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[detroitammoco]

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[angrygruntforge]

First Blackbuck is down. #hillbillylove #hillbillylife #hillbilly #eatwell #eatwildgame #eatwild #eatwhatyouhunt #gamemanagement #golfcoursehunting (at Kerrville, Texas)

[ronspomeroutdoors]

Instagram post by Ron Spomer • Feb 18, 2017 at 11:23pm UTC

Since modern, regulated sport Hunting began in the Zambezi Delta, Cape buffalo herds have increased more than 12X! Sport hunting limits harvest and stops poachers, provides job and meat to locals, provides food for vultures, prey for lions... #wildlifemanagement #gamemanagement #conservation #sustainable #buffalo #hunting #dangerousgame #ronspomeroutdoors #mozambique #safari #zambezidelta useitorloseit

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[seaisrisn]

According to Botkin, 'logistic growth has never been observed in nature,' and mere curve-fitting is all that research into carrying capacities for wildlife has ever achieved...Carrying capacity was an engineer's concept from its origins, and it was tautological with or without appeal to myth.

Nathan Sayre, “The Genesis, History, and Limits of Carrying Capacity,” Annals of the American Association of Geographers 98(1), 2008.

[recycledenv]

American Wolves and Game Management

This week, I wanted to talk about game management theories, practices, and real life examples.  Last week, researching a bit about Aldo Leopold, really gave me the urge to look further into his thoughts and philosophy about relations of predators upon environment and ecology, as well as the role of human interference with the livelihood of these "keystone" animals.

The Dogs of the North

When I got to thinking about it, there really isn't anything that exhibits such a feeling of natural awe and fear that a wolf does.  Can you imagine being a pioneer of northern American woodlands 300 some years ago, trying to secure your foothold in the native wilderness, and hearing, off in the distance but all around, the sounds of wolves crying under the moon; or looking into the shadows and seeing the yellow glow of eyes looking back at you?  When you think put yourself in our ancestor's shoes, its easy to see why the wolf was such infamous and renowned creature. We tried to coexist, tame, and eventually hunt this animal in order to expand our territory, claiming the wild as our own.  However, we pushed these guys out as we moved in, and ever since then, there has been much discussion about the importance of these apex predators and their [non]necessity as a piece of our northern woodland environments.

The Viewpoints of Today

Still to this day, we have a debate and discussion about whether we need to let the wolves flourish or if they are already flourishing and we need to reduce their population through means of directed hunting practices and seasons.  One source claims that wolves across the world are flourishing and that we need to limit their population growth pretty drastically.

What this figure shows is that the population of wolves in the United States and Canada is increasing rapidly, most likely due to the fact that we have been "too lax" on limiting their population and thus strayed from the original scheme for their population management.

However another source claims that quite the opposite. They say that the DNR does not recognize the wolf to be valuable organism in ecological roles, and thus can be dispensable.  So the DNR opened the first hunting and trapping season for wolves in Minnesota in 2012, despite being opposed by 79% of respondents to the survey that the DNR proposed to display public opinion.  Also, according to DNR data, wolf population has decreased by 25% since 2008, with a stable population range occurring between 1998 to 2008. Currently, the DNR has not put into place any non-lethal plans to help manage wolf population, so that leaves hunting, and a large amount of illegal poaching, as the only forms of human intervention; the hunts organized have also produced unpopular results with the majority of wolves killed during the season were juveniles (240 juveniles of 413 wolves claimed).

So my question to you is do you stand? Do you think that managing wolf population is through organized hunting is the right path for us to walk down; do you think that there is currently no need to try to limit the wolf population and that they should be replaced back on the protected/threatened species list; or do you think that we do need to limit their population, by hunting and lethal approaches are not the right way to go about it?

Links:

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/222746571.html?page=1&c=y

http://biggameforever.org/wolf-overpopulation.php

[johnmahaseth]

New Post has been published on US Top Searches

New Post has been published on http://sansarg.com/wp/2013/10/28/sports-2/mike-london-addresses-game-management-blunder-after-cavs-loss-to-georgia-tech/

Mike London addresses game-management blunder after Cavs’ loss to Georgia Tech

Virginia Coach Mike London was already feeling pressure from fans upset at the extended losing streak that has derailed the Cavaliers’ season for a second-consecutive year. But his latest game-management blunder in Saturday’s 35-25 loss to Georgia Tech may have provided more ammunition, and now London is looking for some answers.

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