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CreekDog

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33. how can you support 300 permits with a population of less than 3000?

Reply to azurnoir (Reply #12)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 09:21 PM

Feb 2013

how can any sensible person support that?

when a species is on the brink, hunting at previous levels, which previously may not have been harmful, could be devastating to a small population.

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Moose hunt cancelled after rapid population decline [View all] NickB79 Feb 2013 OP

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