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Re: BC Wolf & Cougar Reduction: To Benefit Recovery of Mountain Caribou
« Reply #75 on: May 05, 2014, 10:31:07 AM »
This is going to be good. They are going to reduce moose populations and prevent deer herds from growing, to try to stabilize caribous herds that by most reports are shrinking because of habitat issues. So somehow, moose and deer populations can grow in the face of increasing wolves? But caribou can't? The large moose herds and deer herds are causing the wolf population to grow? So we have to reduce deer and moose herds to shrink wolf and cougar populations so caribou populations will supposedly grow? 

But wait....... If the wolves don't have moose and deer to eat, won't they be more likely to target caribou? And conversely, if the wolves have all those deer and moose to eat, it's likely wolves aren't spending much time slaughtering caribou.

My prediction? Way too much money will be wasted on predator control and not enough on habitat restoration. Hunters will complain about a lack of moose and deer,...... and wolves and cougars and bears will be blamed even though they will be hunted mercilessly. That will be an excuse for even more "predator control". And there will be no noticeable bump upwards of the caribou herds. The net result will be less huntable animals.

If deer and moose herds are expanding and doing well, why not encourage that. Maybe this is a natural regime change.

Moose I can't speak to, but my understanding is they have in influx of white tails up there. If true, it will take a lot to kill them off. They are rats with antlers.

You and Sitka are mixing two very different places together and cherry picking to support your argument.   I can tell you haven't spent much time in BC,  EVERYTHING you write is very regurgitated and worse, cherry picked and muddled.

And I can tell you haven't spent much time around white tails. The only reason farmers don't pay people to shoot them in the eastern half of the country is because people pay them to be able to hunt them. They can''t kill enough of them.

If white tails are booming up in BC and Alberta there is a good reason why wolves are flourishing up there.

BS, we have watched the whitetail deer drop just like the mule deer, the mule deer have been hit the hardest though. Tell us A-bud, what happens when there is no more prey in an area, do the wolves move to a different area or do they start killing more livestock? Wacoyote always skirts around the question.
What do you mean I "skirt around the question"?  I know wolves can and will kill livestock.  It's not a secret. 

If prey animals get to a low enough population that hunting them is too difficult for the wolves, they will look elsewhere.  If there are cattle in the area they will probably eat them.  Again, (like always) you're not getting to any point.

Whitetail deer are not taking a beating from wolves, at all.  They're not on a downward population trend.  I'm not sure where you got that idea. 

Speaking of dancing around questions- where are all those hunting pictures of you?  What ever happened to your big court case that was going to blow this conspiracy out of the water?  Answers please.... :chuckle:

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Re: BC Wolf & Cougar Reduction: To Benefit Recovery of Mountain Caribou
« Reply #76 on: May 05, 2014, 10:53:24 AM »
Respectfully, If Whitetails aren't taking a beating ,do you have any ideas of what has reduced the whitetail populations in the "Wedge" in the last 10 years?
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Re: BC Wolf & Cougar Reduction: To Benefit Recovery of Mountain Caribou
« Reply #77 on: May 05, 2014, 12:00:48 PM »
Sorry, I don't.  The very serious winter kill a few years ago caused the serious decline. 

The region one harvest has increased slightly since but consistently since the bad winters. 


 


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