Okay I got the low down on the situation and it is not surprising. There are certain commissioner that believes he knows more than the biologist about Elk numbers. From my source at the meeting the biologist wanted to stay at 1,000 tags and had the data to support it. Instead, commissioner Hensley said something like "Now, I'm just a good ol' boy and don't have no PhD, but we don't have as many elk in this state as what you're telling me."

Thanks to the arrogance of people like Hensley, this is why SB 62, recenly passed 35-0 in the Senate. It requires term limits on Commissioners.