This just in...elk are smart

[PaulRevere]

State-funded BYU study finds elk move when hunting season starts — and it's causing problems

Research from BYU wildlife sciences professors finds that when hunting season starts, elk in Utah move off of public lands — where they can be hunted — and onto private lands — where they cannot be hunted. And then, when hunting season is over, they shift right back to public lands.

news.byu.edu

 

[RyGuy]

I think hunters have known this for quite a while…

 

[Stocker]

They could’ve sent me 1/2 the money they spent on the survey and we’d have both been happy.

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Now that science says private land hunting works, maybe MTFWP will stop their shoulder season hunts. Wouldn't want to be too closely aligned with Utah's game management decisions, or anything...

 

[TN_Rifle_Junkie]

I am sooooo glad that the science has caught up with common sense. We even see this in TN with turkey and whitetail hunting. They "know" where to go to not be shot at during season and turned these areas into their normal 'migration" routes during the cyclic year.

 

[noharleyyet]

Wetness of water...

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Wetness of water...

That's what she said.