They got themselves to this point by overpricing their hunting of them because of trophy madness , would it be asking too much for the state of Colorado to offer incresed hunting opportunities for elk at a cost below the ridiculous , especially for non-residents ? If they did that they wouldn't need wolves . I've always dreamed of going on an elk hunt , as it stands the only way I'll ever come close is when Kentuky's elk herd starts swimming across the Ohio River to here where they aren't legally game animals
Kevin, the over population of elk in the Rocky Mtn. National Park didn't get this way because of over priced hunting tags, since there is NO hunting within the park boundarys!! I'm not going to say anything about the prices for elk tags, BUT there's no shortage of hunters buying them, so apparently the price isn't TOO high for enough hunters to buy them up.
It's true wolfs have been seen, and road killed in the state, BUT so far there doesn't seem to be much, if any, mating going on so the numbers of wolfs won't be climbing at any alarming rate. BUT if they get to the point of doing a "re-introduction" of them with in the park, which I highly doubt will happen any time soon, you can then bet that there will be breeding pairs and at that point, the fire(wolf population) will spread without boundarys!
Isn't it funny how it seems to be more politcally correct for the elk to be shot by "sharp shooters" than it is for elk to be shot by hunters!! Let's see, pay sharp shooters who knows how much or have hunters paying the state to hunt them!
][:@]Makes no cents (sense)!!