? The elk herd just kept growing. They claimed it was from continued migration from NV and of course there was no hunting season, but the herd grew fast. There was no proof but a lot of speculation that the IDFG didn't scrap the plan and did some transplanting.
There are quite a few elk there now and it's easy hunting but getting the tag is a real trick.
There are a lot of moose in there now, too.