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  • Veteran Hunter’s Take on MT Elk Season

    Ralph Maughan

    Carter Niemeyer talks about the Montana elk hunt- He is a long time elk hunter and former federal wolf recovery coordinator for Idaho. He worked in Montana for most of his career (Wildlife Services) Veteran Hunter’s Take on MT Elk Season. Public News Service.

  • Major hunting groups' statement against wolf poaching

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf poaching not supported- Calling For Calm With Wolves. This statement was signed the Presidents/CEOs of the Boone and Crockett Club, Mule Deer Foundation, Pope and Young Club, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Safari Club, Wild Sheep Foundation, and Wildlife Management Institute.

  • Montana ballot initiative I-161 seeks to abolish 5,500 outfitter-sponsored big-game licenses.

    Ralph Maughan

    “Outfitter set-asides” on the line. Will the average hunter benefit? Is it a fairness issue? Will it serve to improve public access? Will it hurt or help the economy? There has already been some discussion of I-161 here in this forum. Is I-161 good for the future of hunting or just bad for business? By…

  • Wyoming not apologetic for thwarting wolf plans

    Ralph Maughan

    Though Wyoming caused relisting of the wolf twice, they have no plans to change- The article interestingly enough says that Idaho’s Butch Otter and and Montana’s Brian Schweitzer haven’t bothered to ask Wyoming’s retiring Governor Freudenthal whether Wyoming intends to reconsider.” I’m not sure what to make of that. Wyoming not apologetic for thwarting wolf…

  • 2010 Wyoming big game hunting prospects look great

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Mountains Elk Foundation’s CEO David Allen’s annoying hysteria about wolves causing the “biggest wildlife management disaster since the 19 Century buffalo slaughter” is discredited- 2010 Big Game hunting forecast. By Christine Peterson. Casper Star-Tribune staff writer trib.com. Posted at the trib: Thursday, August 26

  • All Idahoans should shoulder costs of wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Mountain Express says hunters and fishermen need to help in paying the expenses- This editorial certainly makes sense to me. However, I think we will find opposition to this plan from two interesting forces — wildlife watchers and hunters.  The first is easiest to explain. An unknown number, but probably quite a few watchers,…

  • Is it legal to hunt Idaho wildlife by honing in on radio collars?

    Ken Cole

    Yes, according to the IDFG. Over on a popular, unnamed anti-wolf website there has been discussion of using radio receivers to track and hunt wolves and the frequencies of the radio collars on them so I asked the IDFG about this. I sent them the exchanges which have taken place there and, specifically, I asked…

  • Montana hunting initiative aims for access to wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    Outfitter-sponsored big game licenses for non-Montanans would been done away with by Initiative 161- Hunting initiative aims for access to wildlife. By Michale Babcock. Great Falls Tribune Outdoor Editor.

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