Are the objective figures for each elk zone a minimum or a maximum number? In other words, if a zone is above objective is the goal managing it to get populations down to the objective? I read someplace that in Montana objective numbers are a maximum, and MT FWP tries to keep populations from exceeding the max.
Answer:
In both the 1999 and 2014 elk management plan, elk zone population objectives are presented as a range of numbers. IDFG strives to manage the elk population to be within that range of numbers.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 1:17 PM MDT