BLM’s Welfare Ranching come with a huge price tag… Not to mention Cattle Money Influence on Our Politicians Sadly on landscapes around the world, environmental change is bringing people and large carnivores together. This union is not without its problems, Human-wildlife conflict is on the rise as development continues unabated and apex predators begin to reoccupy a tiny bit of their …
F&G allows for elk depredation hunt in Salmon area
And Idaho hunters wonder where their Elk go… They really need to recognize the facts here…. SALMON — An influx of elk seeking food in all the wrong places in Lemhi County has led wildlife managers to expand hunting opportunities for the ungulates where they are raiding ranchers’ haystacks or foraging in fields where cows seasonally congregate. Elk seeking food …
Why Researchers Howl At Wolves—And Why Some Might Stop
For wolf experts, “elicited howling surveys” involve fearlessly imitating what they aim to study. When searching for their subjects out in the field, animal researchers rely on a whole bag of tricks. They might hide in hunting blinds until their species of choice comes by, or pinpoint them with satellites. They can set up nets to catch them, bait them …
Idaho’s wolf population has been on a steady decline since the state began allowing hunters to kill the animals.
Its pretty sad when they do a poll… they think its ok to kill wolves, and remove millions from their state budget that could have gone towards education. Especially when Idaho has done such blatantly illegal things like collaring wolves when they were supposed to be collaring Elk. BOISE — As hunting is resulting in a slow but steady decline …