It's been a bad year for Glen Crittenden. And herds of elk are making things worse. Crittenden farms near Hudson Bay, Sask., approximately 320 kilometres north-east of Saskatoon. Due to wet conditions this fall, much of his crop remains unharvested, and still in the field. "As the winter approaches, elk herd up into larger herds of 10, 20, 50, and they begin to graze on the available crop," said Crittenden. Crittenden plans to harvest his crop this spring, but worries about the foraging animals damaging the plants. "It is covered by crop insurance," he said. "Even in a field where you've got a lot of wildlife damage, determining the amount of loss by wildlife...if you can imagine 50 deer wandering out in a field, foraging and making trails and bedding down, trying to determine that loss is very hard to do." Ironically, Crittenden sees the elk as a bigger problem than a herd of 100 rogue bison wandering the area. It's not clear who owns the animals or when they will be recaptured. Source - http://www.cbc.ca