02-19-2013, 02:51 PM
The general season bull elk tags for most of the state is a spike tag. There are a few any bull areas but not many. Mature bull elk tags are sold through the drawing process as limited entry. Spike bulls are a single year age class. Back when you drew any bull tags you saw a lot of spike bulls because hunters chose to harvest more mature animals. Today on a spike only unit you wont see many spikes. They are there but it is not a given you will harvest one. It costs a lot more to hunt a mature bull. Maybe dollars had something to do with that decision. There was some talk about providing a viewing experince for the non-consumptive public. That always made me laugh but again thats just me.
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