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HOW TO HUNT DUCKS THE EASY WAY Follow these six easy steps to enjoy your first duck hunt this season. Duck hunting is one of the easiest hunting sports for new shotgunne

HOW TO HUNT DUCKS THE EASY WAY Follow these six easy steps to enjoy your first duck hunt this season. Duck hunting is one of the easiest hunting sports for new shotgunners to expand into. Ample public-land hunting opportunities abound for waterfowlers and the gear you’ll need to get started is not overly expensive. Hunting ducks is also a great way to spend some quiet time with your kids or grandkids, while introducing them to gun safety and hunting. Best of all, you can get started with just a few simple tips. Follow these six easy guidelines to start enjoying gorgeous sunrises in the blind and the thrill of whistling wings coming in to your decoys this season. KEEP IT SIMPLE Learning to become a proficient waterfowler takes time and experience, but you can begin enjoying the fun right now. If you have a friend or someone at your local gun club who can take you out your first time or two, that’s best. They can share their knowledge and you’ll pick up a lot of tips on your first trip out. Hiring a guide can also get you started down the waterfowling path quickly as they have years of knowledge and all the gear you’ll need. I recently spent two great days hunting ducks at Beaver Dam Lake (see sidebar) in Tunica, MS. Their full-service operation featuring experienced locals guides and top-notch accommodations is a good example of how a well-run operation can bring the excitement and tradition of duck hunting to newcomers and veteran waterfowlers alike. WHAT YOU’LL NEED The beauty of waterfowling is that it doesn’t involve a huge investment. You probably have a lot of what you need to get started right now, but here are a few of the essentials to consider. Shotguns: While nearly every major gun manufacturer makes waterfowl-specific shotguns, the autoloader or pump you’re using for trap and skeet may be just fine for your initial outing. Either 12- or 20-gauge guns will work perfectly well for waterfowling when paired with proper loads designed for ducks and geese. Chokes: For ducks in close over decoys using steel shot, improved cylinder (or even skeet) is ideal. For longer-range pass-shooting opportunities, you’ll want to step up to modified. Loads: Check your state regulations, but non-toxic shot is required for waterfowl in most areas. No. 2 steel is a good all-around choice, but you should pick up several different brands/types of non-toxic shot to see what patterns best in your gun. Splitting the ammo costs with a friend or two and patterning your guns together at your local range will help all of you get off to a good start. Decoys: A dozen decoys will easily get you started making simple spreads that will bring ducks in close. Look for close-out sales at the end of the season or pick up a set of used decoys on Craigslist to minimize costs. Camo: A simple waterfowl parka with a hood, worn over layered clothing will block the wind, keep you dry and let you blend into surrounding cover. I used insulated bibs and a wader jacket top with a zip-out liner from Banded camo on my recent hunt and it worked really well. Given that temperatures can be at freezing in the mornings (even in southern regions), make sure you bring warm gloves and an insulated hat that covers your ears. Waders: In the early season when temperatures are still relatively warm, hip boots or the waders you like to fish in will work fine. As temperatures grow colder, you’ll want to transition to insulated knee-highs or waders. Again, shop online for bargains. Calls: If you book a guide, they’ll do all the calling, but you don’t need a fancy call to do it yourself. Ask your local dealer what they recommend, but choose a model that’s easy to make a few simple calls with. Hearing protection: Don’t forget earplugs as the report of guns in an enclosed blind is greatly amplified. TRY THIS BASIC SPREAD While decoy spreads can become an elaborate art form, they don’t have to be. A basic “fishhook” or “J” pattern with just a dozen or two decoys is all you need in many small pothole areas or shallow warm-water sloughs, to get plenty of ducks headed your way. It’s perfect to use on days when you have a strong wind blowing consistently from one direction. (A simple “C” or “horseshoe” pattern, with the open ends of the C extending out from the shoreline, works great on days when winds are lighter.) Put a few “feeding decoys” right in front of your blind. Extend the foot of the fishhook out and away from the shore on the upwind side of the blind. These visible decoys will be your attractors. Let the tail of the hook trail down and out from the shoreline to the downwind side. Ducks will normally come in heading upwind, see your attractor decoys and hopefully set down right in the open hole created by the hooked end of the spread. Set your blind up on the open (downwind) end of the pattern. Figure about 30 to 40 yards from one end of the hook pattern to the other. Try to keep the sun at your back as much as possible. This will keep the sun in the birds’ eyes to minimize their picking up your movements. Brush in your blind and keep your movements to a minimum. DO’S AND DON’TS Don’t overcall.Let the decoys do the work. Here are some simple pointers from veteran Beaver Dam guide, Lamar Boyd, on how to bring ducks into your spread. Minimize movements: Ducks are sharp-eyed. Keep movements to an absolute minimum, especially when birds are on the approach to your decoy spread. Any false movements or upturned faces that catch the sun will cause birds to flare. Be patient: Wait for ducks to fully commit to landing before you pop up to shoot. Know the regulations: Regulations on bag limits and what kinds of ducks you can legally harvest vary by state. A quick visit to your state’s DNR website will familiarize you with the regulations for wherever you’re hunting. Be safe: Gun safety is always of vital importance and is critical in crowded blinds and excited conditions when ducks come in. Go over the ground rules with your party to make sure muzzles are always pointed in a safe direction and safeties are always on unless you’re shooting. Make sure everyone unloads and actions are clear before anyone ventures out to pick up downed birds. THE ABC’S OF LEAD Like any moving target, ducks require lead. The biggest mistake beginners make in shooting any moving target is that they simply stop the gun. They see the bird, they swing to the bird and then they stop. You must keep the muzzle of the gun moving out in front of the bird and train yourself to “follow through” even after you’ve pulled the trigger. When taking passing shots on ducks, the simple acronym “butt, beak, bang” can help. Here’s how it works: A. As the duck crosses in front of you, bring your muzzle up from behind the bird. B. Swing through his butt and past his beak, then pull the trigger. C. Keep the muzzle moving out ahead of the bird after you’ve fired to finish your follow-through

Post: 13 December 09:21

CHOOSING THE RIGHT HUNTING KNIFE 1. CLIP POINT KNIFE The tip on this knife curves upward and allows you to pierce the hide and cut a pattern. The pattern is the initial c

CHOOSING THE RIGHT HUNTING KNIFE 1. CLIP POINT KNIFE The tip on this knife curves upward and allows you to pierce the hide and cut a pattern. The pattern is the initial cut you make down each leg and up the belly before removing the skin. You can skin your animal with this knife but the shape of the blade tends to cut holes in the hide while skinning. This particular knife is a folding model, easy to carry in a pocket. 2. DROP POINT KNIFE This is your skinning knife. You’ll notice the tip doesn’t sweep upwards like a clip point knife. A drop point knife is less likely to accidentally poke through the hide. You can skin faster, without being as careful. Also notice the blade length. You don’t want too much blade on a skinning knife, it will just get in the way. This little knife has skinned an entire elk on more than one occasion. 3. CAPING KNIFE If you’re going to keep the hide or mount the head you’ll want a caping knife. A caping knife has a shorter, narrower blade with a distinct point which allows you to make difficult cuts around the eyes, lips of your big game animals, or while skinning the feet on bears. 4. BONING KNIFE When I was a kid we would section deer using a big old basic hunting knife. Years later after working in meat-packing plants I discovered a real boning knife. What a difference! To cleanly remove meat from the bone you’ll want a semi-flexible blade but not too flimsy or you can’t control the blade while working. I like a six-inch blade for this purpose. 5. RAFTING KNIFE For comparison, here’s a rafting knife for camping and general outdoor use. You’ll definitely want one of these for cutting cordage, chopping and making shavings for a campfire, but this design is unwieldy and difficult to use on game.

