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Here is my response to Jay (a liberal anti). He told me ?the reason for the declining elk population in Yellowstone is because of you f*&^%$& sick murdering hunters.? I Honestly can't stand ignorant people! Hopefully this will open a few eyes.
Absolutely not, hunters are not allowed to hunt in Yellowstone. Before our crooked government illegally brought these non-native (references will be given at the end) Canadian/Grey wolves into our ecosystem in the lower 48 in the early 90?s the Northern Yellowstone elk herd population was almost at a healthy 20,000. Today, the Northern Yellowstone elk population is now below 4,000 and declining fast with each passing day. ?What about all of the beautiful moose that live in Yellowstone?? What moose? There is virtually no moose in Yellowstone anymore due to the serious wolf problem there. We need to take control of the seriousness of this situation! If we don't the past 100 years of wildlife conservation implemented by ?sportsmen? will be destroyed just as you see in Yellowstone today.
What wildlife/hunting conservation has done for the elk population: In 1907 the rocky mountain elk population was at a dismal 41,000. As of two years ago, the rocky mountain elk population has reached a staggering 1,000,000 impart to the hard work and lifelong dedication from hunting conservationists across the US for the past 100 years. This survey was conducted by the fish and game wildlife biologists from each state the holds rocky mountain elk. Today, it is unlikely if we were even close to that number with the alarming growth rate of the wolf population. Many people aren't aware that hunters are (the largest) contributors to conservation, paying millions upon millions of dollars annually for programs that benefit all Americans and wild life. I will show you some amazing facts and examples later on in this article.
Rocky mountain elk population stats prior & during the the illegal introduction of the grey wolf to Yellowstone:
Elk Population
1994 19,045 (year before wolf reintroduction)
1995 16,791 (reintroduction began)
1996 no count taken
1997 no count taken
1998 11,742
1999 14,538 (prior to late season elk hunt)
2000 13, 400 (prior to late season elk hunt)
2001 11,969
2002-03 9,215
2004 8,335
2005 9,545
2006 6,588
2007 6,738
2008 6,279
2009 6,070
2010 4,635
2011 4,174
2012 3,915
2013 no count taken
2014 2,954
(*via U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
http://rmefblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/get-facts.html
The elk population will not be able to sustain itself with the staggering growth rate of these wolves. Example: A wolf ##### has one to two litters a year (commonly one) and will give birth to 5-7 pups with each litter. Wolves have been documented to live up upwards of 20 years. Now add this into the mix of things? Wolves have no natural predators, you know what that means right? Living their full life expectancy, which in turn adds huge numbers to the wolf population. Wolves also do not kill only what they can eat. ?WHATTT? I know right?! It must be a shocker to you because all you have been fed are the BS (LIES) from the ARA and the PETA loving idiots! There are hundreds of documented cases of wolves killing their prey and living it there to rot. Here are a few examples for you:http://www.ktvb.com/?/Wolves-kill-1...aw?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uIDas6gHQs
A cow elk only gives birth once a year and if she is lucky she can give birth to twins. A cow elk is commonly known to live 10 years. Now add those numbers up over a 10 year period? Amazing right?! Any simple minded ignorant liberal should be able to do the math. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY we can sustain a healthy elk population with numbers like that. It's only obvious it can't work, look how well Yellowstone is doing.
Here is some information about the wolves our government illegally introduced into the states:
(1) The wolves dropped into Yellowstone Park were not Rocky Mountain wolves, known in the scientific community as Canis Lupus Irremotus, a smaller animal that hunted in pairs and was the indigenous species in the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Rather, they were the Canadian Grey Wolf, a super sized predator hunting in super sized packs that evolved to chase caribou herds for hundreds of miles.
(2) Federal implementation of wolf introduction has violated the Endangered Species act (ESA) on virtually every count. Dr. Richard Mitchell, PhD., one of the original authors of the ESA, traveled from Washington, D.C., on January 11, 2000, to testify in Billings [Montana] at the Predator Management Symposium. Dr. Mitchell stated to an audience of several hundred, including Sen. Conrad Burns, that it was a violation of the ESA to dump the Canadian Grey[wolf] on top of the Rocky Mountain wolf.
(3) The Rocky Mountain wolf didn't need to be ?re-introduced? ? because it was already there. Locals testified at the aforementioned event to having seen the native wolf in and around the park prior to the ?soft? introduction of this ?experimental-non essential? predator that was already migrating into Montana naturally from Canada.
Here is some great information for the people who are misinformed about hunting conservation:
