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<blockquote data-quote="Techy" data-source="post: 1514686" data-attributes="member: 92764"><p>Southwest Colorado elk herds in jeopardy</p><p><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/24/southwest-colorado-elk-herds-dying/" target="_blank">https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/2...k-herds-dying/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Haven't been on in awhile so I had to start new account. No clue what my password was and I don't use that email anymore. Oh well.</p><p></p><p>The article speaks for itself. In my own experience I have seen drastic increases in hunter numbers. This last year was my wrist year ever. Hunters all over and virtually no elk. Places where I normally never or rarely run into hunters had hunters every week. For the first time ever I never even got in on a bugling bull until the last day of season. And when I was closing the distance I started seeing other hunters. One below, one above, all going for the same bull. That has never happened to me before. This was not of any trail or anything either. The archery hunter numbers have gone through the roof in my opinion. Maybe the part about the elk and their rut being disturbed is part of it. Was very disappointing season in numbers of elk and numbers of people. Not sure if it is just the area I hunt or what. Obviously this was a weird year with the drought too, but the numbers of hunters seems to keep increasing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techy, post: 1514686, member: 92764"] Southwest Colorado elk herds in jeopardy [URL='https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/24/southwest-colorado-elk-herds-dying/']https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/2...k-herds-dying/[/URL] Haven't been on in awhile so I had to start new account. No clue what my password was and I don't use that email anymore. Oh well. The article speaks for itself. In my own experience I have seen drastic increases in hunter numbers. This last year was my wrist year ever. Hunters all over and virtually no elk. Places where I normally never or rarely run into hunters had hunters every week. For the first time ever I never even got in on a bugling bull until the last day of season. And when I was closing the distance I started seeing other hunters. One below, one above, all going for the same bull. That has never happened to me before. This was not of any trail or anything either. The archery hunter numbers have gone through the roof in my opinion. Maybe the part about the elk and their rut being disturbed is part of it. Was very disappointing season in numbers of elk and numbers of people. Not sure if it is just the area I hunt or what. Obviously this was a weird year with the drought too, but the numbers of hunters seems to keep increasing. [/QUOTE]
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