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<blockquote data-quote="1Moose" data-source="post: 1517105" data-attributes="member: 74044"><p>I saw first hand the difference of highly pressured areas vs. those that are managed tightly this Thanksgiving. I visited relatives in AZ for the holiday and stopped into local taxidermy store at recommendation of my father. Of course I knew there were places where huge animals lived and were taken, but I was still amazed by the average size of the bull elk around the shop. Lots of really big animals. Talking to a man who worked at the shop learned that most of the big animals he sees come off of Apache lands where they manage the herds very closely.</p><p></p><p>This year in CO, over an full week during muzzleloader season, I saw one bull that was following a cow and was fortunate to have the shot (and on the very last evening; the only 2 elk I saw). I hunt there because I can get drawn each year, but it's tough. Some of the challenge could have been fires in the area earlier having pushed animals away temporarily. And it was clearly much drier than I've ever seen, and indeed the locals reported the elk were down in hay fields a lot more than usual. The bull I shot this year was very low on body fat compared to others in prior years.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what's up, but I hope for healthy elk populations for years to come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1Moose, post: 1517105, member: 74044"] I saw first hand the difference of highly pressured areas vs. those that are managed tightly this Thanksgiving. I visited relatives in AZ for the holiday and stopped into local taxidermy store at recommendation of my father. Of course I knew there were places where huge animals lived and were taken, but I was still amazed by the average size of the bull elk around the shop. Lots of really big animals. Talking to a man who worked at the shop learned that most of the big animals he sees come off of Apache lands where they manage the herds very closely. This year in CO, over an full week during muzzleloader season, I saw one bull that was following a cow and was fortunate to have the shot (and on the very last evening; the only 2 elk I saw). I hunt there because I can get drawn each year, but it's tough. Some of the challenge could have been fires in the area earlier having pushed animals away temporarily. And it was clearly much drier than I've ever seen, and indeed the locals reported the elk were down in hay fields a lot more than usual. The bull I shot this year was very low on body fat compared to others in prior years. I don't know what's up, but I hope for healthy elk populations for years to come. [/QUOTE]
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