RE: elk transplants
it would really be a bummer if the great state of oregon didn't have any elk, wouldn't it. could you imagine it if every other state that had elk had to transplant to oregon. besides don't they get the transplanted elk from farms????? if your state didn't have enough elk to transplant the then the game and fish dept. wouldn't transplant any. isn't oregon an over the counter state(you can buy an elk tag over the counter)wait until your state goes onto the lottery system and raises the price of all the tags not just elk. an elk tag will cost several hundred $ more for a non-resident tag than a resident tag, then you'd have to be drawn to go hunting. you should be proud that your state transplants elk to other states so our brother hunters can have such a majestic animal to hunt in their own state.