Post: 12 December 17:52

PREDATOR HUNTING—HOW TO GET STARTED THE EASY WAY CLASSIC COYOTE SETUPS There are three basic types of coyote hunts: A silent stand in which you post up and hope to sho

PREDATOR HUNTING—HOW TO GET STARTED THE EASY WAY CLASSIC COYOTE SETUPS There are three basic types of coyote hunts: A silent stand in which you post up and hope to shoot coyotes passing by. A calling stand in which you hunker down and call coyotes into gun range; What I call a “run-and-gun hunt” in which you drive rural roads and stop periodically to call, then set up when you get a response. 1. SILENT STANDS Looking at the silent stand, your standard deer-season treestand or ground blind can work beautifully, especially if it is situated between deer feeding and bedding areas. Those are the same habitats that coyotes work, so as long as the wind is favorable—that is, blowing away from where you expect to see coyotes—then you should expect a shot. This silent-stand hunting is not a numbers game. You are relying on a dog to simply show itself, and if you shoot, or do anything to alert animals that you’re in the area, then you might be in for a long, slow day. But you can make good use of your time by observing deer, seeing how their forage patterns have changed since November’s buck seasons, and looking for antler sheds. You can also blow a predator call periodically to lure coyotes and foxes into range. We’ll cover calls below, but know this about coyote behavior, no matter the stand type: They will almost always circle around your calling location, trying to smell you before they come into view. So, keep a close eye on your downwind side, and try to see and kill a coyote before it sniffs you, or you’ll never see the coyotes that were in your area. 2. CALLING STANDS This is the most common way to attract coyotes. You walk into an area with abundant sign, sit down, blow a call, and shoot a dog. Of course, it’s never that simple, but the idea is to remain undetected and sound so realistic that a curious or hungry coyote or fox will shed its inhibitions and come to you. Wind and terrain features are the big factors here. You want to enter the area stealthily, using a ridgeline or a gully or timber to hide your approach. Stay as high in the terrain as you can, to maintain visibility over a wide area, and use both good camouflage—including face masks—and shade to melt into the cover. This is a good game for a partner, one of you running the call and the other set up to shoot. Use either an electronic or a hand call. The advantage to an electronic call, sometimes called an “e-caller,” is that it can mimic the sound of dozens of prey species, ranging from housecats to crows, and because most have remote-control capabilities, you can set the speaker many yards away from your location, misdirecting the laser focus of an incoming coyote. Hand calls can sound more realistic, and you can control the volume and cadence better than you can with an e-caller. The universal coyote call is a rabbit being tortured. It might be a cottontail or a jackrabbit, but the death wail is the same – a high-pitched scream punctuated by growls and squeaks. Other effective coyote calls mimic deer in pain, mice squeaking, birds squawking, and coyotes howling to either challenge or court another coyote. Most calling hunters plan to sit at each stand for no longer than 30 minutes. They typically call softly to start, to lure in nearby coyotes, and then escalate the volume and intensity of the calls for several minutes, pausing for a half-minute between to scan for incoming coyotes that might be coming from farther away. 3. RUN-AND-GUN This type of hunting requires abundant access to good habitat and a road system to get you around. Park in a place where your vehicle isn’t noticeable – in a dip or in cover – and blow your call. If you hear or see a coyote respond, set up to shoot. If you don’t drive on and repeat until you hit a receptive coyote.

Post: 12 December 17:50

Hunting in Zimbabwe Set to Beat Levels Before Pandemic Struck The $100 million sector sees sales growing 15% this year Nation offers 500 licenses to tourists to kill elep

Hunting in Zimbabwe Set to Beat Levels Before Pandemic Struck The $100 million sector sees sales growing 15% this year Nation offers 500 licenses to tourists to kill elephants Zimbabwe’s hunting industry expects to attract more visitors this year than before the coronavirus pandemic, even as the war in Ukraine and other economic challenges weigh on numbers. The hunting season, currently underway in the southern African nation, is experiencing “exponential growth” from traditional markets including the US, Emmanuel Fundira, president of the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe, said by phone from Harare on Monday. Revenues are forecast to be 15% higher this year than the $100 million earned before the pandemic, Fundira said. The bounce back will help the industry recover from the freezing of global travel in 2020 as governments shut down borders to contain the virus. The lack of revenue made it difficult to sustain wilderness areas, villages and animals. Hunting is expecting to lure 10% to 15% more people in 2022 than three years ago, even as travel from central and eastern Europe has dried up, according to Fundira. If the Ukraine conflict becomes even more protracted there may be further declines, he said. Read More: Elephant Hunts For $70,000 to Fund Zimbabwe National Parks To protect against future disruptions, the industry is working closely with tour operators to provide charter and private-air transport for “high-end clients,” Fundira said. Zimbabwe offers hunts for animals including, elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard. In addition to paying for the license to track them down, tourists pay professional hunters to guide them and have their trophies treated by taxidermists and exported home. Elephants make up the bulk of the nation’s hunting licenses, of which 500 are available this year, according to Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. They cost $10,000 each.

Post: 5 December 09:24

France revises hunting rules but stops short of Sunday ban France's government on Monday announced tighter rules against hunting under the influence of drugs or alcohol,

France revises hunting rules but stops short of Sunday ban France's government on Monday announced tighter rules against hunting under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and protection for walkers and local residents, but stopped short of a hoped-for Sunday ban. Although a weekend "no hunting day" is popular with the public, President Emmanuel Macron is wary of alienating rural voters and adding to anti-government resentment as he launches a major pension reform. Instead, junior environment minister Berangere Couillard said hunting under the influence would be banned, training and safety rules for hunters strengthened and digital systems developed to warn other countryside users away from active hunting zones. Punishments will also be upgraded, including hunters losing their licences if they are involved in a serious accident. "My goal is to aim for zero accidents," Couillard said on a Monday trip to the Loiret department south of Paris. "We want to see better safety, seven days a week," she added. Statistics show hunting accidents have been on the decline in France over the past 20 years. But cases of injury or even death from stray bullets remain highly emotive and are often widely covered by the media. Some 90 accidents were recorded during the 2021-22 hunting season, eight of them fatal, according to the OFB biodiversity authority, which manages the sport. Just this weekend, an 84-year-old hunter in Corsica accidentally shot himself dead as he was stowing his gun in his car. Almost 80 percent of the French public favour a hunting ban on Sundays, polling firm IFOP found in December. The government had not ruled out such a move but sources within the executive told AFP last week that "nothing in the statistics points to Sunday being a more accident-prone day than any other". Meanwhile Willy Schraen, the head of the influential FNC hunting lobby, said last week he couldn't imagine hunting-free Sundays "for a single second". He has claimed there would be uproar in rural areas if there were a ban. "We have to share access to nature," the leader of the Greens parliamentary party, Marine Tondelier, retorted on Sunday. "This shouldn't just be discussed between Emmanuel Macron and Willy Schraen". The FNC (National Hunters' Federation) has backed a new criminal offence of hunting under the influence, similar to that in force for drivers. There are 1.1 million active hunters in France, according to the FNC, and some five million people possess a hunting licence.

