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SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
14. Hunting is not the cause...
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:40 AM
Feb 2013

Where did you hear that? They cancelled the hunt because obviously the herd does not need that added stress. I use to be a hunter & most of us hunters are the original environmentalist...If it were not for hunters the herds would be in far worse shape. Just like wolves, hunters are a much needed balance when herds are healthy. If the herds are not healthy then there is no need for hunters so the call to cancel the season makes perfect sense.

Prion disease? littlemissmartypants Feb 2013 #1
Chronic wasting disease? kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #2
I was listening to a report about this earlier this evening on MPR. scarletwoman Feb 2013 #3
that seems likely to be at least part of the equation cali Feb 2013 #16
There's also speculation that the warmer winters dflprincess Feb 2013 #40
Good. nt onehandle Feb 2013 #4
Not really. Hunting isn't driving the decline NickB79 Feb 2013 #5
More restrictions . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #11
Even though I understand the fun... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #13
Hunting isn't helping if the numbers are going down CreekDog Feb 2013 #32
Not CWD Crepuscular Feb 2013 #6
No one really knows what is causing the problem happyslug Feb 2013 #8
2760 moose; 3000 wolves? FarCenter Feb 2013 #7
Poor things. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #9
And the damn fools . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #10
That is terrible but I doubt hunting was the culprit as it is very restricted here in MN azurnoir Feb 2013 #12
Hunting is not the cause... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #14
Minnesota has very strict hunting regulations azurnoir Feb 2013 #15
The snowmobilers . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #17
In Mn most off road vehicles on state or federal land azurnoir Feb 2013 #18
Fewer available . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #19
some of them are closed azurnoir Feb 2013 #20
That could be true . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #27
well to be entirely honest azurnoir Feb 2013 #28
Now, now . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #29
lol have you heard the saying that azurnoir Feb 2013 #30
No, I hadn't heard that one. another_liberal Feb 2013 #31
should go back to the federal rules nothing with a motor on most public lands Sunlei Feb 2013 #25
I agree . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #26
whenever I hear the argument RILib Feb 2013 #21
Wolves hunting help the species by removing the weak, humans not so much . . . hatrack Feb 2013 #22
Obviously, you don't know how... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #36
Do what?!?! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2013 #35
how can you support 300 permits with a population of less than 3000? CreekDog Feb 2013 #33
well that's why the hunt was canceled azurnoir Feb 2013 #34
82 moose were killed out of 300 permits issued last year NickB79 Feb 2013 #38
any species that has only 1 or 2 young a year can go extinct very fast. CWD and Fencing. Sunlei Feb 2013 #23
reply to myself..domestic dogs aswell, big problem..they chase livestock and wildlife-fences/roads. Sunlei Feb 2013 #24
I always felt bad about moose hunts. avebury Feb 2013 #37
in Maine, they've fingered the increase in ticks as a major factor magical thyme Feb 2013 #39
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