Shorten the antlerless elk seasons

coyoteslayer · Apr 18, 2018

They start hunting cow elk in some units August 1st and end January 31st. Other units they start around Oct. 1st and go until January 31st. The pressure on these animals, and the deer living in these areas is incredible. I used to go see numerous good bucks during the rut, now the cow hunts are going for so long, the animals are pushed into areas they usually are not. I would rather them give more tags and say you have 1 or 2 weeks and be done with it. In my opinion, the season lengths are out of control.

travishunter3006 · Apr 18, 2018

Longer Season lengths don't have any measurable affect on herd #'s or animal health.

elkassassin · Apr 18, 2018

Guttin a F'N Cow in February..................!

GOOD GAWD I Just PUKED Thinking about it!

COW ELK = $$$!

It Ain't Easy being Me!

schoolhousegrizz · Apr 19, 2018

I agree. I think they also need to limit the people that hunt the extended along the front. I honestly feel bad for the deer.

Deerlove · Apr 19, 2018

You can cow hunt 5 months out of the year, you can buy elk tag where you can now hunt all three hunts in gen units, but if your archery elk hunting in gen unit you CANT hunt all of sept. Makes no sense.

elkantlers · Apr 19, 2018

Yes, It is much more important that you can see rutting bucks from your drivers side window than someone filling their freezer with elk.

coyoteslayer · Apr 20, 2018

Yes, I do like to see rutting bucks, but my main goal is what is best for animals. Is it best to push animals for 6 months out of the year? The animals could sure use a break now and then. They are pressured non stop from August to February. Lets take some pressure off of these animals. Maybe be done by first of December.

Elkslayer2015 · Apr 20, 2018

Is their another hunt that runs from august 1st to January 31st beside the land owner hunts?
I do agree they have way to many hunts back to back.

coyoteslayer · Apr 20, 2018

The beaver unit has one from aug 1st until start of archery hunt then starts again first day of spike hunt. And ends jan 31st. Four different hunts. I know the animals on the winter range get pushed higher up the mountain then normal. Cant be beneficial to them.

Insanity · Apr 28, 2018

I like the longer seasons I had a cow tag last year that I didn't even get a chance to go out till December. The probably receive less pressure over a long hunt than a short hunt even if it was a month long. You have far less people out on a given day and if they get bumped and run into the next canyon the chance of a hunter being there and shooting at them is far less. Where like the rifle deer hunt if they run to the next canyon someone else is there lights them up and they just spend the whole week running from each group of hunters they encounter.