I was listening to a book on tape about animals of the great plains. Bears were for the most part hunted and shot on sight just for being bears. It got me wondering if they’re gonna restock them in lonely areas where they once lived.
Not sure if you’re serious or not ? I’m pretty sure the grizz is doing just fine . A rancher I know told me they are pushing out into the plains more than normal . I’ve heard the feds investigate a self defense griz shooting as much as a murder scene .
If you’re going to re-establish a population, you need to put enough of them there with genetic diversity to breed which requires a lot more home range than one would think. Those kinds of “lonely areas” just aren’t common anymore. Aside from upsetting current predator/prey balances, you’d have a big political fight from any adjacent population centers if you wanted to put Grizzies in someone’s back yard. Any effort short of dressing them all up like big wolves would fall well short.
(I crack myself up)
Hunting in Grizzly country that has a season for them is a lot different than hunting in Grizzly country that doesn’t.
Wyoming and Montana have no shortage of Grizzly bears. Every year their range expands. Every year there are hunters and hikers attacked.
When I hunted NW of Dubois WY it was eye opening.
Every morning I seen fresh griz sign.
I Shot my Bull elk in the evening. By the time we got it deboned it was going on 11 pm. I told my partner we were not coming back to that carcass again. We loaded up packs and headed back to the truck. That was by far the heaviest pack I have ever had on my back.
One of the areas I hunt coyotes in SD is where Hugh Glass was attacked. The site he was attacked is now under water. It was pretty cool standing on top of the hill reading the monument looking down to where it happened back in the 1800’s.
Hunting in Grizzly country that has a season for them is a lot different than hunting in Grizzly country that doesn’t.
Wyoming and Montana have no shortage of Grizzly bears. Every year their range expands. Every year there are hunters and hikers attacked.When I hunted NW of Dubois WY it was eye opening.
Every morning I seen fresh griz sign.
I Shot my Bull elk in the evening. By the time we got it deboned it was going on 11 pm. I told my partner we were not coming back to that carcass again. We loaded up packs and headed back to the truck. That was by far the heaviest pack I have ever had in my back.One of the areas I hunt coyotes in SD is where Hugh Glass was attacked. The site he was attacked is now under water. It was pretty cool standing on top of the hill reading the monument looking down to where it happened back in the 1800’s.
So crazy to read the stories from fur trappers or Lewis and Clark. Would be such a different world to be the hunted. The Lewis and Clark expedition member who jumped in the river to escape a grizzly always stood out to me.
There are actual current plans to reintroduce Grizzlies to the Northern Cascades in Washington State very soon. There’s also been talks of the Rockies in Co but no plans.
I had heard about this a few times and a quick search shows many articles and sources.
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