Confirmed: Montana Elk Herd Destroyed By [ imported at US taxpayer expense, from Canada, Huge, timber ] Wolves.
Montana Game and Fish confirmed what many of us have said for ten years [ since 2000 ] .. elk herds won’t slowly decline, they will precipitously collapse.
This herd [ Gallatin Valley ] was counted at 1,500 elk in 2005 and all cow hunts were stopped. The herd has decline 85% and is now at 200 – not a typo – two hundred. I predict there will be less than 100 elk in that herd next year
http://www.skinnymoose.com/bbb/2010/01/11/confirmed-montana-elk-herd-destroyed-by-wolves/
I have eaten elk and am OK with buck hunting but little infuriates me as much as the fact that 80 or more percent of the calves are eaten alive before one year of age. By the very predators I detest so strongly.
The great elk herds of the west are gone for the most part. The so-called animal lovers on the left cheer on the incredible suffering of elk calves.
Hypocritical scum.
Fortunately I saw lots of great elk herd activity on the coast where we had our beach house. Check out you tube for video of the Pendleton elk
swimming the Columbia river near Astoria, Oregon.
Now that we are in upnorth Michigan I can go to Gaylord where they have a
small herd protected in enclosure in the city!!! Just up there last week listening to them bugle in rut. There may be no more beautiful sound on the planet.
My husband who grew up in Montana scoffs because they are enclosed but it’s not that small. You often have to look to find an elk.
Bring your grandchildren. Gaylord is a great city - friendly people, alpine decor on main street, awesome food. Elk visits are free and divinely
enjoyable. Even the occasional liberal here is probably carrying so it is safe too.