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Crap.There's already lynx there, no reason to screw up Bobcat hunting, calling and trapping.Already butthurt we lost night hunting Bobcat all because one dude shot one and then reported it.
Waste of money IMO but news worthyhttps://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/27/more-lynx-are-coming-soon-to-washington-s-kettle-range/
Quote from: Humptulips on November 28, 2021, 11:42:07 AMWaste of money IMO but news worthyhttps://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/27/more-lynx-are-coming-soon-to-washington-s-kettle-range/We used to have quite a few lynx in the Kettle Range, the wedge, and in the Selkirks. I remember seeing their tracks fairly often when I was young, there was one trapper who caught quite a few of them, but we are really on the fringe of their range, I don't see many lynx tracks anymore in most of that country, I don't think there are many of them. There are plenty of lodgepole thickets and snowshoes for them to hunt, bringing in 10 a year over 5 years, they might get them going better again?
Quote from: bearpaw on November 28, 2021, 12:24:05 PMQuote from: Humptulips on November 28, 2021, 11:42:07 AMWaste of money IMO but news worthyhttps://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/27/more-lynx-are-coming-soon-to-washington-s-kettle-range/We used to have quite a few lynx in the Kettle Range, the wedge, and in the Selkirks. I remember seeing their tracks fairly often when I was young, there was one trapper who caught quite a few of them, but we are really on the fringe of their range, I don't see many lynx tracks anymore in most of that country, I don't think there are many of them. There are plenty of lodgepole thickets and snowshoes for them to hunt, bringing in 10 a year over 5 years, they might get them going better again?I would like to see some kind of reasoning why the Lynx numbers have dropped off and why things are different now. Whatever caused lynx numbers to go down if they really have, why will that not be the same fate of the released lynx?Instead I feel like this may be driven by funds available for a program, the main goal of is to put some bios on the payroll. I hope it is more than a way to get Fed money.