Which region has more elk ?

[gutpile]

East kootenays or Tumbler Ridge ?

[huckleberry]

I don't know about tumbler ridge, but after the decision to cut our elk herd in half by the ranching community it's tough to find a 6pt bull in the fall.

[J_T]

Going in to winter, Elk herds in the Kootenay where at 1/3 of what they had been. And then they had a deep snow winter.

[Bugle M In]

I do not much about T/R...but I can tell you, the EK is going to be slow, so unless you have someone with some
private property down low, you will find elk hunting 6 points in the EK about as tough as it can get these days,
maybe some of the worst #'s of elk in the trench in years......my suspicion.
Now, if you want to try the "bow only season", then maybe you'll have a slight margin of better success, but a lot
of places just aren't holding the elk like they once did (hope it turns around soon?!)

[barry1974w]

EK for sure, the wide open antlerless season and huge quantity of antlerless LEH up north have decimated populations

[Bugle M In]

EK for sure, the wide open antlerless season and huge quantity of antlerless LEH up north have decimated populations

that doesn't sound to good.....

[hunter1947]

4-25 east region side if you can get there,,go for it..

[Bugle M In]

4-25 east region side if you can get there,,go for it..

maybe the southern part??, but I can assure you, the northern section is not doing well at all....honestly.
I think that one report (can't remember his name...a trapper?) that came out a couple years back even
stated, with an outlined area, just how "low" the numbers were in that part of the trench.....
from what I have experience, he was bang on.
1 reason is wolves, and they been in there since the late 80's....maybe some of the first areas the wolves
actually moved into.
Hard to say, but last season, I saw more elk on my drive to hunting and back home along the Columbia River, then I
did hunting.
A good portion was private land, but bulls with 10 - 20 cows in each harem.

[sawmill]

Never even bought an elk tag this year. Waste of money.

[gutpile]

Really ?????? , and you live there , you should know some good spots !