25 Reasons Why Hunting Is Conservation.
Reason No. 1 why Hunting Is Conservation: In 1907, only 41,000 elk remained in North America. Thanks to the money and hard work invested by hunters to restore and conserve habitat, today there are more than 1 million.
Reason No. 2 why Hunting Is Conservation: In 1900, only 500,000 whitetails remained. Thanks to conservation work spearheaded by hunters, today there are more than 32 million.
Reason No. 3 why Hunting Is Conservation: In 1900, only 100,000 wild turkeys remained. Thanks to hunters, today there are over 7 million.
Reason No. 4 why Hunting Is Conservation: In 1901, few ducks remained. Thanks to hunters? efforts to restore and conserve wetlands, today there are more than 44 million.
Reason No. 5 why Hunting Is Conservation: In 1950, only 12,000 pronghorn remained. Thanks to hunters, today there are more than 1.1 million.
Reason No. 6 why Hunting Is Conservation: Habitat, research and wildlife law enforcement work, all paid for by hunters, help countless non-hunted species.
Reason No. 7 why Hunting Is Conservation: Through state licenses and fees, hunters pay $796 million a year for conservation programs.*
Reason No. 8 why Hunting Is Conservation: Through donations to groups like RMEF, hunters add $440 million a year to conservation efforts.*
Reason No. 9why Hunting Is Conservation: In 1937, hunters actually requested an 11% tax on guns, ammo, bows and arrows to help fund conservation. That tax, so far, raised more than $7.2 billion for wildlife conservation.*
Reason No. 10 why Hunting Is Conservation: An 11% tax on guns, ammo, bows and arrows generates $371 million a year for conservation.*
Reason No. 11 why Hunting Is Conservation: All together, hunters pay more than $1.6 billion a year for conservation programs. No one gives more!*
Reason No. 12 why Hunting Is Conservation: Three out of four Americans approve of hunting, partly because hunters are America?s greatest positive force for conservation.
Reason No. 13 why Hunting Is Conservation: As taxpayers, hunters also fund the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, etc.
Reason No. 14 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunting funds conservation AND the economy, generating $38 billion a year in retail spending.*
Reason No. 15 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunting supports 680,000 jobs, from game wardens to waitresses, biologists to motel clerks.*
Reason No. 16 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunters are the fuel behind RMEF and its 6.3 million-plus acres of habitat conservation. More than 95 percent of our 196,000 members are passionate hunters.
Reason No. 17 why Hunting Is Conservation: A wildlife management tool, hunting helps balance wildlife populations with what the land can support, limits crop damage and curtails disease outbreaks.
Reason No. 18 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunters help manage growing numbers of predators such as cougars, bears, coyotes and wolves. Our government spends millions to control predators and varmints while hunters have proven more than willing to pay for that opportunity.
Reason No. 19 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunting has major value for highway safety. For every deer hit by a motorist, hunters take six.
Reason No. 20 why Hunting Is Conservation: Deer collisions kill 200 motorists and cost $10 billion a year. Imagine costs without hunting!
Reason No. 21 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunters provide for conservation?and for their families. Hunting is a healthy way to connect with nature and eat the world?s most organic, lean, free-range meat.
Reason No. 22 why Hunting Is Conservation: Hunter numbers are down, while hunter spending for conservation is up. Unequaled devotion!
Reason No. 23 why Hunting Is Conservation: Avid hunter Theodore Roosevelt created our national forests and grasslands and forever protected 230 million acres for wildlife and the public to use and enjoy.
Reason No. 24 why Hunting Is Conservation: With funding from hunters, RMEF helped restore wild elk herds in six states and provinces.
Reason No. 25 why Hunting Is Conservation: As society loses its ties to wildlife and conservation, the bonds with nature formed by hunting are the greatest hope for creating the next generation of true conservationists.
RMEF.
Some DRASTIC changes have to be made or the past 100 years of amazing conservation work and the billions of dollars spent will go to waste.
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Quite a post assassin, little to do with wolves though,and those national forests they speak of?
Not under attack by wolves but by extreme politicians like presidential hopeful Ted Cruze.

It's not wolves that keep Elk herds suppressed far lower than the biological carrying capacity in Places like NE Nevada.
Why are the cow elk slaughters being carried out it the Yellowstone elk herds winter grounds in Montana every year, despite the low numbers of elk?

The point is that wildlife and public land are under attack from many different fronts, if people think just whining about Wolves and the public that's supports their presence will help? Then we have already lost.
 

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