Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
Faced with such grumblings after news this week that the Montana wolf population is still growing, Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are holding a meeting Wednesday to discuss what additional measures can be taken to kill more wolves. Here is the story…
Some Bitterroot Valley, Montana livestock producers are gathering signatures on a petition to allow the county to institute a bounty they believe would create a wide-open season on wolves and mountain lions in Ravalli County.
The bounty would pay $100 for a wolf or mountain lion and $20 for a wolf pup or mountain lion kitten. Coyotes will bring $5 for an adult and $2.50 for a pup. More here…
Several Sportsmen’s organizations are offering incentives to encourage hunters to bag a wolf before Montana’s season ends in February. The latest carrot is offered by SCI’s Western Montana Chapter: taxidermy of a wolf pelt. Details here…
A plane with stickers of wolves, which represented how many aerial kills it had under its wings, has caused quite a stir with wolf whackos. Wildlife Services has since removed the images for the crybabies.
Wolf attacks on hunting dogs are increasing according to MDNR. In the photo attached to the story link, two bear-hunting dogs are shown killed by wolves, while they had treed a bear.
LEWISTON, Idaho – The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is aiming to control wolf populations with helicopter gunners and government trappers in north-central Idaho. Animal activists are sure to provide a howling response.
MISSOULA, Mont.-The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has learned that an Oregon court has agreed to consider in its final ruling the RMEF motion outlining the need for science-based, state regulated wolf management. The court is reviewing the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s authority to manage and control wolves as part of a state-approved plan. Read more
So far, hunters have killed only 46 of the 220-wolf quota and the Fish and Wildlife Service is considering another month of hunting.
Animal-activist whackos – namely Alliance for the Wild Rockies,Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians – have filed an injunction to stop wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/wildlife/article_1cb968ba-f944-11e0-bb56-001cc4c03286.html