The only places I’m aware of that too many elk were causing problems before the reintroduction of wolves was National Parks. No hunting is allowed in them, the balance of the western states hunting is allowed and there didn’t seem to be a problem.
I was just being curious. I’ve read where wolves were re-inserted in areas because the local wildlife was getting out of hand. I think they did it in the Olympics in WA and in Oregon someplace. My thoughts were, well how did nature take care of over population of one species. So perhaps looking at areas where there is no hunting, such as National Parks and see how the wolf/elk population is being handled on a natural level. If elk were being depleted by wolves one has to ask why? Introduce more elk? Still seems to me that nature had a way of dealing with over population.