♦Flights in 1998 were after antler shed so bulls could not be 

 counted separately. 



The Wildlife Biologist for the DFWP reports very little hunting 

 season survival of bull elk in all of hunting District 423. This 

 hunting district includes forested mountainous areas of Lyons and 

 Wolf Creek as well as extensive areas of open rangeland north to 

 Bowmans Corners. Elk use is most common in only the south part of 

 this district, south of Highway 434, an area of approximately 120 

 square miles. The Gladstone project is located in this area. The 

 Gladstone and French Creek analysis area covers 5638 acres, or 8 . 8 

 square miles, which is 7.3% of the area south of Highway 434, or' 

 4.1% of the hunting district. 



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