The rest of the story

As most people know who have half a brain know it is never the ones who are in command-the higher ups that know whats really going on.They are too busy playing politics..
Now going back to rest of the story on how this rancher stopped elk from knocking down his fences..As mentioned before this rancher discovered elk can't really jump like a deer can so rather than build higher fences (which is costly)he looked at the worn ruts in the ground left by the elk to see where they cross the most and for 50-60 feet he did the following..He actually lowered the top strand of wire 2 inches and replaced it with a strand with NO barbs for the elk to get hung on.Instead of fixing the wire tight to the post he just ran it thru a loop,and to keep it very tight there were some very strong springs on the end..I think you get the picture.The elk could clear the fence easy and if some did come down on the wire the springs would give and NO BARBS would not snag(or injure)the elk.On other places along his ranch he would simply open the fence when the elk migrated in spring and fall and put the cattles some where else for a few weeks..We went to some town meetings and told the people to give it a try and next year almost no calls..Also for informative purposes in the several decades with the elk there was never a fatality with a vechicle.There were a few wrecks and alot of them were caused by peoples dogs chasing the elk accross a road..
Now our next big-big problem had to be solved.The elk herds were declining -WHY
Our next blog will try and explain it and probably hurt a few feelings