1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From Mediators World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: Cal's weekend review, presented by Steel. Steel products are available 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: only at authorized dealers. For more, go to Steel Dealers 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: dot com. Now here's your host, Ryan cal callahan. 5 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 2: A new study published by researchers at Virginia Tech has 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: found that the soap you use can determine whether or 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: not you're attractive to mosquitoes. You might assume that clean 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: humans are less attractive to the tiny, flying vampires than 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: unwashed folks, but that's not necessarily true. In fact, the 10 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 2: study found that some brands of soap actually make people 11 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: more likely to get bitten. Here's how one of the 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 2: researchers put up. The fact that we are taking those flowery, 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: fruity smells and putting them on our bodies means that 14 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: now the same object smells like a flower and a 15 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: person at the same time. It would be like wrapping 16 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: up and smelling something that was like both coffee and muffins, 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 2: very appealing. You know, if you're coffee and muffin type. 18 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 2: Mosquitos are attracted to flowery smells because when they're not 19 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: ruining your hike by sucking your blood, they're supplementing their 20 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 2: sugar intake with plant nectars. Like all good scientists, the 21 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 2: studies authors didn't offer a simple answer. Floral soaps are 22 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 2: probably a bad idea, but it depends on how the 23 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 2: soap interacts with your unique odor. Washing with Dove dial 24 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: and Simple Truth soap increase the attractiveness of some but 25 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: not all. By contrast, washing with native brand soap tended 26 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,919 Speaker 2: to repel mosquitos, but that was not always the case. 27 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: I think the takeaway is that if you're one of 28 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 2: those people who attract mosquitos from the next county, you 29 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 2: may want to switch soaps. It may not help, but 30 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 2: you may as well give it a shot. This week, 31 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: utahs have got to know what they're shooting at, wolves, spiders, legislation, 32 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: and so much more. But first, I'm going to tell 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 2: you about my week. And my week was spent on 34 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 2: the road hunting turkeys in the early morning light, then 35 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: plugging into the internet by midday, remote work, and hunting 36 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 2: out of the old Black series. Just the Dogs and I. 37 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,519 Speaker 2: The girlfriend's dog is a Border Collie named Trace Atkins. 38 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: He is the one I describe as the referee, not 39 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: just because he has the merle black and white coloration. 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: But because he is not invested in hunting, he loves 41 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: going out, but he couldn't care less about the outcome. 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 2: Just wants a good game, and if he's doing his 43 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: job right, you won't even though he's there. Whereas Snort, 44 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 2: even when I position her on the opposite side of 45 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: a ponderosa pine will shake so violently with anticipation that 46 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 2: it feels like you're trying to shoot a tom while 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 2: on one of those vibrating beds you see on old 48 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 2: TV shows and CD motel rooms. Anyway, I would not 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 2: recommend hunting turkeys with dogs and makes things immensely more 50 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: complicated and challenging, but you know it's still time with 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 2: the dogs, so it's awesome. I killed zero turkeys. By 52 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: the way, need to expand my search, as I was 53 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 2: continually hunting very promising areas but never located anything other 54 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: than hands on public ground, And when I returned to 55 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 2: those spots in the wee hours of the early morning 56 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 2: or late evening, I never did hear a gobble. The 57 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: rivers are pumping with snowmelt, mushrooms are popping out of 58 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: the thatched pine duff on the hillsides and Canadian wildfire 59 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 2: smoke is in the air, springtime in Montana and a 60 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 2: little bit of turkey time left. Moving on to the 61 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: legislative desk, Sunday hunting is once again dead in the 62 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: main legislature. The Committee on Inland, Fisheries and Wildlife voted 63 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: last week to reject four bills that would have afforded 64 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 2: some hunters the opportunity to pursue game on Sundays. One 65 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: of the bills, for example, would have only allowed miners 66 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: to hunt on private land. Another would have given property 67 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: owners the ability to hunt their own land on Sunday, 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: while a different bill would have allowed archery hunting but 69 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: not rifle hunting on the Lord's Day. But those compromises 70 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: weren't enough to satisfy the folks in the state legislature. 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 2: Committee chair David Lafountain said, quote, I feel that if 72 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: we opened up any hunting on Sunday, then the deluge 73 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: next year of Sunday hunting bills will be overwhelming. It's 74 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: weird how they're not just considering just making it legal 75 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: to hunt on Sunday. Done deal, end of story. Maine 76 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 2: Massachusetts are the only states that do not allow some 77 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 2: form of sunday hunting. On the other end of the spectrum, 78 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: new regulations are taking effect in South Carolina that will 79 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,679 Speaker 2: allow sunday hunting on state land on May twenty sixth, 80 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. Sunday hunting will be permitted on eight 81 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: wildlife management areas and two national forests from October fifteenth 82 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 2: to January thirty one. Prior to this regulation change, South 83 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 2: Carolina was the only Southern state with an outright ban 84 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 2: on Sunday hunting on public lands. Utah's Division of Wildlife 85 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: Resources is proposing a rule that would prohibit killing trumpeter 86 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 2: swans during the state's tundraswan hunting season. Trumpeter swans are 87 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 2: a protected species, but Utah did not penalize hunters for 88 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 2: killing them because they look so much like the slightly 89 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: smaller tundriuswand the state only allows twenty trumpeter swans to 90 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: be killed before shutting down the entire fall hunting season, 91 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: but in each of the last four years, the fall 92 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 2: swan season has ended early and more than twenty trumpeters 93 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 2: have been killed. Hunting tundriswans will still be allowed under 94 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 2: the proposed rule, but hunters will have to be more 95 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: careful about avoiding trumpeters. Under the new policy, killing a 96 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: trumpeter deliberately or not will be considered poaching and the 97 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: bird will be seized. If you'd like to weigh in, 98 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: the Utah DWR is accepting comments on its website, we'll 99 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: post a link to the meateater dot com forward slash cow. 100 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 2: The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission voted last month to 101 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: do away with the fal turkey key season and make 102 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: reductions to the spring season, along with canceling the fall 103 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 2: season for twenty twenty three. The spring bag limits in 104 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 2: Unit one and Unit two have been reduced to one 105 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 2: turkey only. Permits in Unit four will no longer be 106 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: valid in adjacent units, and non resident permit quotas are 107 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 2: established in each hunting unit. The move comes as turkey 108 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 2: populations have shrunk in many states and biologists have struggled 109 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 2: to come up with a definitive reason why staying In Kansas, 110 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 2: the Wildlife and Parks Commission is proposing a new regulation 111 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 2: to decrease pressure from non resident waterfowl hunters. The proposal 112 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 2: would limit non resident hunting on department land and waters 113 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: to Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Through the current Kansas season structure. 114 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 2: This would also carry over to US Army, Corps of Engineers, 115 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 2: and other federal lands. Resident waterfowl hunters have been reporting 116 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 2: decreased satisfaction, and commissioners believe non residents are partially to blame. 117 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 2: They report that they are seeing more large groups of 118 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: non residents stay for longer periods of time, and they're 119 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: hoping these new restrictions will give residents less competition. In Nevada, 120 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 2: the state Senate passed a bill that would designate the 121 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 2: wild mustang as the official state horse. This may not 122 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 2: sound controversial, but a host of outdoor and conservation groups, 123 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 2: including Ducks Unlimited in the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, have 124 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 2: come out in opposition to this bill. They point out 125 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: that the wild mustangs and burrows are not native to 126 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 2: the continent, much less the state, and have degraded rangeland 127 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: and damaged ecological health. They sent a letter to Assemblywoman 128 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 2: Selina Torres that says, in part, in our view, offering 129 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: greater legitimacy to the inhumane overpopulation of feral horses on 130 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 2: the landscape would be detrimental to our diligently managed wildlife 131 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: and natural resources as well as to the horses themselves. 132 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 2: The bill SB ninety is currently before the Assembly Committee 133 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 2: on Government Affairs. You can contact www dot LG dot 134 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 2: state dot NV dot US, where you can find your 135 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 2: legislator and contact the assemblywoman. Moving from the state to 136 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 2: the federal level, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has joined forces 137 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 2: with Democrat Senator Corey Booker to introduce the Conservation Reserve 138 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: Program Reform Act. This bill would prioritize enrolling marginal Farmland 139 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 2: INCRP rather than prime farmland. Proponents say this change would 140 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 2: generate more durable wildlife and environmental benefits while reducing competition 141 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 2: for productive farmland between the US Department of Agriculture and farmers. 142 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 2: We've covered the CRP, which stands for Conservation Reserve Program 143 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: on this program before. It's a federal land conservation initiative 144 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 2: that compensates farmers with an annual lease payment in exchange 145 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 2: for removing land from agricultural production for a fixed period 146 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 2: of time. These new reforms would incentivize farmers to enroll 147 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 2: marginal farmland that probably wouldn't be good for crops, but 148 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 2: would still make excellent grassland habitat. If you know anything 149 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 2: about politics, you know that if Chuck Grassley and Corey 150 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 2: Booker can agree on a policy, it can't be that bad. 151 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 2: In this case, the CRP of Reform Act is also 152 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,599 Speaker 2: supported by groups like Pheasants Forever, TRCP and Ducks Unlimited. 153 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 2: Get on the phone with your US representative and senators 154 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 2: and let them know that you want the CRP Reform 155 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: Act included in this year's Farm bill, Last One for You. 156 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: At the beginning of April, the Bureau of Land Management 157 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 2: proposed a new rule that would add conservation to the 158 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 2: list of uses acceptable under the agency's multi use mandate. Basically, 159 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 2: it would allow conservation groups and businesses to lease land 160 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 2: for conservation in the same way that mining or cattle 161 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 2: companies lease the land right now. The proposal has stirreed 162 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 2: quite a bit of controversy, including a bill in Congress 163 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 2: that would block the rule and opposition from a group 164 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 2: of US Senators. The agency has also received over three 165 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 2: thirty thousand comments online. Now, concerned citizens can take their 166 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 2: engagement a step further by attending one of five meetings 167 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: happening across the country. Two of the meetings will be virtual, 168 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 2: one of which was already held on May fifteen, The 169 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: other virtual meeting will take place June fifth. Then there 170 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 2: will be meetings in Denver, Albuquerque, and Reno on May 171 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 2: twenty five, May thirty, and June one, respectively. If you'd 172 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 2: like to weigh in on this fundamental change to how 173 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: the BLM manages our public land, try to attend one 174 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 2: of these meetings. I'm still trying to get more information 175 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 2: on this. Thank you to everybody who wrote in right now. 176 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 2: I think this is great as long as there can 177 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 2: be overlapping permitting. For example, if you are a public 178 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 2: land hunting outfitter, let's just say you can operate on 179 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: Bureau of Land Management ground that is held under let's 180 00:10:55,800 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 2: say like a grazing lease already, okay, so even though 181 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 2: it's leased by somebody who's grazing that ground, you can 182 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 2: lease it as an outfitter to guide clients out there 183 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 2: to kill you know, deer, elk, antelope, birds, whatever. So 184 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 2: whatever your state allows. If these conservation leases would prohibit 185 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 2: what is now like historical use from other businesses logging, grazing, mining, 186 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 2: then that's just going to cause a bunch of controversy. Obviously, 187 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 2: if there's a tract out there that needs to be 188 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 2: rested because it has already been mined and reclaimed. Then 189 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,479 Speaker 2: that would be a great use of like an exclusive 190 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 2: conservation lease. And obviously if these conservation leases have to 191 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: allow public access and public hunting, then you know, my 192 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 2: ears would be much more open again. I'm still trying 193 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: to find the ins and outs of this stuff, and 194 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 2: I'll get back to you with a full report. Sound 195 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: cool cool. Moving on to that funky pan Handle state, Idaho. 196 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 2: Idaho has finalized a plan to reduce the wolf population 197 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 2: in the state by as many as seven hundred wolves. 198 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 2: You may remember back in twenty twenty one when the 199 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 2: state legislature passed a bill to liberalize wolf hunting and 200 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 2: trapping in an effort to reduce the population. So they say, 201 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 2: those policies, which I criticized as an overreach by the 202 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 2: state legislature, failed to achieve the desired result. No big surprise. 203 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: The wolf population has remained stable since the law was passed, 204 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,600 Speaker 2: and only a few hunters used the expanded means of take. 205 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: At the same time, the Idaho Department of Fishing Game 206 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: has been developing a plan to return the wolf population 207 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: to the original management goal when the species was delisted 208 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 2: in the Northern Rockies. In twenty eleven, the US Fish 209 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 2: and Wildlife Service set Idaho's population goal around five hundred wolves. 210 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 2: Current surveys have determined that there are about twelve hundred 211 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: wolves in the state, so the management plan is designed 212 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 2: to reduce that population by about seven hundred individuals. But 213 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 2: that's easier said than done. In twenty twenty one, hunters 214 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 2: and trappers harvested four hundred and eleven wolves. That's enough 215 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: to keep the population stable, but not enough to shrink it. 216 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 2: In order to get the population down to five hundred 217 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 2: by twenty twenty eight, Idaho Fishing Game estimates that they'll 218 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: need to harvest an additional one hundred wolves every year 219 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 2: over the next six years. The plan outlines three primary 220 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 2: ways to increase the wolf take. First, Idaho Fishing Game 221 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 2: will try to expand the number of wolf hunters in 222 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 2: the state by launching a program that reimburses successful wolf 223 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 2: hunters for hunt related expenditures. It doesn't name specific expenditures, 224 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 2: but presumably those would include things like the cost of gas, food, lodging, 225 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 2: and tags. Note that the reimbursement program would only be 226 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 2: for successful wolf hunters, which should encourage folks to hunt 227 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 2: harder and longer. Second, the plan calls for an aggressive 228 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 2: lethal response to livestock depredation. Rather than take out one 229 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 2: or two wolves that are suspected of killing livestock, the 230 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 2: plan allows wildlife managers to take out entire packs. This 231 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 2: will only be done while the wolf population remains above goal, 232 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 2: and poison will not be used. Finally, if all else fails, 233 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 2: the plan allows Idaho Fishion Game to quote implement area 234 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 2: specific predation management plans and agency control actions that balance 235 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 2: effectiveness with cost efficiency. These actions will be focused on 236 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: areas where wolves are having unacceptable impacts on ungulate populations 237 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 2: or livestock, or where wolves become established outside of suitable habitat. 238 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 2: The plan was just approved last week, and I'm sure 239 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 2: it won't take long for our friends at the Center 240 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 2: for Biological Diversity to announce a lawsuit. If you want 241 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 2: more details, you can check out the article by Eli 242 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 2: Fournier at the meadeater dot com. Moving on to the 243 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 2: spider desk. If you live in the southeast in US, 244 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: you may have come across a large invase of a 245 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 2: raknid called the Jorro spider. How they've managed to be 246 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 2: so successful in North America is still up for debate, 247 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 2: but a new study suggests that an unexpected superpower may 248 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 2: keep them out of harm's way. Joro spiders are native 249 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 2: to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, but they hitched a 250 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 2: ride on a shipping container at some point in the 251 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 2: last twenty years and were first documented in the US 252 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 2: in Georgia in twenty thirteen. Since then, the species has 253 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 2: spread prolifically across the southeast, and some research suggests that 254 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 2: they could spread up the Eastern seaboard. There are large 255 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 2: spiders that can be up to three inches across with 256 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 2: their legs spread. They have a yellow body and alternating 257 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 2: yellow and black bars on their legs, and you may 258 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 2: have seen them with webs stretched between power lines, stop lights, 259 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 2: or gas station pumps. You might assume that a large, 260 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 2: highly invasive spider is aggressive to oubt compete other spiders, 261 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 2: they probably throw their weight around a little. They aren't 262 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 2: afraid to get rough and tough at the local bar, 263 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: so to speak. Actually the opposite is true, Rather than 264 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 2: being aggressive, a new study from the University of Georgia 265 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 2: found that jorro spiders may be the shyest spider ever 266 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 2: documented by shy, I don't mean they're afraid of social 267 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 2: settings or insecure about a new haircut. Researchers compared more 268 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 2: than four hundred and fifty spiders' responses to a brief 269 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 2: and harmless disturbance across ten different species. Researchers used a 270 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 2: turkey baster to briefly blow two puffs of air on 271 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 2: each spider. While most spiders froze for less than a 272 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 2: minute before resuming their normal activities, the jeuro spiders remained 273 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 2: motionless for more than an hour. They basically shut down 274 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 2: and waited for the disturbance to go away like for real. 275 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 2: How this crippling shyness has helped them spread so rapidly 276 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 2: is still a mystery, but scientists have some theories. One 277 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 2: is that it allows them to live where other spiders can't. 278 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 2: Like white tailed deer and raccoons, jeuro spiders do well 279 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 2: around human infrastructure. They frequently build their webs on telephone 280 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: poles or stoplights, and researchers think their shyness helps them 281 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 2: cope with the brage of noise, vibrations, and visual stimuli 282 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 2: they encounter in urban settings. Their prolonged freeze response could 283 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 2: help the gyro spiders conserve energy rather than constantly stopping 284 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 2: and starting like other spiders do. This theory also suggests 285 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: that guro spiders aren't displacing other native species. They're spreading 286 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 2: because they have a high reproductive capability and can occupy 287 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 2: areas other spiders don't to return to our spider bar. 288 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 2: They're like the guy who's happy to drink alone, rather 289 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 2: than the guy looking for a fight on the dance floor. 290 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 2: Tortured metaphors aside, DROs aren't a danger to pets or humans. 291 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 2: They may look scary, but they don't bite unless cornered, 292 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 2: and their fangs aren't long enough to puncture your skin. 293 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 2: So you don't quit whining about it. No, I'm sure 294 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: they're doing some sort of damage just by taking food 295 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 2: away from other spiders. Hopefully they just you know, focus 296 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 2: on ticks and mosquitoes. Moving on to the mining desk, 297 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 2: A conservation group working to stop a gold mine along 298 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: the border of you Yellowstone National Park. That's right, Yellowstone, 299 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 2: the national park, not the TV series, announced last week 300 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 2: it plans to buy out the proposed mine for six 301 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 2: point twenty five million. The Greater Yellowstone Coalition says it's 302 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 2: already raised three point nine million and has entered into 303 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 2: a tentative agreement with the Crevis Mining Company to purchase 304 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 2: the mine, but it needs another two million to finalize 305 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 2: the agreement by October one, twenty twenty three. If successful, 306 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: the effort would extinguish the last real and significant mining 307 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 2: threat on the border of Yellowstone National Park forever, the 308 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 2: coalition said in a statement. The group is seeking to 309 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: purchase the mineral rights, leases and claims to one three 310 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 2: hundred and sixty eight acres of land on Crevis Mountain, 311 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 2: which rises above the Yellowstone River in the town of Gardner, