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Some good 6's there, Ripp. Nice to see.

I just got word there is a quiet and VERY effective wolf cull going on just North of here to protect 2 very sensitive caribou herds.
They've been using choppers and have a few 0's behind the number already. The Caribou are doing great and the whole area is starting to see increased #'s moose, elk and deer again.

It was so bad in one Northern community, the wolves were actually entering town and people warned not to let their kids walk after dark or alone at any time.

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That is good to hear...I plan to do the same to the east of where I live... ssshhhhhh...don't tell anyone..

Choppers work very effectively here on the big numbers of coyotes the fish and game take out from time to time...amazing how many they can get in one pass through a canyon and/or river bottom..

Actually between myself and one of my friends we have 8 wolf tags..plan to go over in a week or so and see if they are still around..

Hope they keep up the good work up North...

Ripp

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Seen some Elk when in Canada near Banff about 5 years ago while on holidays, just wandering around as casual as can be; must have been used to the tourists I guess!
Is a lovely thing to see game in good numbers despite hunting, just means that the powers that be have the numbers right for culling & normal attrition - keep them photos coming mate, make us envious over here in Oz!

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Right now elk numbers in Montana are very high..almost at all time record highs with the exception of wolf areas where they are at an almost all time low... the area I hunt has 2 shoulder seasons in an attempt to get the elk numbers down..normal season was over the last weekend in November..another season carries on until mid-February..which I don't agree with ..think it is way to hard on the herd as a whole..cows are pregnant so there are a lot of aborted fetuses and a lot of wounded game..hunting is getting more and more difficult this time of year as the snow keeps coming and the temps are low..people start pushing their shooting ranges, etc..so not a fan of the late shoulder season...

There is also an earlier shoulder season that started in mid August..which messes up archery season a bit as it opens 2 weeks later..elk are a bit wound up by then with all the shooting going on..but at least the cows haven't been bred yet..and the temps are not -10 to -20F for the game to scratch out a living in...

Yes if you ever were to go to Yellowstone National Park it would be similar..you can drive right by bison, elk and mule deer without them giving you much of a notice...

I will keep them coming as they become available to me..

Ripp

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What a sight to see while just driving around and looking out to the fields.

So are they easier to find AFTER the hunting season closes? Like wild ducks here, who become much tamer and less wary after the season closes, as if they know it has ended.

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