Post: 4 December 09:29

AUSTRIA LAUNCHES MEDIA CAMPAIGN: “THAT IS HUNTING” FACE is pleased to announce its support in the launch of the Austrian information campaign “Das ist Jagd” (“That is Hu

AUSTRIA LAUNCHES MEDIA CAMPAIGN: “THAT IS HUNTING” FACE is pleased to announce its support in the launch of the Austrian information campaign “Das ist Jagd” (“That is Hunting”) by Jagd Österreich, FACE’s national member. The campaign aims to dispel misconceptions about hunting and highlights the core values and societal importance to a broader audience. The “Independence Day of hunting” event on July 4th was held in multiple locations around Vienna and was attended by key leaders in Austrian and international hunting and conservation organisations, including the Landesjägermeister (State Hunting Directors) and Bezirksjägermeister (County Hunting Directors), as well as local and national government representatives and politicians. FACE was represented by Tristan Breijer, Policy Advisor for Social Acceptance of Hunting, who is coordinating FACE’s national efforts for social acceptance. Lutz Molter, Deputy Secretary-General of Jagd Österreich, explains the background to the campaign: “Nature and hunting are often discussed emotionally. This has led to prejudices and myths over the years. We see a need for action to communicate clearly the services of the hunting community for nature, the environment, and wildlife in a broad and effective manner. Of course, we achieve this best using online communication today, with attention-grabbing subjects and creative actions.” Following a well-attended press briefing in the morning, the event moved to the Wilheminenberg Castle for a lunch together with the attendees. The participants were given a tour of the Institute of Wildlife Ecology from the Veterinarian University of Vienna, which is partially funded by contributions from the local hunting organisations. This is also where the launch took place to a resounding applause from the assembled Austrian hunting community. The campaign “Das ist Jagd” (“That is Hunting”) seeks to raise public awareness of the many and multifaceted contributions, which hunting makes to society, including its connection to conservation, ecological sustainability, high-quality and organic food, the appreciation of nature, and the knowledge of local flora and fauna. It also highlights the strong voluntary commitment that Austria’s 132,000 hunters make to conservation. Tristan Breijer, FACE’s Policy Advisor for Social Acceptance, said, “This campaign is an excellent example for other countries in Europe to follow. It’s crucial to measure and enhance the social acceptance of hunting to ensure a strong future for hunting and conservation in Europe. FACE is proud to support this initiative from our member and looks forward to seeing its positive impact in Austria and Europe”. FACE commends Jagd Österreich for taking a proactive approach in addressing the growing disconnect between nature and society, particularly in urban populations. The campaign’s focus on online and social media outreach is expected to effectively engage younger demographics, thereby fostering a better understanding of hunting’s crucial role in society and nature.

Post: 29 November 17:47

Ontario set to expand areas where dogs can learn to hunt live coyotes in penned areas Ontario wants to expand a licensing regime that allows residents to unleash dogs in

Ontario set to expand areas where dogs can learn to hunt live coyotes in penned areas Ontario wants to expand a licensing regime that allows residents to unleash dogs in an enclosed area to teach them how to hunt captive coyotes, foxes and rabbits. Hunters say there is a growing demand for the dog sport, which is often referred to as training and trialing, while animal advocates call it a cruel practice for the captive prey. The province’s natural resources and forestry minister said the government wants to allow more of the hunting facilities to prevent the sport from moving underground. “These facilities are going to become less and less over time unless we take some level of intervention,” Graydon Smith said in an interview. “The one thing that we also wouldn’t want to see is in the absence of these facilities that dog owners and their handlers are out doing this on other private land or Crown land where there could be unwanted interactions with both people and wildlife.” In 1997, then-premier Mike Harris’s Progressive Conservative government began phasing out the practice by ceasing the issuance of licenses required to operate dog trial areas in the province. It also made it illegal to sell or transfer those licenses. At that time there were upwards of 60 such areas across Ontario. They are all on private property and must be completely enclosed. There are now only 24 licensed train and trial areas across the province. The province has proposed to grant new licenses through a one-time 90-day application period and allow licenses to be transferred to new owners, a summary of proposed changes on the Environmental Registry of Ontario shows. The prey that will be hunted, usually coyotes, must be caught legally, often through traplines, the registry says. “This isn’t about active hunting or anything like that,” Smith said. “This is about animals that are bred for this purpose.” The government’s proposals were sent out for public comment in early April and close on May 18. The proposed changes are part of an omnibus bill tabled in early April called the Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act. John Bell, the president of the Ontario Sporting Dog Association, said Wednesday at a legislative committee studying the bill that the closure of dedicated training and trialing areas have forced hunters to “run their dogs” in the wild. Christine Hogarth, the parliamentary assistant for the solicitor general, who is in charge of animal welfare in the province, pressed Bell on the safety of all animals in the training and trialing pens. Bell, who owns a large pen for the sport and trains his dogs to hunt coyotes, said there are rules in place for animal safety. “The regulations call for us to have brush piles, dens, or man-made escape units, we call them pods,” Bell said. He has built pods on his own 225-acre pen that includes concrete culverts leading to buried 45-gallon drums that are vented above, he said. The pods are baited with food so the coyotes learn where to hide. “If they are in danger, they’re in the ground,” he said. “And I can assure you there’s not very many dogs going to go in a 10-inch culvert when there’s an alligator at the other end.” There are now 33,000 members in the Ontario Sporting Dog Association, which lobbied the government over the past year on the training and trialing licenses. The dog sport also has competitions. Judges stand throughout the enclosures — some are hundreds of acres in size — to score how well dogs are tracking and hunting down coyotes. The first dog trialing competition in Ontario took place in 1887, Bell said. The dog trial proposal also has the support of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. “This has been a priority for us for since the beginning of the changes in 1997,” said Kristen Snoek, a wildlife biologist with the federation. But Camille Labchuk, the executive director of advocacy group Animal Justice, argued the entire practice is inhumane. “They do some of these contests where dogs chase terrified coyotes around an enclosed pen, and they also train the dogs to kill the coyotes so that they can later use those dogs for hunting,” she said. She said the current Doug Ford Progressive Conservative government could learn from the Harris government in the late 1990s. “The Harris government did a number of things to protect wild animals from some of the worst hunting lobbyists by ending the spring bear hunt and phasing out penned coyote hunting,” Labchuk said. The Liberal government reintroduced the spring bear hunt in Ontario as a pilot program in 2014, which Ford’s government made permanent in 2021.

Post: 27 November 17:48

3rd First Nation group wants use of Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted in 1911 By Bob Weber The Canadian Press Posted October 31, 2023 2:24 pm Updated Octo

3rd First Nation group wants use of Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted in 1911 By Bob Weber The Canadian Press Posted October 31, 2023 2:24 pm Updated October 31, 2023 5:17 pm A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members increased access, including limited hunting rights, to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted when it was created in western Alberta. “Aseniwuche Winewak calls on Parks Canada to immediately enter into negotiations … restore our access to the park and to prioritize our involvement in the co-management of Jasper both as the park’s current neighbouring Indigenous Peoples and its former inhabitants,” said an Oct. 27 letter from the band to Jasper National Park superintendent Alan Fehr. Last weekend, Parks Canada held a ceremony in the park to help celebrate the re-establishment of an ancient treaty between the Simpcw and Stoney First Nations under which the two nations agreed to share the resources of what has become Jasper. A Parks spokesman said at the time the ceremony was part of a larger move to reopen parks land to the First Nations that originally used its resources and restore their influence over parks management. The deal was marked with a hunt, the first in Jasper since 2017, which was also conducted under an agreement with Parks Canada. Fehr said the ceremony didn’t grant any new rights to any First Nation. But David MacPhee, president of the Aseniwuche Winewak, said his people were being left out. He said they also were evicted from the park in 1911. The band’s oral history says the Mounties were brought in to remove them. “At one point they had their rifles confiscated,” said MacPhee. “That was an attempt to starve them out.” About 550 band members remain, mostly in the Grande Cache area. The band is recognized federally and provincially, and has applied for adhesion to Treaty 8. Members continue to use lands immediately adjacent to the park. “We are mountain people,” MacPhee said. The band’s letter said its claim to historic ties are at least as strong as those of the bands recognized by Parks Canada. “We are at a loss to understand why Parks prioritized agreements with two First Nations that are far removed from the park over reconciliation with Aseniwuche Winewak, the resident Indigenous Peoples of the park, who continue to live adjacent to the park and rely on the land and waters of the region to support our culture, well-being and way of life,” it said. MacPhee said his people were completely left out of discussions between Parks, the Stoneys and the Simpcw. Fehr denied that they were ignored. He said the weekend ceremony was primarily about the Stoneys and the Simpcw celebrating the renewal of their treaty and didn’t confer special rights on either of them. “This wasn’t something that Parks Canada initiated,” he said. “The Simpcw and the Stoneys came to us.” He said more talks with Indigenous groups will be held over all activities in the park, including limited hunts. “The AWN are more than welcome to participate,” he said. The Aseniwuche Winewak Nation is based in Grande Cache and its website said it is not included in Treaty 8. It was signed in 1899 and includes all of northern Alberta, as well as First Nations from northeastern B.C., northwest Saskatchewan and part of the Northwest Territories south of Great Slave Lake. “Whether it was the remote location of our community, lack of communication or the grueling two-week trip it would’ve taken our Ancestors to get to the closest commissioner, AWN members do not have status,” the Nation’s website said. “We do not fit under what the Government of Canada defines as First Nations or Métis under the Indian Act. We are not recognized as an Indigenous group and therefore do not share the same rights afforded to recognized Indigenous communities across Canada.” — With files from Karen Bartko, Global News

