Big Game Hunting > Wolves
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Feathernfurr:
Intelligent response. Idaho resident, Uncle Sam doesn’t give you a lot of options on where you get orders.
time2hunt:
Just kind of curious on what makes you an open range grazing expert. Are talking strictly Washington state or you talking Nevada,Idaho,Wyoming and other BLM land grazing programs.
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Feathernfurr:
Degree in ecology, with significant coursework in range management, and experience working in habitat programs for neighboring states wildlife agencies. My experience is specific to Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Not to mention first hand experience over a decade of seeing the impact of cattle grazing to a majority of the areas I big game hunt.
Feathernfurr:
But it’s pretty simple with the point I’ve tried to make. Ecosystem can support X amount of animals. I’m interested in maximizing X in game species that I can harvest and provide for myself and family, and others having the same opportunity. I’m not terribly interested in X having to account for added cattle. I can appreciate someone’s business, and I don’t wish anyone ill will. But, if that business directly impacts my ability to use public land in the manner I desire, I’m not terribly likely to have the most empathetic ear, and that is my experience.
I’m not saying I want to see people’s cattle killed by wolves. I think it’s a crapshoot for all parties involved, the cattleman, cow, and wolf. I’m not heartless. I’m also not going to blindly support something that has had a negative impact on my lifestyle and act like it hasn’t.
Mudman:
Any of you unhappy with cattle using your hunt lands I suggest ya stop eating beef then..... Or raise your own like us. Problem solved. To add to this debate I just returned from "natural" habitat of yellowstone. Not to many deer or elk there. Lots of cattle..I mean bison and wolves and bears too. So there is an example. Is that what we all want? Maybe we should remove cattle and reintroduce thousands of Bison? Eco friendly conservation right?
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