As most of you know IDFG instituted a cap for each zone for non-resident elk tags. Just wanted to see if you guys noticed less hunting pressure? Do you feel like the NR cap had a positive effect on pressure? I will say that I thought the Lemhi zone seemed less busy.
Idaho Elk Zone Update
- Thread starter HuntDon
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I hunted 39 and thought I saw less NRs and hunters. I know other guys were complaining about hunter numbers but I never saw a guy in the field after six days of elk hunting. I did not see any NR plates either. I’d normally see a few NR plates at trailheads. What I saw represents a very narrow portion of the unit.
The zone I hunted has been seeing an increase in resident archery hunters for years. Additionally with the cap structure it was able to have more non resident hunters in 2021 than 2020. I hunted a pretty small area and had residents park next to me and hunt right on top of me multiple days
flatcoat
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Chatting with folks in my zone the consensus was less NR's but more hunted days. Lots of NR's camped/spike out for the duration of the tag rather than hunting for a week to 10 days like is used to be.
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