Killers of BCs Moose

[bearvalley]

When the bred cow percentage is 78% and the calf survival in February/March ranges from 8 to 37% a problem is obvious.
These surviving 9-10 month old calves are in a vulnerable stage of life and a long ways from being productive moose in regards to increasing numbers as part of the breeding herd.
Of these calves only 50% can be a producing cow moose one day....so now we have a 9-10 month old female calf moose recruitment ranging from 4 to 18.5%.
Whats the survival number of female calves that make it to 2 and 3 years of age....my bet is that it's pretty bleak.
Another 5 year extension to the studies will not stop the decline in moose numbers.
One thing it will do is suck up the money that's been earmarked for a recovery.

[Walking Buffalo]

I'm still curious as to what "Holistic Change" would look like.
Is this similar to killing moose to starve wolves to save caribou?


BCWF, do you respond to questions on your own threads?
Will you provide a copy of the progress report?

[LeverActionJunkie]

I used to feel disappointed that I've only ever had the chance to kill one moose. Beginning to look like it's best to leave the poor things alone.

[bearvalley]

I'm still curious as to what "Holistic Change" would look like.
Is this similar to killing moose to starve wolves to save caribou?

Either that or extend the studies until the problem goes away.
The moose will be what's gone.
Killing moose to starve them off or relocate them away from mountain caribou has to be one of the all time stupids in wildlife management.

[Bonz]

and by the time the extend the study the other side will cry its old and outdated, like their doing to the bear data, thats what they want. more funding and more research an do nothing
anyone heard when these recomedations are going to begin. r4eports old already and havent began anything that ive seen. just more talk about more research

[GoatGuy]

I'm still curious as to what "Holistic Change" would look like.
Is this similar to killing moose to starve wolves to save caribou?


BCWF, do you respond to questions on your own threads?
Will you provide a copy of the progress report?

Here's a link to the "A STRATEGY TO HELP RESTORE MOOSEPOPULATIONS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA" report:

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/wildlife...uly-8-2016.pdf

Progress report:

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eirs/finis...cumentId=10381


One more link lol: www.google.ca

[GoatGuy]

Got at least a page of responses, seem to be getting back to complaining. Would like to hear more about the question below......

Lots of "why don't they" in the replies. For my perspective this is a shared resource, owned by everyone in BC.


If I got a vote and a question for all the people in the thread it would be: How do WE make more moose?

[Bonz]

nothing in that explains what their opinion of holistic is. and a few others with vague meanings in that

[Bonz]

Got at least a page of responses, seem to be getting back to complaining. Would like to hear more about the question below......

WE dont. nothing we can do, if WE tried, we`d be charged lol

[Bonz]

this has already been sitting for almost a year. what the hold up to implement that plan they claim they will do, more years to study on how to implement it?