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How Will We Hunt Grizzlies?
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 3:24 PM
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How Will We Hunt Grizzlies? Posted by Network Creator on August 5, 2009 at 7:22am in Wildlife Management & Conservation
Wildlife agencies in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming are looking for feedback about future grizzly bear hunts, in case the bruins' population swells.
By Amy Linn, 8-04-09
Grizzlies in Yellowstone. Flickr photo by Don DeBold.
For people who have an opinion about grizzly bear hunting, the time to speak up is now.
Three state agencies—Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP), the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game—are looking for comments on proposed guidelines for future bear hunting seasons. The hunts, according to the agencies, would only take place if grizzly bear populations are robust enough to withstand the “discretionary” mortality.
According to FWP, none of the states are considering a grizzly hunting season at this time. But if populations ever swell to the point where there are “surplus bears,” Montana, Idaho and Wyoming have drafted an agreement for developing quotas and other matters related to bear hunting. (The number of grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding ecosystem has increased from about 136 bears in 1975, when they were listed as a threatened species, to more than 500 bears today, the FWP says.)
The current proposal, as the FWP describes it, would:
--"Include area-wide caps on grizzly bear mortalities [and] intensive monitoring of Yellowstone bears, their food, and their habitats.”
--Establish maximum allowable mortality limits for adult males and females, as well as for dependent young, grizzly bears.
--Allow different states to have different objectives. “Specifically, the state of Wyoming’s objective is to limit further expansion of the population in size and distribution ... The states of Idaho and Montana have an objective of allowing the population to expand into biologically suitable and socially acceptable areas.”
To see the entire proposal, go to the FWP website and click on 2009 MOU. For more information, go to FWP.
They are so worried about the spread and distribution of the grizz but don't care that the Wolf goes into other states. Kind of sounds a little backwrds since the grizz pop is estimated at 500 and no on knows just how big the wolf pop is b ut well more that 500 and they do more damage to all herds.
Gary Scheel NAHC LM,RMEF LM,NRA Member, Lonestar Bowhunter, TexasHogHunter Pro Staff Member
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RE: How Will We Hunt Grizzlies?
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:03 PM
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Gary,
I was thinking the exact same thing while reading your post. See you added that at the bottom. Somebody should bring the wolf to the talks table too.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson NAHC-L, NRA
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RE: How Will We Hunt Grizzlies?
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:45 AM
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Politics..gotta love it... 
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