Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) came out in strong support today of Gov. Matt Mead and the Wyoming Legislature for decisive action Monday regarding Senate File 41, which will allow for state management of the gray wolf population in Wyoming. Read more
The Alaska Board of Game has approved the use of aerial bear control to increase the numbers of moose for residents. “All bears within the 540 square mile area will be removed, but that total will include many more black bears than grizzlies,” Fish and Game spokeswoman Cathie Harms wrote in an email.
Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Alaska Game Board OKs aerial bear control in Kuskokwim region
A Commerce Township woman is being stalked – by a turkey. She’s had to change her habits to avoid the confrontational critter and leaves her house in the dark to avoid “Godzilla.” Video and story here…
After drawing much public attention for his historic trek into California, the gray wolf designated as OR7 has turned north and crossed back into Oregon.
Originally part of a wolfpack in northeastern Oregon, OR7 wandered more than 1,062 miles Read more
“This is the third mild winter in a row with warmer temperatures and low snowfall,” Craig Albright, DNR wildlife biologist, said. “We should see a high survival rate of 8- to 10-month-old deer, and on top of that we can expect a good crop of fawns this spring.” More here…
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…
What some people don’t realize is just how many coyotes we have in Michigan; they’re in every county. It’s no surprise to me that they are being spotted in even our more urban areas. Story and cool photo here…
GW: I thought this was good years ago and it still is.
By Steve Sanetti
2008
Today’s green movement uses certain buzzwords — organic, locavore, renewable — to the wry amusement of 15 million to 20 million of us who’ve actually lived the eco-friendly lifestyle that these words describe.
We are hunters. As a subset of America, we’re admittedly somewhat smaller than we used to be. Our numbers have been steadily pressed beneath a culture growing ever faster, more complex and distant from its rural ancestry. Now, like growing vegetables, gathering fresh eggs and raising farm animals for the table, the proclivity and skill to harvest Earth’s bounty of wild game — and to pass on this tradition to those longing for simpler ways of life — reside in only a relative few of us. Read more
As Michigan’s crop of Mute Swans continues to grow, so does its nuisance factor. Something needs to be done, and the best of all practical options is to kill them. After all, they are classified as invasive species. More here…
In one of their biggest attacks on hunting in recent years, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and other anti-hunting organizations are seeking to remove a prominent hunter from the California Fish and Game Commission. Commission President Daniel Richards is under attack from the world’s largest anti-hunting group after legally hunting a mountain lion in Idaho.
“This is a clear attempt by anti-hunting organizations to use the fact that Mr. Richards is a hunter to have him fired,” said Walter “Bud” Pidgeon, Jr., U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance president and CEO. Read more