CPW Experimental "Predator Control"

[ACE2GOOD]

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/14...l-lions-bears/

There are so many things that could be argued about this but the one thing that gets me is that a little while back CPW was saying they needed to make lots of cuts since they didn't have sufficient funds. Instead of spending 4.5 million dollars to go harvest predators themselves why don't they open tags or a special season where hunters will pay for tags to go hunt something they want to hunt? It would give CPW more funds and start working on this experiment of theirs.

[hunterhawk]

Yup. Dumb... in those areas open it up to more tags for hunters and you could even open it up to a baiting season and a running them with dogs season...that way they would be making money instead of spending it. Not impressed with the management of funds on this issue.

[Dave]

Or, maybe the state could limit human intervention in the habitat areas and have less deer tags in those areas. That way more deer would survive and there wouldn't be a need to spend all the money killing extra predator animals.

[BushMasterBoy]

How about stopping Chronic Wasting Disease? Kills more deer than any bears ever. Or cats. Or even humans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wasting_disease

[rondog]

How about controlling the fucking COYOTES??? All the blathering I've read about bears and lions eating the fawns, and never one word mentioned about predation on deer by coyotes. I'd wager coyote kills outnumber the others by 1000 to 1. Not to mention everything else they kill, from quail eggs to cattle.

[brutal]

There is so much stupid in that article it hurts.

DOW was doing just fine until the state idiots merged them into Park&Rec.

Who are these hunters that support increased fees?

The National Wildlife Federation, a conservation group that represents many hunters, stopped short of challenging the Colorado decision but emphasized a need to address habitat loss.
“We believe that habitat degradation from energy, and residential development, which has been confirmed by CPW biologists for years, should be the primary focus of scientifically-based wildlife management,” NWF’s regional director Brian Kurzel said. “But this requires that CPW has adequate resources, including diversified and increased funding. CPW can be better prepared to take on the huge issue of habitat loss through incremental fee increases and broader species conservation funding that sportsmen and other wildlife conservationists can get behind.”

[buffalobo]

Used to be run be wildlife and wilderness managers, now run by bureaucrats.

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[roberth]

But, but but 'crats are the smartest.

[GilpinGuy]

But, but but Liberal 'crats are the smartest.

[ACE2GOOD]

It has been a mess ever since they merged. My family and I have been hunting out East for a long time and talk with the local DOW officer and he says it has been a political circus ever since Parks came in and they act like they make all the money and run the show.