>'They' aren't thinking of any such
>management strategy. 'They' are working
>collectively with Sportsmen, ag, forest
>service, and farmers to come
>up with viable solutions for
>the problems on the unit.
>
>
>Last I checked those solutions included
>
>
>1- raised objective Wasatch committee discussed
>and approved for rac and
>WB a herd objective of
>8,900 head.
>
>2-private land only cow tags, this
>was a short term experiment
>to try and redistribute private
>land elk on the unit
>
>
>3-Aggressive agricultural solutions including the removal
>of problem elk
>
>4-no increase in LE bull permits
>this year and a nearly
>complete removal of all antlerless
>draw permits as well as
>OTC control permits.
>
>5-collar studies done on both bull
>and cow populations to get
>a better handle on current
>distribution of elk
>
>6-exploration of incentive programs for private
>land owners with the end
>goal of increasing hunting pressure
>on the 'safe havens' within
>the unit.
>
>
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I am all for fixing things and am glad that they have put a plan together, but who in the hell decided that what they were doing sounded like good game management.