Category: Wildlife

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SCI Talking Conservation On Capitol Hill

SCI Urging Senate to Pass H.R. 4089

Washington, D.C. – Safari Club International (SCI) members will participate in more than 170 meetings this week with members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on behalf of hunters everywhere. SCI’s lobby day on Capitol Hill represents the largest annual gathering of U.S. hunters in Washington, DC. This year’s focus will be working with the U.S. Senate to pass H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012. Read more

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Monkey Wrench in Florida Man’s DUI Charges

A Florida man has been charged with felony drunken driving and wildlife violations, after police located a monkey in his truck.  Largo Police indicate Eugene Carl Kotelman was speeding and found he was driving on a suspended license and had been charged numerous times with driving on a suspended license and DUI.   Responding officers then noticed a “small monkey” in the truck and released the critter to his handler, the driver.
After Kotelman was released on bond from the DUI charge, Florida  Wildlife officers charged him with possession of wildlife and two counts of violating fish and wildlife rules.

They took custody of the monkey, who later explained he was supposed to be the designated driver.  Not really, but the rest of this is true.

Wildlife

Scouting for Turkeys

With my turkey hunting season opener less than one week away, it was time for some scouting.  I perched myself above a wildlife food plot in a deer hunting shack so that I could remain comfortable with a clear view.  Within 15 minutes, a lone hen appeared and seemed to be on a mission, never slowing much and disappearing to the north.   The action continued throghout the 3.5 hours of observation with wildlife in view the entire time.

A few deer here and there and at about 8:05 the first distant gobbles sounded.  From the broken-off calls, I assumed they were jakes, and my suspicion was confirmed 30 minutes later.

All in all, a good day of viewing, but still looking for the boss gobbler.

Distant Jakes

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Vehicle/Sheep Collisions Wiping Out Herd

During the four-year period between 2008 and 2012, a total of 110 sheep were killed by collisions, he said. A total of 107 sheep were  killed on Montana Highway 200, while just three sheep were killed by trains.  Since 1985, Sterling said 403 sheep have been killed by motor vehicles on the  highway and 58 sheep have been killed by trains.

Flashing yellow caution signs and electronic reader boards haven’t worked yet.  Salt blocks in the area have had little impact luring the  sheep away from the highways.

A simple simple solution exists:  quit driving cars and trucks.  But, alas, not even the most radical animal rights whackos will not give up their lifestyles in exchange for a few measley sheep.  Anyway, more here…

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Public Lands: Biospheres Under Glass? Not If USSA Can Help It

by Bill Horn

As regular U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance readers know, on April 17th, the House of Representatives passed the most important fishing and hunting bill in 15 years – HR 4089, The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act – by a lopsided 274 to 146 vote.  A bipartisan majority of 235 Republicans and 39 Democrats voted yes.  The bill has two fundamental features: (1) establishing that 700 million acres of federal public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are open to fishing, hunting, and recreational, as a matter of law, until or unless closed for good specific reasons and (2) confirming recent EPA decisions that the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act does not allow the agency to regulate lead in fishing gear or ammunition.  The overwhelming support from America’s real conservationists, the angling and hunting community, demonstrates this is good public policy and ought to be non-controversial.

But nothing in Washington, D.C. ever is.  So it’s little surprise that the usual suspects are screaming about the bill and peddling disinformation about what it does.  Read more

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