Why is there an Elk Hunting Season in the State of Pa. with very few Elk to harvest? Your thoughts?

Question

Should these beautiful animals be hunted when there is very few to hunt no matter how the season is regulated or organized by the Game Commission in the State?

Answer 1

You're right. I have no idea why the game commission allows them to be hunted. We have deer running all over the place and a very short deer season. It makes no sense. The bobcat is the same as elk. Bobcats are endangered in PA and the game commission still allows them to be hunted and trapped. It makes no sense. If you ask me, the PGC is grossly failing to properly manage wildlife in PA. Too short of seasons for common game and having a season period on animals which should not be hunted at all due to low numbers.

Answer 2

Not sure about PA, but here in Virginia we have a few elk and are worried that they might carry Chronic Wasting Disease so we encourage deer hunters to shoot elk if they see one.

Answer 3

Often game laws, like other laws, are left on the books for years after they cease to be relevant. An example of this is the fact that until very recently Galveston County, Texas had a bear season on the books. There haven't been any bears in Galveston County in over a hundred years. A non-game example is that until recently there was a law in Austin, Texas that forbid anyone from shooting Indians from a moving streetcar. Sometimes it is just more expensive to remove these outdated laws than it is to just ignore them.

Answer 4

Its a money making proposition you see we have to send off money to get in on the lottery and even if we are not chosen we still have to pay.... There are only a few counties in PA that have Elk and they are over populated (believe it or not) so they issue these permits to keep the heard from starving... Like I said its all politics... Hope this has helped... Grant M in Pennsylvania

Answer 5

Each state has highly controlled populations of every big game animal. Each state also has goals they set for the amount of animals that the state habitat is able to provide for. Those areas of habitat are specific areas of land and property and not the entire amount of land available in the state. In Pa.'s case they want to control and keep herd numbers at very precise levels and in very precise locations and in order to do so, hunting is allowed on an extremely limited basis in Pa. That way the state gets a controlled population and a very few lucky hunters get a chance at a Pa. bull!

Answer 6

Because Us humans do not give a s#!t until they are nearly gone or all gone. A lot of us just do not understand or want to understand once all the animals are gone so will we. We are killing our world piece by piece. By the time we start to do something about it , it will be too late.

Answer 7

I think NOT. I doesn't make any sense to me in light of the sheer low numbers of the "herds" (I use that term..loosely) that exist in Pennsylvania to begin with. Management doesn't seem to be the problem nor is there any danger of over-population and crop damage. For the benefit of those that don't know or are mis-informed Pennsylvania just recently established the idea of a legal season, it is a new law and not decades old......

Answer 8

aren't most of the forests in Pa having trouble with regeneration? It seems that a place with such a grazing problem doesn't need these cows. Better than hunting theme would be to introduce wolves and have them kicking *** for us.

Answer 9

they are trying to keep the population down but not to much

Answer 10

They still need to be managed.