"I would rather be judged by twelve than carried by six"
Last edited by "No Choke"Lord Walsingham; 01-16-2017 at 11:14 PM.
Of course. US is drastically superior to c-u-next-tuesday-ada in every respect with the possible exception of how awesome the wilderness spaces are up here. and even that depends on the state. BC seems almost entirely polluted/stepped on outside of the Percel Wilderness area. Percel's only like that due to the ruggedness of the country over that way!
It's silly to compare this nation to that.
As I am reasonably, somewhat confident you are aware - Different nation, different Law. The system in the US is more balanced. Ours is politician centric to the max. That and a lil' ol' thing called the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
It looks like there's a problem when only 4% of the collared cows are in the "young" classification and 16% fit in as old.
If the 9-10 month old female calf recruitment doesn't make it to be a 3 or 4 year old she's non productive.
Looking at the cow mortality from known wolf predation and knowing that it is common for bears to reduce a calf crop by as much as 50% ....in this study the numbers support that....78% bred cows and 35% with a calf at side...we come to what I beleive is a crucial question.
How many calves are making it thru the next two years of life when they are the most vulnerable.
My bet is this is when they become a wolf turd.
So lord no choke, we should not try and get value for our tax dollars, even if it's small? I need no reminder of how over taxed we are, or how little we get back for what we pay.
This country of ours takes a back seat to none as far as being the best in the world. I wouldn't trade Canada for anyplace.
The second amendment has nothing to do with the Pittman Robertson act, and there is no reason sportsmen can't champion something similar here. Lil bit off a box of shells for wildlife ain't gonna hurt at all.
Last edited by LeverActionJunkie; 01-16-2017 at 11:31 PM.
"I would rather be judged by twelve than carried by six"
They might not be making it, or those might be the few survivors from the crash.... lots of ways to look at it. For what we have and how quickly it changed cow mortality was definitely high between the periods when inventory work was done. Low recruitment on its own doesn't explain the change.
I think if we take a step back again, the problem is there aren't enough moose.
Right now we're studying a declining moose population because we have to 'prove something' to politicians.
We should be talking about making more moose... not studying a declining population.
We both agree on that.
Until we have a properly funded wildlife management model, doing any of the above effectively is pretty tough.
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