the elk have been here in that small herd for a long time---they do have a controled hunt on the Minn. elk and have had for a several years--obviously with the small herd roughly 30 anaimals not too many licenses are given out--about 4 to 6---the DNR issues a hunting season on elk when the pop is over 30--in other words that is the level they want to keep the elk at to appease the problems they cause locally in the area they live----yes it would be wonderful to have a large huntable pop. of elk but we don't have enough unihabitable land that can produce large numbers