BrianID
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What does everyone think?
It will take a couple years before we have data to back up our predictions.
My prediction is that it will significantly increase the number of deer in Idaho until a bad winter kills them off. Something similar was done in the SE region about 20 years ago. The F&G relaxed the quota in the SE region for two years and the number of lions killed doubled both of those years (1998 & 1999). The number of deer significantly increased immediately after the lions were killed (2000 & 2001) Then a bad winter (2001/2002) killed off the deer.
This year in October I was able to hunt in snow several days. I was surprised by how many lion tracks I came across. I have been hunting Idaho for about 30 years and have never seen so many lion tracks. In just one day of hiking I crossed lion tracks about 30 times. I believe there are many more lions in Idaho this fall than there has historically been the last 60 years. It will be interesting see if 2X or even 4X the number of lions are killed this winter compared to last year.
It will take a couple years before we have data to back up our predictions.
My prediction is that it will significantly increase the number of deer in Idaho until a bad winter kills them off. Something similar was done in the SE region about 20 years ago. The F&G relaxed the quota in the SE region for two years and the number of lions killed doubled both of those years (1998 & 1999). The number of deer significantly increased immediately after the lions were killed (2000 & 2001) Then a bad winter (2001/2002) killed off the deer.
This year in October I was able to hunt in snow several days. I was surprised by how many lion tracks I came across. I have been hunting Idaho for about 30 years and have never seen so many lion tracks. In just one day of hiking I crossed lion tracks about 30 times. I believe there are many more lions in Idaho this fall than there has historically been the last 60 years. It will be interesting see if 2X or even 4X the number of lions are killed this winter compared to last year.