Originally Posted by
proguide66
My #1 motivation and suggestion I am dropping here is for everyone to DO SOMETHING. 'Anything' !!!! One of the reasons I have little time 'here' anymore is I mostly see the same people talking/arguing about the 'same things' and NOTHING changing or getting done - NOTHING.
What I KNOW is, predators are killin it, period. "waiting' for the govt or 'anyone' to do something isn't going to do shit. Hitting a 'like' button is a good gesture but that doesn't do SHIT either. The power of social media gives each of YOU the direct power to do something and without having to wait for anyone's approval.
If I wanted to make a difference and was at the mercy of some 'boards' approval, I'd be siting here for 5 years arguing with people and nothing would happen.
SO, I suggest to ANYONE and everyone, IF you want to make a difference RIGHT NOW and where you hunt,( I'm taking winter 2018 NOT years from now), I would STRONGLY suggest YOU start talking to people, find out WHO can do it, go find them speak to them or someone who knows them and GET ON IT. Sitting here gazing at this screen isnt going to do SHIT. Meet with them, look into their history, make sure they WILL get the job done and throw down 'something'.
Here's a solid example of lack of contribution from hunters ( without motivating them).
"Trapman" blatantly informed you all he drilled out over 100 hrs of time, who knows how much in equipment and fuel, and took care of 5 wolves. THAT alone helped out every person who actively hunts ungulates within a possible 80 or so mile radius of where he did this. NOW, how many of you are even curious of where he did this and thought about 'possibly' encouraging him to do more and make a BIG difference by throwing down a few $ for his time, effort and costs ?? HOW MANY ?
When I first started out 10 years ago, I did it to make a difference. I am not a fur trapper, I don't have time for it, my year is insanely booked up, all there is to it. I am a licensed problem solver when it comes to wolves - period. THAT is 100% the only reason I got licensed and got after it, to solve problems.
I received lots of 'pats on the back' , thanks yous etc, and not a penny offered up. And know what? I never even hunted where I solved the problems. I took a shit load of flack, a piss load of attacks by local and out of town IDIOTS, death threats daily on social media ( ok, I kinda get a kick out of those actually but still...), but I still got it done, many benefited from it and it cost me THOUSANDS $$$$$.
SO, here we are AGAIN. Predators across western Canada are going OFF. Everyone is seeing the results, tags and seasons are getting shortened and hunting is becoming less appealing to get into for new hunters. Its a 100% negative snowball effect on hunting as a whole.
Can I make a difference where I am ?? YES. There are 3 or more people I can rally to make a difference ranging from Squamish TO Goldbridge. Now you take a look at that line, figure out where wolves can cross it and how far on either side. Now you can easily see if YOU hunt in any of those areas and what the hunting was like there OR how much predator sign you saw.
SO, if you could as an example in Reg 2 and 3) would you donate to 3 or more people to make hunting BETTER for you???? NOW ?? Or would you rather sit back on a key board and read about people sweating their asses off, dropping THEIR $$ to make YOUR hunting better?? OR, flat out see nothing being done - at all.
I could be ripping around the planet for the winter again, it beats the F$%#k out of wolf trapping I'll guarantee that, and its actually cheaper to leave then stay here for the winter!!
SO, am I going to donate the next 3 months to solving a BIG problem for all you guys and fund it?? Sorry, NOPE, did that a bunch of years, it got old real fast.
Watching fellow hunters do shit and show zero interest in remedying a serious problem really frustrates me to the core. Poor ungulate numbers means poor hunting which means less tags which also causes shorter or closed seasons which also ( VERY importantly) means new hunter recruitment gets killed. It also creates finger pointing and in fighting. Ultimately, its not 'just wolves' which this activity is about - GET IT YET ???
Do I care enough to donate 3 months of full time struggle and freezing my ass off to take care of a problem and make shit BETTER for all the above mentioned? OF COURSE, I'm leading the effing charge !!!
SO, bottom line is, WHO THE EFF CARES TOO ??????????
Here's your chance boys and girls, DO SOMETHING !!!! Cant do it yourself? get OFF your ass, find out WHO CAN and motivate them directly - period. Trapman is sitting right HERE right now as an example, E transfer him some $$ for gas and time and motivate him to stay on it, hes killing it !!! Ask him where ( roughly) he is making a difference !!
There's 3 or more guys in the NE who are frickin wolf assasins, CONTACT THEM, speak with them, find out what they need to get it done and make a difference. I know FIRST HAND they quit because no one is helping - period.
It seriously blew me away 10 years ago how many of you just DON'T GET IT when it comes t predation, seriously frustrates the shit out of me. 'Burn this, burn that, make a fence here, there, on and on.......... you want to create higher ungulate numbers??? STOP THEM FROM GETTING GOBBLED UP FIRST, then help feed them and protect them with fences !!
Here's another example of how managing predation makes common sense. Few years back, money dropped to move some sheep to another area.......did ANYONE check first to see if there was a high probability they would be gobbled up from a high wolf population FIRST??? maybe cut the wolves in the drop area back a bit BEFORE that kind of money gets dropped, THEN transplant the animals !!!! YA THINK ????
Thinning out the predators should be EVERYONE'S #1 concern. Its very easy simple math and common sense.
Can you kill em all? NO. Do we want to ? NO. " leave nature alone" - WE ARE A PART OF NATURE !!
When predator numbers get high, predators kill each other when they can to keep the natural 'high and low' cycle moving. HUMANS are a part of nature and HUMANS as well kill predators when their numbers get high and THAT is natural, it is THE WAY IT WORKS.
Anyway, on that note, I'm jumping in my truck after hitting the 'post' button on here to go seek out wolf sign AGAIN, speak with more people AGAIN, see if-where and when I will make a difference, AGAIN.
If I decide to, I'm going to get it done and I am going to do it full time. And YOU GUYS are going to take part one way or another to help or screw it, I'm chasing the sun for 3 months.
PS, I already killed a pack a month ago !
What have YOU done??
Suggestion, if you are sitting here reading shit....take another turn, email someone who can make a difference, find out where and spend your time online doing THAT instead of nothing.
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