Elk Meat up for grabs ?

[Canuck_Buck]

Rocky Mountain Elk Plan May Cost $18M

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/science/3883651.html

A 20-year plan to thin the burgeoning elk herd in Rocky Mountain National Park could cost $18 million to kill some animals and disperse others, park officials said.
An estimated 2,200 to 3,000 elk live in the park, overgrazing vegetation that is also important to other wildlife including songbirds, beavers and butterflies, biologists say. Elk numbers have escalated because the animals have few predators and no hunting is allowed in the park.


BBQ at the park ? mmmmmmmm Elk meat

[CalHunter]

Why not close the park to the public for 2 weeks during say November and just allow hunters in the park with draw tags? Instead of paying money, the park could actually be making money and the meat wouldn't be wasted. I guess that's a foreign concept for government. [:@]

[tangozulu]

Why not just import a few dozen wolves. According to some people in here about a dozen or so should eat about 10,000 elk a seasson.

[Canuck_Buck]

tango, do you have 3 dozen wolves to spare in BC>?