Grizzly Bears are off the Protected List

JMG · Jun 22, 2017

I know there is still a long way to go for a possible grizzly bear hunting season, but here is one giant step: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/us-officials-to-lift-yellowstone-grizzly-bear-protections/article_3e512da0-0519-5510-b387-811c675d8c3d.html.

The lawsuits and protests will be interesting to watch. I guess we will see what each State will do.

JMG · Jun 22, 2017

Whoops . . . . I see (another post) we posted pretty much at the same time.

AvidIndoorsman · Jun 22, 2017

They posted this a while back... whose going to put in for a tag when the start the season?

file:///C:/localrdir/whardie/Downloads/Grizzly%20Bear%208-29-16.pdf

Schaaf · Jun 22, 2017

And I'm sure the first lawsuit has already been filed.

JDH · Jun 22, 2017

“We have to wait 60 days, but on the 61st day we will sue to stop the delisting,” said Matt Bishop, of the Western Environmental Law Center, a Montana based nonprofit that intervenes on behalf of conservation groups.

icebreaker12 · Jun 22, 2017

wllm1313 said:
They posted this a while back... whose going to put in for a tag when the start the season?

file:///C:/localrdir/whardie/Downloads/Grizzly%20Bear%208-29-16.pdf

That was the proposal to delist. This is the final rule that will actually delist them.

AvidIndoorsman · Jun 22, 2017

icebreaker12 said:
That was the proposal to delist. This is the final rule that will actually delist them.

My link was to the proposed rules brochure, you are 100% correct this is new news. $1000 NR tag with a $50 trophy fee is successful.

icebreaker12 · Jun 22, 2017

Which state is that?

Wyoming will be $600 for Res $6000 for NR.

MiStickSlinger · Jun 22, 2017

icebreaker12 said:
Which state is that?

Wyoming will be $600 for Res $6000 for NR.

is that for real?

3855WIN · Jun 22, 2017

icebreaker12 said:
Which state is that?

Wyoming will be $600 for Res $6000 for NR.

And a guide fee to hunt a wilderness area. I guess I won't be making that hunt.

Stubaby · Jun 22, 2017

You think a grizz will really ever be hunted in the lower 48.....ever?

Will there ever be an end to the red tape and lawsuits? Other than being anti-hunting, what's the real reason for all these organizations to sue and muddy the water......long after the desired population objectives have been met?

It's just so tiring.

whiskeydog · Jun 22, 2017

Stubaby said:
You think a grizz will really ever be hunted in the lower 48.....ever?.

Most definitely...in the next couple years I hope! Just like the wolf...it's going to happen!

Poke 'Em · Jun 23, 2017

It will happen, but none of us will ever draw a tag. If you think sheep tags are hard to draw...

icebreaker12 · Jun 23, 2017

It was the prices set by the legislature. Although interestingly wasn't in the last license fee bill.

So we have Wyoming ($600 Res / $6000 NR)

We have Montana ($150 Res / $1000 NR both with a $50 fee if successful)

Anybody know Idaho?

Zach · Jun 23, 2017

NYT Article~ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/science/yellowstone-grizzly-bear-endangered-species-list.html

Interesting comments~ https://mobile.nytimes.com/comments...one-grizzly-bear-endangered-species-list.html

el unit · Jun 23, 2017

Good NYT article.
It will be interesting to see this all happen. Also curious to see the applicant numbers for the first grizzly bear hunting season.

Zach · Jun 23, 2017

el unit said:
Good NYT article.
It will be interesting to see this all happen. Also curious to see the applicant numbers for the first grizzly bear hunting season.

Applications > Tags, as to the ratio that would be a good guessing game.

Jwill · Jun 23, 2017

Great news on the recovery and delisting. I just don't see the demand for griz tags in the lower 48 being that high, I guess maybe we'll see in a few years. Not a goat rope I'd want to throw in on...

The Hedgehog · Jun 23, 2017

Jwill said:
I just don't see the demand for griz tags in the lower 48 being that high

Per animal taken, I suspect demand will be higher than that of bighorn sheep.

Ben Lamb · Jun 23, 2017

Greenhorn said:
Per animal taken, I suspect demand will be higher than that of bighorn sheep.

Yep.

It will be a coveted tag.

Glad to see that this is one Obama project that wasn't part of the purge.

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