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Originally Posted by Justahunter
Sure, SRD continuously prefers to manage game populations by reducing hunting opportunity rather then managing the resource itself. If 4 cougars can harvest as many sheep as ALL legal hunters in Alberta annually and if there is a population problem with sheep ,would it not make sense to harvest more cougars in the sheep zones. Restricting hunters will make NO difference if it is Cougars or habitat loss that is causing the sheep decline. CASE in point is NORDEGG. FULL curl regulation did nothing to help. Cougars and habitat loss has led to a complete closure of the season . Which WMU is next to get closed due to MISMANAGEMENT. anything else need explaining ? Happy to do so
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Great post. It's way easier for them to say hey look were saving more sheep by severely reducing the numbers that sheep hunters kill. Then it is to actually face the problem and deal with the predators and habitat loss. Every year WSFAB has money set aside for burns but they never happen. They've contributed money to do cougar hunts in the mtns to specifically focus on the sheep killing cats but access is limited and the hunting is difficult, more needs to be done.