Diane K. Boyd
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And I'm a hunter. I get it.
And I'm a hunter. I get it.
I would say, to the best of my knowledge as a biologist, that winter die-off is the limiting factor for ungulate herds. It's not lions and bears and wolves and humans and cars. Every so often, every 20 years or whatever, you get a massive winter die-off. And it takes quite a while for those populations to build back up. Predators can keep that at a lower rate. They cannot affect it.
I would say, to the best of my knowledge as a biologist, that winter die-off is the limiting factor for ungulate herds. It's not lions and bears and wolves and humans and cars. Every so often, every 20 years or whatever, you get a massive winter die-off. And it takes quite a while for those populations to build back up. Predators can keep that at a lower rate. They cannot affect it.
I would say, to the best of my knowledge as a biologist, that winter die-off is the limiting factor for ungulate herds. It's not lions and bears and wolves and humans and cars. Every so often, every 20 years or whatever, you get a massive winter die-off. And it takes quite a while for those populations to build back up. Predators can keep that at a lower rate. They cannot affect it.
I have to think back to what people say about wolves killing all the deer now. I think if you look to statistics in Montana and Wyoming, which both have had a lot of wolves for a couple decades, they're giving away more elk permits. I was just reading they proposed unlimited elk permits in Wyoming, and Montana's got basically in most of its management units more elk than ever.
I have to think back to what people say about wolves killing all the deer now. I think if you look to statistics in Montana and Wyoming, which both have had a lot of wolves for a couple decades, they're giving away more elk permits. I was just reading they proposed unlimited elk permits in Wyoming, and Montana's got basically in most of its management units more elk than ever.
I have to think back to what people say about wolves killing all the deer now. I think if you look to statistics in Montana and Wyoming, which both have had a lot of wolves for a couple decades, they're giving away more elk permits. I was just reading they proposed unlimited elk permits in Wyoming, and Montana's got basically in most of its management units more elk than ever.
And I just say there's more going on than wolves. And to point your finger at wolves all the time, you need to look at habitat. You need to look at access issues. You know, there's a lot of places where hunters want to go shoot these elk, but they're on large private ranches and you can't get on them.
And I just say there's more going on than wolves. And to point your finger at wolves all the time, you need to look at habitat. You need to look at access issues. You know, there's a lot of places where hunters want to go shoot these elk, but they're on large private ranches and you can't get on them.
And I just say there's more going on than wolves. And to point your finger at wolves all the time, you need to look at habitat. You need to look at access issues. You know, there's a lot of places where hunters want to go shoot these elk, but they're on large private ranches and you can't get on them.
Right. I mean, if the viewers can think of imagining a checkerboard and you're trying to get from one black square to the next black square, but you have to step over a tiny piece of white square to get there, right?
Right. I mean, if the viewers can think of imagining a checkerboard and you're trying to get from one black square to the next black square, but you have to step over a tiny piece of white square to get there, right?
Right. I mean, if the viewers can think of imagining a checkerboard and you're trying to get from one black square to the next black square, but you have to step over a tiny piece of white square to get there, right?
It's being battled in court right now.
It's being battled in court right now.
It's being battled in court right now.