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  • Montana's governor calls on Idaho to ban game farms

    Ralph Maughan

    “In Montana, we said it’s a bad idea to pen up a bunch of elk, feed them oats and have fat bankers from New York City shoot them while they’ve got their heads in a grain bucket,” Schweitzer said Wednesday during an interview in the Boise offices of The Associated Press.

  • Hunters blast away at decoy elk at Union Pass (WY)

    Ralph Maughan

    “A young bull elk decoy in a closed hunting area off Union Pass Road looked too good to resist for a number of hunters whom Wyoming Game and Fish cited Oct. 1. Of 29 people who slowed down their vehicles to look at the decoy, nine, or 31 percent, fired weapons at it, resulting in…

  • Annual Grand Teton NP elk hunt is underway

    Ralph Maughan

    The annual “elk reduction” hunt opened Saturday. It is in a small portion of the Park and the National Elk Refuge, and has always been very popular. It’s also controversial because it is a national park and the elk are migrating, mostly in the open, to their winter range on the Refuge. All issues regarding…

  • Shooter bull elk from yet another Idaho shooter ranch gets out

    Ralph Maughan

    A bull elk from the Pine Mountain “Ranch” in Eastern Idaho has escaped. It was shot by state officials after wandering about 10 miles. The ranch said they didn’t know the 7-point antlered bull was missing. Earlier 160 or so domestic elk broke out of another Eastern Idaho shooter elk operation, making international news. Read…

  • Guest post on Freudenthal to Idaho: Ban game farms

    Ralph Maughan

    “Buffaloed” asked if I would post this. Buffaoled puts two issues together in way that makes sense to me. Ralph Maughan – – – – Freudenthal to Idaho: Ban Game Farms While I agree with Wyoming Governor Freudenthal’s call for closing of game farms in Idaho it reminds me of this article from back in…

  • Researchers Detect CWD in Heart Muscle of Elk and White-tailed Deer

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from a news release today from the University of Wyoming. It is interesting that the rouge prions don’t show up in in the hearts of mule deer. There is of yet little evidence that CWD can jump from cervids to humans like mad cow did from cattle to humans. Nevertheless, I would be…

  • "Wild Bill" says Rex Rammell could be a hero

    Ralph Maughan

    However, Bill Schneider argues that his heroic status is purely inadvertent. Read the column in New West.

  • Idaho's gubernatorial candidates differ on conservation issues

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jerry Brady and Republican nominee Butch Otter finally had a debate of sorts. It turns out they differ considerably on conservation issues. Otter’s lack of clarity on the out-of-state-funded “property rights” Proposition 2 was troublesome. They also differed on Wilderness and Otter made it clear that while he might sign a…

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