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Title: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: franksolich on August 12, 2023, 10:18:40 AM: https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/08/11/wyoming-has-too-many-elk-and-nobodys-sure-what-to-do-about-it/

Wyoming Has Too Many Elk, And Nobody’s Sure What To Do About It

There are apparently too many elk, particularly in eastern and northeastern Wyoming, and lawmakers, ranchers, hunters and the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish are in a quandary over how to handle it.

“I always tell Game and Fish that elk are their wild horses,” Jim Magagna, executive vice president of the Wyoming Stock Grower’s Association, said Friday.....

.....Magagna said that in places, elk populations are “three or four times” over the Wyoming Game and Fish department’s herd objective numbers, and some ranchers are starting to feel overrun.

Of Wyoming’s three prized big game species — antelope, mule deer and elk — elk are doing the best by far......
Title: Re: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: Old n Grumpy on August 12, 2023, 10:44:30 AM: Check all recipes for some delicious elk dishes :-)
Title: Re: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: SVPete on August 12, 2023, 11:05:45 AM: Maybe WY's department of tourism could offer some ideas, :-) .
Title: Re: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: Old n Grumpy on August 12, 2023, 12:33:31 PM: Quote from: SVPete on August 12, 2023, 11:05:45 AM
Maybe WY's department of tourism could offer some ideas, :-) .

Yes they can sell them to tourists for souvenirs :-)
Title: Re: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: SVPete on August 12, 2023, 01:20:32 PM: Quote from: Old n Grumpy on August 12, 2023, 12:33:31 PM
Yes they can sell them to tourists for souvenirs :-)

I was thinking of 30-06 type tourists, of course (or are they called venison tourists?).
Title: Re: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: Drafe Hoblin on August 12, 2023, 10:20:45 PM: Elk-sausage is pretty damned tasty, prepared by people who know what they're doing.
Title: Re: Wyoming has too many elks
Post by: SVPete on August 13, 2023, 07:46:49 AM: I tried to work out a joke combining People Eating Tasty Animals and the Elks Club, but I'm very under-caffeinated.