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Originally Posted by FILO
Took these pics around Jackson Hole and the Gros Ventre range over Christmas 2012. Saw plenty of Elk.
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Not bad. But compared to the 11,000 head that used to be found there, that's not very many. The wolves took a majority of them out for breakfast, lunch and dinner, while many others scattered, leaving roughly 3000 remaining in the area.
As I understand it, the locals are both relieved and pissed. Relieved because their trees and gardens are no longer being browsed to death and pissed because that giant herd was a major draw for tourists.