Wyoming Grizz Hunt
Week-old news, but still pretty impressive that Wyoming went from de-listing the Grizzly from ESA protection in 2017, to a (proposed) hunt in 2018. 24 bears is no small number either.
A huge conservation success story for the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Kudos y’all. Thoughts on whether it’ll actually come to happen? https://www.gohunt.com/read/news/wyo...313#gs.tQMA00U Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Not any time soon it won't in Alberta talked to many fw and conservation officers. Sounds like when something's taking away good chance never come back. I wouldn't hold my breath on it
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I meant whether it will actually come to pass in Wyoming this year, not in Alberta. If history is an indicator, you are right to say that once a hunt is taken away that it will not come back. The reason I pose the question is because this very hunt WAS taken away 40 or so years ago, and is now poised to return. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Alberta may see a grizz hunt but I figure il be so old I wouldn't be hunting them any way lol
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It wasn't Wyoming that delisted the bears it was the USFWS that delisted all the grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. That includes Wyoming Idaho and Montana. It does NOT include Montana bears in the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem. Idaho is also considering a hunt but it would be for 1 bear. Montana will not hold a hunt in 2018 for Grizzly. There is still a large court case to be settled over the delisting so it is far from a sure thing. A Federal Judge in Missoula wants it all settled before any proposed seasons so we will have to wait and see... I've seen copies of the proposed regulations for Montana if and when we have a hunt and its quite extensive the protections put in place to ensure an animal isn't removed from a hunting district with an unstable population. |
They succeeded in doing it on wolves. But they had a strong advocacy group from the ranchers who were being affected, so politically they had a voice. Not sure bears impact their cattle as much but not sure. Anyways, it's a good sign that it made it that far.
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Guys we will get a grizz hunt in Alberta. The 17000 grizz in BC are going to breed like rats now and migrate to Alberta to find new range. No one ever taught them about borders. It will probably help Montana get a hunt as well when the migrate south for warmer weather.
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Just like when they shut goat hunting down? |
Didn’t want to create a new thread and this the most recent I could find on the subject.
AP: Tribes seek ban on public hunting of revered grizzly bears Quote:
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Here in Alberta , some of my FN friends say their clan sees brother bear as sacred. Other clans have no trouble helping out a rancher or landowner.
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With regards to the Wyoming 2018 grizzly hunt, a judge in Montana reinstated the legal protection for grizzly in the area of Montana and Wyoming adjacent to Yellowstone last fall.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usa...amp/1417295002 “This is the second time in a decade federal officials have tried and failed to remove protections from the bears, a top priority for many western lawmakers who believe hunters should be allowed to kill a small number of bears to reduce conflicts with backcountry users and protect livestock.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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It will be hard to get the hunt back in AB but the populations will continue to increase so who knows. |
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