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Originally Posted by AlbertaCutthroat
Actually getting there. Consider if there are 7000 elk (higher end of estimate) and the population is growing at 22% per year (what government has estimated) hunters need to harvest approximately 1540 elk. Now, consider a sex ratio of 50% that means we need to harvest 770 cows per year to keep the population stable. There have already been around 300 cows harvested on the base, they intend on harvesting another 500 and that's in addition to whatever cows are harvested in the seasons surrounding the base. Looking at the numbers, they are on track to get these elk in check over the next couple seasons. Double issue cow tags could really fast track the population reduction. Real question is, how many elk do they intend on leaving on the base over the long term? 1000? 2000?
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Its been posted on a few threads already but wth.
http://www.bowhunters.ca/uploads/201...Amendments.pdf
Scroll down to the suffield stuff.