This article was crap and just a disguised piece of anti hunting gibberish.
The fact is simple, we have robust elk herds in the 90s, then in the mid 90s we thinned the herds down and banned trapping, baiting, spring bear hunts, hounds, hunts etc. Then since the 90s we can not figure out why our deer and elk are not able to recover from hard years of drought or heavy snow fall...
It is pure bs. There is so much data left out in this article it is unreal. The quiet period, 90% pregnancy rates, the bulk of the calf moralities prior to the hunting seasons even starting...
As for CPW you can not blame them, we made a mess. The bears are legislative action and tied the CPWs hands. Right now almost anyone can kill 2 bears a year and with the new fee schedule NR hunters can all get on the action for $100.
Peterson is a moron and one of the reasons I struggle to support BHA. He and those like him screwed our state. It will only get worse as we see Colorado shift more liberal and people decide to fix wildlife issue at the pplls instead of letting science work.