Post: 27 November 17:44

Jamaica Inn calls time on 100 years of hunts meeting on its land This article is more than 1 year old Cornish pub used in Daphne du Maurier novel says there are no pluses

Jamaica Inn calls time on 100 years of hunts meeting on its land This article is more than 1 year old Cornish pub used in Daphne du Maurier novel says there are no pluses, just minuses to hunt visits A pub that was the setting for a novel by Daphne du Maurier has banned hunts from meeting on its land after 100 years of the practice. The Jamaica Inn in Cornwall – immortalised in the 1936 novel of the same name about smuggling – announced the decision after the East Cornwall Hunt invited the Beaufort Hunt to meet there on Saturday, a move the pub called “extremely ill-advised”. Both hunts said the venue on Bodmin Moor, its staff and customers had been targeted by “activists” online. The Jamaica Inn, which was built in 1750 as a coaching inn for travellers, wrote on Facebook that it had never supported hunting but had allowed “hunts to start from the inn because of the 100-year tradition of doing so”. It said: “Last Saturday the local hunt invited the Beaufort Hunt to join their usual modest gathering which the owner sees as extremely ill-advised. Taking this fully into account and the passionate views of some of the inn’s customers, the owner has decided to no longer allow any future hunt at Jamaica Inn.” The inn’s owner, Allen Jackson, said some people had cancelled hotel and restaurant bookings since Saturday because of the association with hunting. He said that after hunts, “hundreds and hundreds of people, seemingly reasonable and rational, were telling us they were anti the hunt”. Jackson told the BBC: “These were not extreme views but reasonable views. We have always lost money because some people won’t come here because of the association with hunts. There are no pluses, all we get is minuses. They never spent any money here – they never came in.

Post: 24 November 09:10

Wisconsin deer hunt's underwhelming opening weekend blamed on warm weather, lack of snow Over 11,000 fewer deer killed in WI this year compared to 2022 A lack of snow an

Wisconsin deer hunt's underwhelming opening weekend blamed on warm weather, lack of snow Over 11,000 fewer deer killed in WI this year compared to 2022 A lack of snow and warm temperatures that suppressed deer movement led to a lackluster opening weekend of Wisconsin's nine-day gun season, with hunters killing thousands fewer deer than last year. The state Department of Natural Resources released preliminary data Tuesday that showed hunters registered 92,050 deer compared with 103,623 deer last year. That's a 16% drop-off from 2022 and 10% fewer deer than the five-year average for opening weekend. Hunters also registered 51,870 bucks, down 13% from 56,638 over opening weekend in 2022. The number of potential hunters didn't vary much from last year, however. The DNR reported that sales of all deer licenses stood at 774,369 as of midnight Sunday, with 421,525 of those licenses exclusively for gun use. Overall, sales of all deer licenses were down 0.61% from the same time last year. WISCONSIN SOON TO OPEN GUN DEER-HUNTING SEASON THROUGH NOV. 26 The DNR's deer specialist, Jeff Pritzl, speculated during a news conference that the lack of snow across the state likely helped deer blend into the landscape, making them harder to spot and trail. And warmer temperatures on Saturday and Sunday likely discouraged deer from moving, he said. Pritzl said, too, that he'd heard anecdotes of areas with a lot of acorns on the ground, which means deer don't have to move much to find food. He added that northern Wisconsin saw a particularly severe winter last year, which may have led to heightened deer mortality and a sparser herd in that region of the state, he said. Forecasts call for cooler temperatures and dry weather for the rest of the nine-day season, which could spark more deer movement in the woods, DNR officials said. Hunters killed 203,295 deer during last year's nine-day gun season. Pritzl said about half of the season total comes during opening weekend; that would put the state on pace for a 184,100 deer harvest this season. WISCONSIN DECLINES TO CHARGE BOW HUNTER WHO KILLED COUGAR IN SELF-DEFENSE Separately, DNR officials reported two firearm-related injuries over the weekend. On Saturday morning a 53-year-old man in Forest County shot himself as he was adjusting his rifle sling on the way to his tree stand. On Sunday morning a 62-year-old man in Adams County was hunting from a vehicle on private property when he shot at a dog that he thought was an antlerless deer. He missed the dog but hit the 47-year-old woman who was walking the dog in the stomach. The woman was taken to a hospital, Lt. Mike Weber, a DNR warden who serves as administrator of the department's hunter education efforts, said during the news conference. Asked if the hunter would be charged, Weber said the man was disabled and as such was allowed to legally hunt from a vehicle, but the incident remains under investigation.

Post: 23 November 17:51

Maine and Massachusetts could soon see bans lifted on Sunday hunting In the US, there are 40 states that have no prohibitions on hunting on Sundays Some states are stea

