Wow, a report based on science and data! Crazy. Thanks for posting this, it is good to see this. Wonder what the people at the Grizzly meeting in Bozeman would have said to try and invalidate this paper?
I love reading the comments section that is filled with people from Nevada, New York, Minnesota, etc. who have zero experience living in an area where these bears actually live. Not that I'm living in the woods with a handful of grizzlies sleeping next to me, but at least I'm in the area and...
Wife is preggo and due in August so I put in for the hardest to draw elk and deer units I know of to intentionally get the lowest odds possible of drawing. I'm probably the only one on here crossing their fingers to not draw a tag. I'm going to be lucky to get a handful of day out with my bow...
What is required to get a Citizens Initiative (CI) put together for this? If that is a possible option for getting these issues more back to where they should be why wouldn't we (the resident public land elk hunting community) do that?
I headed out opening morning of deer/elk rifle season this year looking for an elk in the same place I got my bull on opening morning last year (first elk ever for me). Just like last year, I came close during archery season but I couldn't get everything to come together to get one with my bow...
Awesome wolves, everyone. I would love to get lucky enough to even see one, let alone be able to shoot one. I always have a tag in my pocket during the season, just in case.
RobG if it makes you feel any better, I am having the same problem. I was actually relieved to see this post. I am far from an expert on rifles, bullets, ballistics, etc. I'm a bow hunter who picks up his rifle to continue hunting when the general season opens. I went out yesterday to shoot and...