375H&H
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There are already significant roadless areas in the northern bighorns.Would increasing roadless areas in the northern Bighorns help keep the kill down? It would seem most elk killed would be “easy” elk that would be near vehicle access. I might be naive, but how many elk would be killed with difficult access?
The problem is roadless areas don’t matter when the elk are off the mountain and on the winter range and visible. And judging by when the original elk were poached, December-February is exactly when they would be “hunting”.
Even just tonight there are still quite a few elk on the winter range that I can see from my house.