I believe the transportation of the elk was funded through RMEF, but I can't be certain without doing some diging in some old files I have around here. As for the deer, many came from out of state. I will also dig that out from an interview I did with the guy who was responsible for building the deer herd.

If you think that Laurel is better than Dale that is fine by me. I know this though, 10 of the top 25 largest smallmouths ever taken in the world came from Dale Hollow and zero of them came from Laurel. If you want to see the list just let me know.