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Title: Summary of the 2004 Michigan Elk Hunt

Title: Wildlife Division Report No. 3473

Collection Number: RG 2019-30

Scope and Content: In 2004, 125 elk hunt participants were randomly drawn from a pool of 40,502 applicants. During the eight day season (December 7-14), 105 elk were harvested. A majority of the elk harvested were female (58), and young elk (0.5 to 2.5 years old) comprised 41% of the total harvest. Nearly equal numbers of elk were harvested on public and private lands. No positive cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) or chronic wasting disease (CWD) were found in the harvested animals, though one case of brain worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) was diagnosed in a 1.5 year old female. This report summarizes the results of the 2004 Michigan elk hunt and discusses hunter success, hunter effort, hunting distribution, and elk biological data.

Division: Wildlife Division

Agency: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Surveyor: Dave Smith and Jennifer Kleitch

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: reports

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: elk

Subject: hunting

Subject: harvest surveys

Subject: hunting demographics

Subject: mammals