Elk Hunting Twofer

Kirk Stovall · Post by **Kirk Stovall** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:57 am

Elk numbers have been healthy once you get away from the wolves. This year is no different, we were able to find a good bunch of cows and a couple bulls. The bulls were not trophy sized, so I let them get bigger and shot a couple cows, I had my sons and grand daughters along for fun. They say you can't eat horns and they are right...

Old-Win · Post by **Old-Win** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:19 am

How close to the road were they?

mike herth · Post by **mike herth** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:23 am

Wonderful! Those grand daughters will remember being on the hunt with their grandpa the rest of their lives.

beltfed · Post by **beltfed** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:28 am

Kirk,
That is a funny looking Shiloh Sharps there.
beltfed/arnie

Kirk Stovall · Post by **Kirk Stovall** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:40 am

Old-Win wrote:How close to the road were they?

Which road?

art ruggiero · Post by **art ruggiero** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:28 pm

thats the new 1877 improved

keep on having kirk best artr

art ruggiero · Post by **art ruggiero** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:29 pm

thats the new 1877 improved

keep on having fun kirk best artr

Michael Johnson · Post by **Michael Johnson** » Sun Nov 11, 2018 7:56 pm

Nice couple of cow elk Kirk. What are the chronic wasting concerns in Montana?

Kirk Stovall · Post by **Kirk Stovall** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:05 am

Michael Johnson wrote:Nice couple of cow elk Kirk. What are the chronic wasting concerns in Montana?

CWD is always a concern, but it isn’t catastrophic yet. Sometimes the appearance of problems is greater than the actual problem itself. It is also odd, how people perceive various concerns with fear or complacency.

Whirling disease was the biggest problem with the Madison river several years ago, and although there was a threat from the disease, I think they found out that other conditions contributed to the decline in fish numbers as much as Whirling disease itself.

Then you have the wolves in Yellowstone and they will tell you that the declining elk population isn’t a result of the wolf reintroduction, and how they can skew the numbers backward from that, I can’t understand.

I haven’t seen the alarm about CWD in western Montana yet, but there has been evidence that it may have shown up in a few areas...

Michael Johnson · Post by **Michael Johnson** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:43 pm

I hunt deer and elk in NW Montana but had heard of CWD concerns in the SE part of Montana. Nice couple of cow elk; they really are the best eating!

desert deuce · Post by **desert deuce** » Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:16 pm

The photographic evidence is very enlightening.

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