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Call the Idaho Fish and Game and see what the say. I've talked to them and they blame the wolves 100%.
the wolves move to domestics, next thing you know your kids are waiting for the bus in cages. http://www.abqjournal.com/news/state/266402nm12-02-07.htmLAS CRUCES— Catron County parents say they're just concerned about the safety of their children. Animal activists say it's an overreaction. Reserve Independent Schools is building wolf-proof shelters for school bus stops in southwest New Mexico, where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reintroduced the Mexican gray wolf.http://americansforprosperity.org/california/legislativealerts/outrageous-kid-cages-at-school-bus-stops/California – Americans for Prosperity calls for reform of the Endangered Species Act.The Endangered Species Act has been transformed from a balanced conservation policy to an instrument used to pursue radical environmental agendas. Abuses of the Act have led to thousands of job losses, hundreds of terminated projects, and countless invasions of private property rights. State’s rights should not be infringed upon through the ESA’s broad applications of the Commerce Clause. In addition, plants and animals, not in danger of extinction, shouldn’t be granted rights that impede business, industry, and American prosperity.Read more: http://americansforprosperity.org/california/legislativealerts/outrageous-kid-cages-at-school-bus-stops/#ixzz2i2rEyvLthttp://www.gilbertwatch.com/gilbertwatch/index.cfm/blog/wolves-devastate-arizonas-animals-and-economy-and-force-children-into-cages/Wolves Devastate Arizona's Animals and Economy, and Force Children into Cages
Quote from: KFhunter on October 17, 2013, 04:21:17 PM then pissed me off when they do everything they can to hide wolf predation on livestock. Didn't you mean they stopped people from freeloading by claiming every predation was by a wolf so they could get a check?You and your buddies own livestock?
then pissed me off when they do everything they can to hide wolf predation on livestock.
I was talking about the caps on compensation per ranch per year.
Humptulips, you gotta admit a lot of it here on the Peninsula is habitat. In the 70's I used to hunt the East Hump and it was a great area before it got turned into an overgrown Douglas fir plantation. Fir plantations are fine if there are lots of clearcuts so there's some food for the herds, but you get into 15 yer old reprod, and it's a dead zone. Not much on the ground except a few mushrooms. In the 70s the East hump had a good mix of evergreens and hardwoods, so even though it was older 2nd growth, it still supported a lot of animals. Until they start logging it again, there won't be much there.
Quote from: Sitka_Blacktail on October 17, 2013, 11:03:40 PMHumptulips, you gotta admit a lot of it here on the Peninsula is habitat. In the 70's I used to hunt the East Hump and it was a great area before it got turned into an overgrown Douglas fir plantation. Fir plantations are fine if there are lots of clearcuts so there's some food for the herds, but you get into 15 yer old reprod, and it's a dead zone. Not much on the ground except a few mushrooms. In the 70s the East hump had a good mix of evergreens and hardwoods, so even though it was older 2nd growth, it still supported a lot of animals. Until they start logging it again, there won't be much there.No, I don't have to admit it because like I said hogwash. Back when I started hunting in the late 60s the Promise Land was what you would call the worst habitat much like the E Fork is now, actually worse because there are still a few newer clearcuts on the E.Fork. Guess what, there were deer on the Promise Land. Those few clearcuts on the E.Fork, if the deer were starving they would cluster in around them but no, the feed goes uneaten.Used to be able to walk a road in that bad habitat and see it browsed the full length. Now the salmon berries never get pruned for the most part.The Promise Land now is loaded with newer clearcuts but the deer few and far between. If it was just habitat it should be loaded. If you're raising beef you have to have grass for them to eat but you can't kill more then are born every year and expect your herd to flourish.I don't understand why it is so hard to accept that predators can for want of a better term overbrowse their food supply.
Quote from: KFhunter on October 17, 2013, 10:46:28 PMI was talking about the caps on compensation per ranch per year.KF,My comment was pointed more at Cougartails post.