Rocky Mountain News 02/19/06
Licences given out down over 80% in 10 years.
The world famous Gardner MT so called "fireingline" hunt is but a shadow of it's former glory. It is, according to the MT G&F in danger of disappearing within the next few years as the elk herd has decreased from a high of over 12,000 to under 4,000 in the last 10 years.
The herd decrease is attibuted to the re-introduction* (?) of Canadian Grey wolves* and a huge increase of bears within the Yellowstone eaco-system by Montana's Game & Fish agency.
WHAT HAVE I BEEN TELLING YA? BETTER YET, WHAT LIES HAVE THE GREENIES actually in control of the USPS, USFWS & USFS BEEN TELLIN YA?
* How do you "Re-introduce" (ie: Grey wolves), a species that wasn't ever there in the 1st place !!!! 
HNTER