Bitterroot elk season changes

[creasy]

Yesterday the FWP commission approved an emergency proposal for some fairly dramatic cuts in antlerless harvest in the Bitterroot for the 2009 season. One can only hope its not 4 years to late.

? Elk HD 200-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 100 to 5
? Elk HD 200-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 75 to 5
? Elk HD 202-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 100 to 5
? Elk HD 240-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 25 to 5
? Elk HD 261-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 25 to 5
? Elk HD 261-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 50 to 5
? Elk HD 270-00: Reduce antlerless permits from 75 to 5
? Elk HD 270-01: Reduce antlerless permits from 125 to 5
? Elk HDs 204, 261 and 270 north of Rye Ck: Reduce general license cow elk quota thru Darby Check Station from 100 to 25
? Elk HD 270 south of Rye Ck: Reduce general license additional cow elk quota thru Darby Check Station from 100 to 25

 

[hookncook]

Sorry but I am not from there so I am not up to date but I have some family in Victor. What is their reasoning for doing this? Are their not as many elk as their once was or what is going on?

 

[Randy11]

Horrible mismanagement at the same time the wolves really took off.
Numbers completely crashed.

 

[Frontier]

As long as the wolves are there now you will probably not see the elk numbers increase again. Essentially the Bitterroot elk have become wolf food, no more room for humans.