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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
Thank you! Hunting Wife, thank you very much for your clear explanation. My question wasn't a joke and it wasn't meant to be rude. I was truly looking for an explanation of what seemed to me to be a contradiction. I thank you for helping me understand the perspective of others and the...- sparker4
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
Thanks James, if that is a fundamental principle then to my great regret I guess I do share some environmental opinions :( As I said, I do believe there is a place for wolves. I do however not believe there is a place for the Fairy Shrimp, also on the ESA, that cost developers thousands and...- sparker4
- Post #19
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
Yes sir, I don't disagree with any of that.- sparker4
- Post #18
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
"drive to protect species diversity and keep all the parts" I would not call that environmentalism, I would call that conservationism. My opinion. What do you mean "wolves aren't cutting into our numbers to any substantial degree". Do you mean our elk and deer numbers?- sparker4
- Post #15
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
Laws, conservation and the fact that man, the fitter of the species, can co-inhabit with deer, elk, bison and waterfowl. These critters don't kill our livestock or decimate our deer and elk herds. When wolves start interfering with our livelihood they will be killed off, just as they were...- sparker4
- Post #12
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
Big Foot, thank you for your reply. I know very well what biologic evolution is and I agree with your definition of change under this definition. However, evolution is much broader than that. By definition, evolution is "the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to...- sparker4
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- Forum: Other Big Game
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Contradiction between ESA and Evolution, thoughts?
On a completely different front I would like to pose a question for discussion. It is my argument that most environmentalists are probably evolutionists to a large degree. I may be completely off on this thinking, but I don’t think so. One of the main ideas behind evolution is natural...- sparker4
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Colorado Wolves
To answer mtmuley, I don't know the answer to that as Idaho only gives 5 tags to any one hunter per year. 23 is just what he told me and I don’t find the number hard to believe given the amount of wolf sign in that area and the number of known packs. For the record, I am not necessarily...- sparker4
- Post #107
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Colorado Wolves
Unfortunately the people pushing for Wolf reintroduction don't care about the affects wolves have on deer and elk herds. They say they do, but there have been enough states where wolves have been reintroduced with massive declines in elk and deer herd numbers that the facts can't be denied...- sparker4
- Post #100
- Forum: Other Big Game
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Nine Days in Church
Thanks for sharing your story. Awesom!- sparker4
- Post #59
- Forum: BIG THREE - Moose, Goat, Sheep
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Best place to hunt Mule Deer in Idaho
Watch the success ratios in the Selway. 28% yes, but a large majority of those are whitetail and antlerless. If you back out the whitetail numbers and the antlerless numbers, your mule deer success ration is pretty low. I talked to the biologist in that area a couple of months ago and the... -
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16c new mexico
I drove through that area, between Quemado and Glenwood last Tuesday and I could not believe all the elk I saw. They were all over the place. I counted 89 of them just on the road right-of-way, a total of 90 miles. I can't say much about any specifics of the country as I only drove through... -
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Elk and Deer Hunting Idaho Unit 28
Dan, Ya that is what I am concerned about. If you go off of the rough rule of thumb of 3-4 degrees per 1000 feet with the average lows in Salmon at 4,000 feet being 25 degrees in mid October, that puts 8,500 at about 10 degrees. That rule of thumb doesn't always work though. If it's 10...
