Tony Mayer faces loss of hunting privileges and prison.
After one of the charges, a felony, had been dismissed due to improper procedure with rating the elk antlers on the Boone and Crockett scale, the charge has been refiled. Tony Mayer, the founder of an anti-wolf website, once again faces a lifelong hunting ban.
Montana and Wyoming infections and capture of elk.
The last week has been filled with many stories about brucellosis and its impacts on wildlife and livestock.
First, Montana has announced plans to capture and test elk for brucellosis then place radio collars on those females that test positive to see where they go and where […]
Continue Reading →Is this going to result in a new power grab?
This seems to be what is behind the attempt to put elk under the purview of the Montana Department of Livestock. The article indicates that brucellosis is more prevalent on private lands where hunting is limited and elk congregate. I think the real question that […]
Continue Reading →Conservationists accuse each other of distorting elk and wolf data.
This article is about the recent public fight between the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Defenders of Wildlife.
I think part of the reason that the feud has heated up is because of the use of words like “annihilation” when referencing wolves and elk. I […]
Continue Reading →New study shows elk move into Yellowstone Park or unaccessible private lands.
We’ve all witnessed, or heard the stories about, how elk move to areas with less access or are closed to hunting, well this study basically demonstrates this. They do it more so in reaction to hunters than wolves.
Continue Reading →Former Montana FWP Employee Warns of Pending Legislation.
The bill would hand over management of elk to the Montana Department of Livestock, the same agency responsible for the continued war on bison. If you think this isn’t a threat to elk then you’re crazy.
Imagine helicopters and snowmobiles chasing elk out of the state or […]
Continue Reading →Idaho Falls, Idaho man killed 5 elk, left four-
He also goes to jail for 2 months, can’t possess a firearm in the field and pays a fine. But is the penalty all that tough?
Idaho poacher gets lifetime hunting ban. The Associated Press
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →Feeding that started in the ’70’s now attracts more than just elk
This is an interesting story about what feeding elk in the Elkhorn subdivision of the Wood River Valley has led to.
Elk herd troubles Idaho neighborhood
By Ariel Hansen – The Magic Valley Times-News
Brucellosis is perpetuated by Wyoming feed grounds
“If we could get rid of feed grounds and reduce population, we could solve much of our brucellosis problem,” Tom Roffe said.
Game management
By DANIEL PERSON
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
