November 2009

  • More on Interior Appropriations as it applies to Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    There are numerous items. The largest goes for complicated land transactions near the Blackfoot River- One of the items we need to find more about is Jon Tester’s addition of $1-million to pay livestock owners for livestock killed for wolves. It also provides funds for  projects keeping wolves away from livestock. The later could be…

  • Second Idaho wolf hunting zone meets quota, closes

    Ralph Maughan

    Fifteen wolves shot in McCall-Weiser zone in western Idaho- First the Snake Rive zone in Eastern Idaho closed. The quota was five. Now the more wolf abundant McCall-Weiser zone on the other side of the state has met its quota of fifteen. In total 97 Idaho wolves have been tagged. 123 out of the total…

  • Another grizzly shot in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Hunter shoots a rare Cabinet Mountains grizzly bear- Man shoots Cabinet Mountains grizzly. Montana FWP says it was self-defense. AP

  • Bighorns, domestic sheep don't mix [in Washington State either]

    Ralph Maughan

    Domestic Sheep/bighorn conflict is not limited to Idaho- Most of our news on this issue has been in Idaho where the Payette National Forest is about to come out with an environmental impact statement on how to protect the bighorn. This will have national effects such as described in this story about the two animals…

  • Two close encounters with cougars in Montana in a month

    Ralph Maughan

    Florence, MT man rescues dad from mountain lion. By Brett French. Billings Gazette. 64 year old father probably saved when his 41 year old son shot the cougar. Earlier this month the Montana Standard reported a cougar stalking an adolescent boy who was hunting with his father southwest of Butte. The 14-year old boy shot…

  • Wolf management plan draws big crowd at Sequim, Washington

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf management plan draws big crowd. By Diane Urbani de la Paz. Peninsula Daily News

  • More hunters now relying on mountain bikes

    Ralph Maughan

    An environmental and hunt-friendly method of transport? This article might well be read along with the one I posted, The confessions of an off-road-vehicle outlaw. A horse is very useful hunting, especially for getting your kill out, but many people don’t have the means or the property to keep a horse. Rather than turn to…

  • Four Montana wolves taken on the Rocky Mountain Front

    Ralph Maughan

    Fifty out of 75 tags are now filled in Montana wolf hunt- Four wolves taken along the Front. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer. The article provides some detailed information, but in short three of the four wolves were shot on private land southwest of Augusta, MT in the Bean Lake area. The…

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