Mountain Elk are doing FAR worse than anyone has expressed here so far.
Other than a few WMUs, the season "should" be closed.
It is absolutely disgusting that F&W and our hunting community has allowed Mountain Elk to be decimated by predators over the last 20 years.
Populations are down over 90%, many WMU's now typically have a harvest of 2, 1, and ZERO elk per year.
The ONLY Mountain WMU with a significant harvest, WMU 400, is showing a steady population decline as well.
Only Three out of Twenty Nine WMUs had a harvest of more than ten bulls last year.
There is lots of interest in figuring out how to kill one of the few remaining elk, but ZERO actioned interest in helping these Elk.
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"to identify very rare, scarce or special forms of fish and wildlife outdoor recreation opportunities and to ensure that access to these opportunities continues to be available to all Albertans."
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