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Originally Posted by bessiedog
WB is correct.
I chase three different small herds in 402. Usually I can tangle close with one group.
But talking to bios…. I think it’s pretty much the Grizz factor.
It’s the same as the Yellowstone Elk when the wolves got reintroduced and then the grizz down there figured out the calving grounds.
Lots of preds in 402. Them damn wolves keep messing up my whitetail patch.
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The predator issue is not due to one or the other but the tag team of wolves and bears.
Wolves are the initial cause of population decline, bears keep the population from growing.
Wolves take out the weakest and unluckiest (
), regardless of the prey's age or fitness.
Bears clean out the excess of young. To bears, one is too many.
Elk in Alberta are now a species completely dependent upon living in close proximity to humans for safety from predators.
The ultimate predator pit.