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  • Photos of "wolf killed" game?

    Ralph Maughan

    Mike-S sent me a number of photos of killed elk, also a deer buck, and a bighorn ram. There were several other photos of the same event, taken from different angles and some others too small I thought to tell much at all. I didn’t put these up. I created a special web page for…

  • Pic of a Wyoming state elk feedlot

    Ralph Maughan

    Folks have been wondering what these Wyoming state-run feedlots look like. The photo is of the Grays River feedlot, a few miles south of Alpine, WY and near the Idaho border (menace to Idaho elk). This small feedlot is right next to a busy highway and it has a fence on 3 sides. The photo…

  • Fewer elk to be fed on National Elk Refuge

    Ralph Maughan

    In response to a past lawsuit, the National Elk Refuge at Jackson, Wyoming has announced it will feed fewer elk, probably, therefore, reducing the size of the Jackson Hole Elk Herd. The plan is to also reduce the Jackson Hole bison herd by half, a good idea because, unlike Yellowstone Park bison, the Jackson bison…

  • Central Idaho elk, pride of the state

    Ralph Maughan

    A small part of a herd of 300 or so elk on Ayers Meadow in the Frank Church Wilderness in July, Central Idaho. This has always been great elk country, but several years ago cattle grazing in the drainage was bought out, so now these public lands have more elk than ever. Idaho –mule and…

  • Idaho Legislators may tinker with elk ranching laws

    Ralph Maughan

    Legislators may tinker with elk ranching laws. By Roger Phillips. I was talking with a leader in a major sportsman organization the other night. He said the Idaho legislature was likely to do nothing of importance to restore fair chase hunting in Idaho, and he was talking ballot initiative to solve the problem the way…

  • Wolves alter elk hunting in Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the Caspter Star Tribune by Whitney Royster. Note that “altering elk hunting” is not the same as reducing the number of elk. This article takes pains to stress that. A lot of the complaint from some elk hunters is that they have to adapt to new conditions, and learning new techniques of hunting…

  • Sportsmen Unite To Save Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    The Wyoming Range is a beautiful and wildlife-rich mountain range in SW Wyoming. Some folks might think this storyline might be a reference to rangeland in the state of Wyoming. No it is the name of a mountain range 70 miles long and about 25 miles wide. At the headwaters of Lunch Creek and the…

  • The [Idaho] hills are alive with elk. Monarchs of the mountains roam highlands because of easy winter.

    Ralph Maughan

    This article appeared today in the Idaho Mountain Express. It’s just another example that the elk herds are doing fine. I also hear the elk at Stanley are both fat and thick in numbers as well as up and down the Salmon River Canyon The hills are alive with elk. Monarchs of the mountains roam…

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