Maine and Massachusetts could soon see bans lifted on Sunday hunting In the US, there are 40 states that have no prohibitions on hunting on Sundays Some states are steadily chipping away at longstanding bans on Sunday hunting, and there's a push to overturn the laws in Maine and Massachusetts, the final two states with full bans. Maine’s highest court is considering a lawsuit asking whether the state's 19th century law, which prevents hunting big game animals such as deer, moose and turkeys on Sundays, is still necessary. In Massachusetts, where hunters are also lobbying for Sunday hunting rights, there is a renewed effort to change state laws forbidding the practice. Forty states have no prohibitions on hunting on Sundays. The bans stem from so-called "blue laws" that also regulate which businesses can remain open and where alcohol can be sold on Sundays. Animal welfare groups, conservation organizations and others are rallying to defend the prohibitions, but the end of the laws might be in sight. Other states such as Virginia and South Carolina have in recent years rolled back what remains of their own limitations on the Sunday hunt. Residents of states where hunting is part of the culture are divided on the subject. Some hunters argue the laws protect private landowner rights, while others say the rules take away hunting opportunities — or are just plain silly. Sportsmen who oppose the laws see them as a vestige of the blue laws dating to the 17th century and limiting what activities citizens can engage in on a day governments once dedicated to prayer. Jared Bornstein, executive director of Maine Hunters United for Sunday Hunting, said allowing seven-day-a-week hunting would allow people the opportunity to harvest their own food in a state with many poor, rural communities that cannot afford soaring grocery costs. "I'm not saying that Sunday hunting is going to save the world economically, but I'm saying for a group of people, there's more of an objective benefit to it," Bornstein said. "It’s a generation’s last vestigial attempt to control the working class." The states that still have full or partial bans on Sunday hunting are all on the East Coast, where every fall sportsmen pursue wild turkeys and white-tailed deer with firearms and archery. Last year, South Carolina opened limited hunting on public lands on Sundays, and the year before that Virginia made a similar move. A few years prior North Carolina began to allow Sunday hunting on some 75% of its public hunting land, according to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. Laws were also loosened in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware in the past five years. Maine's ongoing court case, which could legalize Sunday hunting, concerns a couple who filed a lawsuit stating the "right to food" amendment in the state's Constitution, the first of its kind in the U.S., should allow them to hunt on any day of the week. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has heard arguments in the case, but it's unclear when it will rule, said Andy Schmidt, an attorney for the couple. The state first banned Sunday hunting in 1883. In Massachusetts, where some sources date the ban all the way back to the Puritan era, a campaign to repeal it made progress before stalling in the state Legislature in 2014. Some are continuing to try to strike the law, which is "discriminating against hunters," said John Kellstrand, president of the Mass Sportsmen's Council. A new proposal to authorize Sunday hunting via bow and arrows was introduced earlier this year. The efforts to roll back Sunday hunting up and down the East Coast face opposition from a broad range of interest groups, including animal protection advocates, state wildlife management authorities and private landowners. Maine Woodland Owners, a group representing rural landowners in the most forested state in the country, sees the Sunday hunting ban as critical to keeping private lands open for hunting access on the other days of the week, Executive Director Tom Doak said. "We're not asking for money. We're not saying pay us. We're not asking for anything but to be left alone one day a week," Doak said. "They will close their lands. They absolutely will do that." Sportsmen's groups, including the National Rifle Association and Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, have long lobbied to overturn Sunday hunting restrictions, and have had much success over the past 30 years. In that time, states including New York, Ohio and Connecticut have loosened Sunday hunting laws. Lifting bans has created hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in economic activity, said Fred Bird, assistant manager for the northeastern states for the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation. Getting rid of what's left of these laws would remove "a regulation that has no basis in wildlife management," Bird said. "Simply put, if hunters do not have available days to go afield, they must decide whether their time, energy, and financial resources should continue to be allocated to a pursuit they are unable to fully participate in," he said. Wildlife managers in states with Sunday hunting have sometimes pushed back at efforts to overturn the bans. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife testified against a proposal earlier this year that would have allowed Sunday hunting with a bow and arrow or a crossbow. Agricultural, land owner and conservation groups also came out against the proposal, which had support from the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and some hunters in the state. The Maine Farm Bureau Association testified it's important for land owners to have "one day of rest without disruption." The proposal was ultimately voted down in committee. However, the odds of a similar proposal coming before the Maine Legislature again seem high, testified Judy Camuso, commissioner of the wildlife department. "The topic of Sunday hunting has been a heated social debate for years," she said.

Post: 23 November 17:46

Labour accuses Government of being ‘complicit’ in trophy trade Delays to the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill have led to accusations that Conservative peers a

Labour accuses Government of being ‘complicit’ in trophy trade Delays to the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill have led to accusations that Conservative peers are slowing the Bill intentionally. Labour has accused the Government of being “complicit” in trophy hunting after a bill that would see imports banned in the UK became tied up in the House of Lords. Commons leader Penny Mourdaunt has insisted that MPs will get another chance to debate the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, though more Parliamentary time will have to be allocated. Opposition politicians accused Conservative peers of filibustering and trying to prevent the Bill from becoming law. Added amendments were branded last week as “death by a thousand cuts” in Parliament, with 62 being added separately. Those making changes have denied trying to “kill the Bill”, instead insisting they want to improve it. Labour is urging the Government to stop “dither and delaying” and revive the Bill’s chances of being passed, accusing them of being on the side of the killers. If made law, the Bill would prohibit bringing into the UK body parts of species of conservation concern. Thousands of trophies have been brought into the UK over the last decade, including from endangered species. Eight years ago, the death of Cecil the lion brought trophy hunting to the attention of the British public and the Government has since announced its intention to ban bringing them to this country. Labour has also promised to ban importing trophies to the UK if it wins the next election. Steve Reed, shadow environmental secretary, said: “Hunting endangered animals is barbaric and must be confined to history. “We must stop the selfish trophy hunters who want to slaughter then display endangered animals’ body parts for their own perverse self-gratification. “The Conservative Government must stop siding with these killers. If they refuse to act, they will be complicit in the slaughter as they break yet another pre-election promise. “The next Labour government will do the right thing and ban the sickening import of these trophies.” The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was contacted for comment. Conservative peer Lord Mancroft, who has expressed concerns over the Bill and tabled amendments, said on Thursday: “Although the House of Lords was given very little time to discuss the Bill, it was noticeable that it had virtually no support from any party.” Committee stage saw several Tory opponents voice their concerns while discussing their proposed amendments. Speaking at this stage earlier this month, Lord Mancroft branded the Bill “socialist legislation” before noting: “It is supported entirely on the Labour and Liberal Democrat benches and clearly has very little support on our benches. “It is an odd thing for the Government to do.”

Post: 22 November 17:33

How the return of poaching threatens India’s tiger success story 50 Years of Project Tiger: India’s wildlife authorities insist poaching is not happening at an ‘alarming’

How the return of poaching threatens India’s tiger success story 50 Years of Project Tiger: India’s wildlife authorities insist poaching is not happening at an ‘alarming’ rate, but campaigners and local rangers say grim incidents of dead tigers being found without claws, whiskers and teeth are part of a bigger and growing problem. Arpan Rai reports from Madhya Pradesh, India The poachers who killed T32 in India’s Madhya Pradesh had a simple plan, and executed it at night. Running wire through a field and applying a strong current, they electrocuted the tigress as she patrolled her territory, beating her to death after she lost consciousness. They then pulled out her canines, whiskers and claws before dumping the body in a village well, weighted down by a stone. T32 was declared missing by rangers, until three days later the stone gave way and her remains floated up to the surface of the well. The grim image of the tigress’s mutilated body floating in the water sent ripples of outrage through the conservation community. Here in the dense forests in the heart of central India, the reserves of Madhya Pradesh are playing a crucial role in what the government says is the success story of Project Tiger. Launched 50 years ago, the country’s flagship conservation programme has seen tiger numbers rise from 2,967 to 3,167 as of the latest census released by prime minister Narendra Modi this April. Yet while this figure was lauded as “an achievement not only for India, but for the entire world” by Modi and celebrated by the country as a whole, conservationists say this actually represents the smallest increase in tiger numbers for a five-year period going back at least two decades. Another number, they say, should be getting more attention – the 324 tiger deaths India has seen in just the last 29 months, equivalent to the loss of one tiger every three days. At least 87 tigers have already died this year alone. Some deaths must inevitably be the result of old age, sickness or natural competition between these fearsome and territorial predators. But poaching is also a major factor, one which is rarely acknowledged, let alone debated, in the official conversation around India’s tiger success story. The last time tiger poaching got out of control in India it had a devastating impact on the overall population of the animals: official figures show that between 2002 and 2006, the country lost a total of more than 2,200 tigers. A return to those days is many conservationists’ worst nightmare, and there are concerns that Madhya Pradesh is emerging as a new hotspot for poachers, accounting for more than 90 of the deaths between 2021 and April 2023. Besides the way the body had been disposed of, the fact that T32 was found with claws, whiskers and canines missing is an unmistakable indicator that she was poached, says Vincent Rahim, who was the top forest official at Bandhavgarh national park at the time. During Rahim’s tenure another star tigress also died in suspicious circumstances. Solo was seen as the park’s friendliest tiger and a tourist’s delight, undisturbed by the noise of jeeps and canter vans and always happy to put on a display. In October 2020 she was found dead alongside her cub, and while no official reason has ever been given for her death, officials and locals believe she was poisoned. “Some traces of poison were found in her stomach in the autopsy,” says Rahim, adding that mystery remains over why she was targeted. One theory is that Solo was poisoned by villagers, possibly angered by the threat she and other tigers pose to their livestock. Villagers have been known to use commonly available pesticides as a reliable method of killing big cats, says Kuldeep Chaturvedi, a member of the tiger protection force in Bandhavgarh tiger reserve. Rahim describes Solo’s death as a “huge loss for the park”, and as sad as it was shocking. But the cause of death was not a surprise, recognised as one of the two most common ways in which tigers are deliberately killed in India. “[This is] how tigers die – either they are poisoned out of vengeance or they are electrocuted,” the tiger reserve’s current sub-divisional officer Sudhir Mishra tells The Independent. “You cannot rule out poaching, it is not going away, ever,” he adds. Some poaching of tiger parts is most likely opportunistic – villagers kill an animal who was threatening their farms, and then try to sell some of the remains knowing they will fetch large prices on the black market. Poached tiger parts can go for anywhere between £1,000 and £100,000 in Nepal and China, officials told The Independent. Such amounts draw organised criminals as well, as was suspected to be the case in Tamil Nadu earlier this year when a group of men and women travelled from northern India to seek employment as labourers in the Nilgiris tiger reserve in order to hunt the big cats at night, police say. They were caught during one such poaching attempt and arrested in February. “The modus operandi was simple, they would trap a tiger, skin it and sell it along with the bones and canines,” says a top forest official in Nilgiris who was directly involved in the arrest. The official says they are now investigating the poachers’ possible connections in other parts of the country, as well as the established logistics network that transports the tiger parts via train to port cities like Chennai, and from there to Bangladesh, Nepal and China. It means the rangers in Madhya Pradesh are always on the lookout for both the poachers and their support networks – keeping one eye on the forest inside the reserve, and the other on key railway junctions like Katni which connects central India to major ports. While the most lucrative black markets for tiger parts are in traditional medicine abroad, there are also plenty of superstitions and occult practices around the animals in India that create local demand for parts. “If you mix tigers’ whiskers in your enemy’s food, be assured that the person will die within a month and a half. No medicine in the world can stop it,” one villager employed in the national parks tells The Independent. Tackling such views and creating a sense of pride in tiger protection among locals is one of the most important and challenging tasks for forest officials. There are more than 5,000 people living within Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, with small pockets of villages having schools, pharmacies, local grocery stores and even grounds for holding social functions within the protected area. It is the perfect set-up for human-animal conflict. Gudda, a 50-year-old villager who was attacked by a tiger in February this year while grazing his cattle, says the attack occurred at a time when tigers are normally not active – around 1pm in the afternoon. Gudda tells The Independent he had no warning before the attack apart from the gentlest rustling of nearby leaves. He turned and saw nothing, but then was slammed off his feet by a force that felt like a hurricane. He landed face-to-face with a snarling fully-grown tiger, a dominant male well-known to those who live in the village which he counts as his territory alongside a fellow tigress and their cubs. The tiger looked Gudda in the eye and then went for his face. The cattle-herder reacted instinctively by raising his right forearm, offering it to the tiger instead. “I wanted to stop the tiger from eating my face,” he says. Gudda howled for help, screaming “come running, save me, I am being eaten alive”, but with the nearest houses still far away he had little hope of rescue. “I knew I was going to die just like hundreds of other villagers who previously succumbed to tiger attacks,” he tells The Independent. Then suddenly, almost as if he changed his mind, the tiger walked off. Chaturvedi says this part of Madhya Pradesh sees between 10 and 15 such instances a year of tigers charging villagers while they graze their cattle, and that deaths are also not uncommon. Persuading these same villagers to help protect tigers from poachers is not always easy. Many of the villagers living around or in tiger reserves consist of tribal communities long associated with tigers, like the Baheliyas – which is also the Hindi word for hunter. Though big cats are no longer on the menu for these groups, many continue to survive on bushmeat from spotted deer and peacocks – and tigers are inevitably caught in their traps from time to time. Traps are also laid as a protective measure by farmers, to keep grazers off their agricultural land. SP Yadav, a top official with India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the additional director general of Project Tiger, suggests these kinds of incidents are more likely than deliberate poaching of tigers for their parts. “There have been a few instances of electrocution of tigers and poisoning happening in Madhya Pradesh,” he admits. “Sometimes the electric fence which is used by farmers for protecting their crops has unintended consequences when a tiger strays into the field.” He says the Indian government is working hard to prevent these accidental deaths. “Now no new [power] transmission line is permitted in protected areas [of the tiger reserve] without insulating them or bushing them,” Yadav tells The Independent. This year, authorities have found just one case of a tiger’s skin being poached in Madhya Pradesh, he says. “In the current year, though there are 55 tiger deaths reported so far (nationally, up to March) only four cases pertain to seizure of skin, which can be attributed directly to poaching,” he says. The Modi administration, he says, is “very well aware about the real threat posed by the trans-national poaching syndicates”. Yadav says the NTCA maintains a national repository of camera trap photographs of tigers. “So in case of seizure of tiger skin, it is matched against the databases of the park as well as the national database to identify the origin of the skin. “Poaching of prey and sometimes tiger cannot be ruled out, but it is not at an alarming rate,” he says. Prominent wildlife activist Ajay Dubey disagrees, claiming that the only difference in the 50 years since Project Tiger was launched in 1973 is that hunting the animals has become illegal – but only on paper. “Poor conviction rates along with zero tightening of legal provisions on the state level has led to the decimation of the tiger population in India,” he says, calling on the government to release state-by-state figures of the tiger population so it can be verified by local experts. Dubey alleges that the claims made by the NTCA of rising tiger numbers on a national level do not tally with what he and other campaigners are seeing on the ground, adding that the tiger reserves of India are failing in conflict management between humans and tigers. Mishra says his forest department in Bandhavgarh is putting the majority of its resources towards protecting wildlife and averting poaching, rather than boosting tourism or other logistical requirements, as the park is, if anything, facing a problem of plenty. He says there are more than 150 tigers vying for space and their own territory in the reserve, with some inevitably forced to the periphery where they risk running into humans. “Mark my words: there is a population explosion among tigers, much beyond what our existing capacity permits,” he says. Rahim, Bandhavgarh’s former head, says reserves in Madhya Pradesh “are reaching their saturation point. Of course there will be violence and natural selection.” Does that imply more deaths among tigers and villagers to come? “Nature and the wild will take care of it,” he says.

Post: 22 November 17:28

The Fallen Outdoors Ohio Cooler Raffle The Fallen Outdoors Team Ohio is offering this great package deal to help our efforts in getting Ohio veterans outdoors. The Fal

The Fallen Outdoors Ohio Cooler Raffle The Fallen Outdoors Team Ohio is offering this great package deal to help our efforts in getting Ohio veterans outdoors. The Fallen Outdoors is a national nonprofit 501c3. All staffers for The Fallen Outdoors are veterans themselves, and we know what it means to have an opportunity like this. The smallest gesture can change the impact on a veterans life, and we truly believe it. Our mission is to organize outdoor adventures for veterans past and present, from every generation and from all branches of the military. Our aim is to connect Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines with like-minded individuals along with teaching them a skill and passion they can continue for a lifetime. Our team specifically, offers Lake Erie fishing trips, deer hunts, waterfowl hunts, upland bird hunts, coyote hunts, and turkey hunts. We have gotten 235 veterans outdoors so far this year, and we are aiming for 275. Next year we would like to see that number over 300. With your help and the help of other veterans, we should have no problem exceeding those goals.

