Quote Originally Posted by rocksteady View Post
One thing you are forgetting is there was 2 or maybe 3 years that they had an "any antlerless" season for 10 days in the main trench of the Rocky Mountains, to thin the herds to appease the ranchers. It would not show up in your stats for leh, but it had a HUGE impact on populations.

Im not forgetting anything! My 2 posts we’re in response to Curt’s comment about 33 cow elk tags being a cash grab.
Killing 33 cows over 200sq km will not hurt the population in any way. Harvesting some cows is healthier for the herd as a whole.

High predator numbers were going to destroy the ungulate numbers.....the leh cow season just helped it happen sooner.

Curt....my feathers aren’t ruffled at all. Not that it matters but the last cow elk I killed was in 2005!