Back to the original subject. I just talked with my friend who lives in Colorado and asked him whether the perceived elk herd shortage had spread from the western rim to statewide and he confirmed that it had. He has attended a few meetings with other sportsmen and the DOW and discussions have gone on to a possible solution. The long and short is that there are most likely several reasons like some disease, predation but the main focus has been on hunter pressure. He feels they have allowed too many elk to be harvested and the fix involves allowing less tags to go out which is a difficult dilemma because they need the revenue to keep the department running. A real catch 22. Apparently there is a plan in place to lower tags on a measured basis in certain areas and track the harvest results. My guess is that the tags will be harder to come by and get more expensive.