Post: 22 November 09:10

🎯 10-year-old tipster qualifies for TIP reward A 10-year-old, home sick from school, witnessed the poaching of a buck deer from the front yard of a residence. The poac

🎯 10-year-old tipster qualifies for TIP reward A 10-year-old, home sick from school, witnessed the poaching of a buck deer from the front yard of a residence. The poacher trespassed onto clearly marked private property and shot in the direction of an occupied residence to take the buck deer. The youth witnessed the incident and appropriately made a report. The 10-year-old was the only witness to the incident. The poacher was located and criminally cited for: ➡️ Hunting on cultivated or enclosed land ➡️ Illegal take/possession of buck deer ➡️ Recklessly endangering another person The youth was nominated for a $1,000 Turn-in-Poachers (TIP) reward through the Oregon Hunter’s Association since the tip led to a citation. #YourOregonStatePolice #FishandWildlife

Post: 22 November 09:06

Indiana Hunt for Hunger asking hunters to consider donating deer harvest LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Hunters in Indiana are being asked to donate from their deer harvest to

Indiana Hunt for Hunger asking hunters to consider donating deer harvest LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Hunters in Indiana are being asked to donate from their deer harvest to help state food banks. In a release, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters about Indiana Hunt for Hunger. The reminder comes as deer firearms hunting season begins and the need for protein donations remains strong across the state. Updated this year with a new name and website, Indiana Hunt for Hunger turns donated deer into healthy venison that is provided to Hoosiers through food banks across the state. The program, previously called the Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund, was started by the Indiana DNR and its partners in 2008. Since then, it has grown across the state to collect thousands of deer donations, providing hundreds of thousands of meals for Hoosiers.

Post: 21 November 09:26

Hunters couldn't ask for better conditions when Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe that three wolv

Hunters couldn't ask for better conditions when Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe that three wolves shot and killed just over the state’s border in Wyoming may have belonged to Colorado’s closely watched North Park wolf pack. Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe that three wolves shot and killed just over the state's border in Wyoming may have belonged to Colorado's closely watched North Park wolf pack. The North Park pack, which often crosses into Wyoming where hunting wolves is legal, gained notoriety last year after birthing Colorado’s first known litter of pups in 80 years. Travis Duncan, spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said in an email that the agency cannot yet confirm whether the slain wolves were in the North Park pack but will continue to monitor the animals "if and when they are next seen in the area.” Duncan added that at least two wolves were seen Friday in northern Colorado. In Colorado, killing a wolf can bring a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison. But once all four paws are across the border into Wyoming, wolves are in the state’s “predator zone” where anyone can legally hunt the animals without a license. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The difference in state laws could impede Colorado's planned reintroduction of wolves that was narrowly approved by voters in a controversial 2019 ballot initiative. The introduction is planned for 2023 on the sparsely populated Western Slope. Earlier this year, authorities from Yellowstone National Park reported that 20 wolves had wandered out of the park and were killed by hunters. At least one pack — the Phantom Lake Pack — lost most or all of its members and is considered “eliminated.” “It’s very clear that wolves need to be protected, perhaps permanently, from this sort of unregulated slaughter," said Rob Edward, adviser to the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, an organization fighting for reintroduction. Edward said wolves help maintain a balanced ecosystem in part by culling their prey populations including elk, moose and deer. The reintroduction of wolves in Colorado remains hotly opposed by ranching organizations worried about losing livestock to the predators. Last year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the state's first livestock kill by wolves in decades. The agency reimburses ranchers for the losses. The Colorado Cattleman's Association did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Post: 20 November 17:54

Cold and Snowy Conditions to Greet Wisconsin Deer Hunters Hunters couldn't ask for better conditions when Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday. M

Cold and Snowy Conditions to Greet Wisconsin Deer Hunters Hunters couldn't ask for better conditions when Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hunters can expect near-perfect conditions when Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer season opens Saturday. Wisconsin Public Radio reported Thursday that temperatures in the 20s and 30s will allow hunters to sit in one area comfortably if they choose and snow-covered ground will make deer more visible and easier to track. The only issue could be wind, which could affect deer movement and make things tougher for hunters, said Jeff Pritzl, state Department of Natural Resources deer program specialist. DNR officials told WPR that they expect to sell about 550,000 licenses this year. The agency sold 564,440 licenses last year. License sales have been trending down for more than 20 years, slipping about 1.5% annually since 2000 as older hunters age out of the sport faster than young people are taking it up. Dwindling participation coupled with aging northern forests — deer prefer younger growth — have translated to fewer deer killed. Hunters took 182,783 deer during last year's nine-day season, down about 7% from 2020.

Post: 20 November 17:52

Scheme to protect hen harriers in England a waste of money, says wildlife group Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards

Scheme to protect hen harriers in England a waste of money, says wildlife group Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards past crimes’ of illegal killing A £900,000 government scheme to “meddle” with nests of hen harriers is a waste of money and rewards those who kill them, a wildlife campaign group has said. The claims are contained in a report produced by Wild Justice and released to coincide with the Glorious Twelfth, the official start of the grouse shooting season, on Saturday. Grouse moor gamekeepers have historically killed hen harriers illegally because they eat smaller birds, including grouse. Since the start of a government brood management scheme in 2018, 98 hen harriers have been confirmed as missingin suspicious circumstances or are known to have been illegally killed in the UK, many of them on or close to English grouse moors. In order to combat the problem of the birds, which are endangered in the UK, continually going missing over moors, Natural England began a scheme which involves taking the eggs or chicks of some hen harriers nesting on grouse moors into captivity, rearing them to fledging age and releasing them back into the wild in the uplands of northern England. They say th practice reduces the density of active hen harrier nests on grouse moors and is thought to reduce predation pressure on red grouse during the breeding season, so there is less incentive for harriers to be persecuted. Nests containing young have in the past been stamped on, and mothers killed – leaving the chicks to starve. The government is working with grouse moor owners to discourage this behaviour

Post: 20 November 09:12

ШАШЛЫК ИЗ БОБРА НА УГЛЯХ Правильный шашлык из бобра - нежный, сочный, очень вкусный! Готовь! По вкусу шашлык из бобра стоит между свининой и курицей-<strong>кроликом</str

ШАШЛЫК ИЗ БОБРА НА УГЛЯХ Правильный шашлык из бобра - нежный, сочный, очень вкусный! Готовь! По вкусу шашлык из бобра стоит между свининой и курицей-кроликом. Чем лучше вымочишь мясо - тем оно белее. Если вы покупаете бобра уже разделанного, понюхайте мясо. Если (пардон) бобровая струя удалена криво, то мясо будет плохо пахнуть, и спасти уже его - без вариантов - нереально. Состав Мясо бобра 15 кг Лук репчатый 1 кг Яблоки 1 кг Соль по вкусу Специи сухие (для дичи, для мяса) по вкусу Вода 2 л Уксус 1. Разделанного бобра нарежьте на крупные куски и замочите в воде. Замачивают обычно от суток до трех, периодически меняя воду. 2. Затем нарежьте мясо на порционные куски и сложите в емкость для маринования (чтобы влезала в холодильник). Нарежьте кольцами лук и тонкими ломтиками яблоки. Добавьте к мясу и перемешайте. Добавьте специи. Смешайте воду с уксусом, чтобы на вкус было слегка кисло, и залейте мясо кислой водой так, чтобы мясо было полностью утоплено. Поставьте в холод на сутки-трое.

Post: 16 June 14:24

Невероятная история из Чехии: два кенгуру совершили побег из тюрьмы! Нет, это не начало анекдота, а реальный случай, произошедший в исправительном учреждении города Иириц

Невероятная история из Чехии: два кенгуру совершили побег из тюрьмы! Нет, это не начало анекдота, а реальный случай, произошедший в исправительном учреждении города Иирице, недалеко от Праги. Пушистые заключённые проявили недюжинную смекалку, прорыв подкоп из своего вольера. Однако свобода оказалась не такой сладкой, как мечталось. Голод заставил одного из беглецов вернуться в родные пенаты. А вот его товарищ до сих пор наслаждается волей и находится в розыске. Вы спросите, откуда в чешской тюрьме взялись кенгуру? Оказывается, с 2018 года здесь реализуется уникальный проект. Кенгуру, а также куры, кролики и ламы помогают заключённым, чей срок подходит к концу, подготовиться к жизни на свободе. Общение с животными благотворно влияет на ментальное здоровье заключённых и является частью специальных терапевтических курсов. Кто бы мог подумать, что сельское хозяйство и животноводство могут стать ключом к реабилитации? Полиция призывает местных жителей быть осторожными и не приближаться к сб

Post: 19 September 09:12

В Чехии из тюрьмы сбежали два кенгуру 14 августа, Минск /Корр. БЕЛТА/. В Чехии два кенгуру сбежали из тюрьмы, которая находится в Йирице. Позже один из беглецов самостоя

В Чехии из тюрьмы сбежали два кенгуру 14 августа, Минск /Корр. БЕЛТА/. В Чехии два кенгуру сбежали из тюрьмы, которая находится в Йирице. Позже один из беглецов самостоятельно вернулся в исправительное учреждение, другой до сих пор в розыске. Об этом сообщает TVP World. Сотрудница тюрьмы Маркета Прунерова предупредила местных жителей не приближаться к сбежавшему животному, так как оно может быть ранено и представлять опасность. В материале отмечается, что кенгуру и другие животные, такие как петухи, кролики и ламы, содержатся в тюрьме с 2018 года. Они там находятся в рамках пилотного проекта, направленного на помощь заключенным, срок содержания которых подходит к концу. "В тюрьме очень хорошие условия для проведения специальных терапевтических курсов, и они в основном связаны с сельским хозяйством и животноводством", - отметила Прунерова. По информации СМИ, кенгуру сбежали, сделав подкоп из своего вольера. Любопытно, но это не первый раз, когда кенгуру попало в чешские новости за

Post: 24 September 18:26

Курцхаар Изначально кинологи полагали, что предки курцхааров населяли территорию Германии ещё с незапамятных времён. Тогда их содержали представители немецкой и австрийск

Курцхаар Изначально кинологи полагали, что предки курцхааров населяли территорию Германии ещё с незапамятных времён. Тогда их содержали представители немецкой и австрийской знати для охоты на своих угодьях. Однако факты всё чаще свидетельствуют о том, что прародители породы были завезены в Германию из Средиземноморья, куда попали, в свою очередь, из стран солнечной Азии. Изобретение огнестрельного оружия стало переломным моментом, после которого изменилось отношение европейцев к охотничьим собакам. До этого породы делились на три типа. Так, борзых использовали для травли крупной дичи: кабанов, волков или оленей. Гончие идеально подходили для охоты на добычу средних размеров, способную развивать огромную скорость: зайцев или кроликов. Легавые же ценились за их умение находить в густых зарослях дикую птицу и прочую мелкую живность. Именно к последнему типу охотничьих собак относились бракко итальяно и испанский пойнтер (пердигеро бургос) – прародители курцхааров. Первая порода попала н

Post: 28 December 10:21

Неуловимая андская кошка замечена в столице Чили: видео Ее нормальный ареал – высокогорные и труднодоступные регионы Анд. Андская кошка (Leopardus jacobitus) – редкий п

Неуловимая андская кошка замечена в столице Чили: видео Ее нормальный ареал – высокогорные и труднодоступные регионы Анд. Андская кошка (Leopardus jacobitus) – редкий представитель кошачьих из Южной Америки. Взрослые кошки имеют длину до 85 см, массу – до 5,5 кг. В дикой природе осталось менее 1500 особей, и вид относится к вымирающим. Живущий в Сантьяго эколог Бернардо Сегура обратил внимание на то, что в парке Mahuida, расположенном на окраине города, появилось очень много горных вискаш. Эти необычные грызуны из семейства шиншилловых напоминают одновременно очень уставших кроликов и пушистых капибар. Вискаши являются излюбленной добычей андской кошки, и Бернардо предположил, что малая хищница может последовать за добычей и в эти края. Он установил видеокамеры, которые помогли подтвердить его догадку. Открытие удивительно во всех отношениях. Андские кошки считаются «неуловимыми»: первое видео наблюдатели смогли снять лишь в 2000 году. А поскольку они обитают на высотах от 1800 до

Post: 22 December 12:40

Раскормленный кот <strong>Крошик</strong> похудел еще на полкилограмма Кот <strong>Крошик</strong> из Перми, который жил в подвале больницы и располнел до 17 килограммов,

Раскормленный кот Крошик похудел еще на полкилограмма Кот Крошик из Перми, который жил в подвале больницы и располнел до 17 килограммов, похудел. Крошик сейчас весит 15,4 килограмма. После того как кота обнаружили волонтеры приюта для животных «Матроскин», его посадили на диету, а также прописали бег на водной беговой дорожке и игры. В неделю Крошик может терять только по 170 граммов веса. Ранее из-за резких перемен в образе жизни Крошик попытался сбежать от врачей. Однако он застрял в обувнице и не смог самостоятельно выбраться. До начала лечения Крошик не мог нормально передвигаться, а когда он переворачивался — начинал синеть и задыхаться.

Post: 17 September 14:27

Жираф – это самое высокое животное в мире. Высота (рост) жирафа достигает 5,5 – 6,1 метра, треть из которой приходится на его знаменитую шею. Вес жирафа самца может колеб

Жираф – это самое высокое животное в мире. Высота (рост) жирафа достигает 5,5 – 6,1 метра, треть из которой приходится на его знаменитую шею. Вес жирафа самца может колебаться от 500 кг до 1900 кг, а сердце весит целых 12 кг: за минуту через его клапаны проходит около 60 литров крови, а давление внутри сосудов превышает стандартное давление среднестатистического человека в 3 раза. Благодаря высокой плотности крови даже резкая смена положения головы жирафа не приводит к ухудшению состояния животного. Несмотря на внушительную длину, шея жирафа полностью отвечает стандартным характеристикам млекопитающего – у жирафа 7 шейных позвонков, каждый из которых достигает в длину 25 см. Главная шейная вена имеет в своей конструкции специальные запирающие клапаны, отвечающие за равномерную подачу крови с одинаковым давлением.

Post: 28 June 10:33

В Китае обнаружили опасный для человека вирус, который переносят клещи Специалисты из Пекинского института микробиологии и эпидемиологии выявили новый вирус, который пере

В Китае обнаружили опасный для человека вирус, который переносят клещи Специалисты из Пекинского института микробиологии и эпидемиологии выявили новый вирус, который переносится клещами и вызывает поражение нервной системы. Новый патоген назвали вирусом водно-болотных угодий, или WELV. Он был обнаружен у 61-летнего мужчины, которого укусил клещ во время посещения парка на севере Китая. Симптомами инфицирования пациента стали лихорадка, головная боль и рвота. Антибиотики, назначенные ему медиками, не облегчили симптомы, из чего был сделан вывод, что состояние мужчины вызвано не бактериями. Специалисты Пекинского института микробиологии и эпидемиологии провели анализ ДНК и РНК, благодаря чему в крови мужчины выявили неизвестный ранее ортонаировирус (патоген, переносимый клещами). Результаты лабораторных анализов показали признаки повреждения тканей и свертывания крови у пациента.

Post: 14 September 16:11

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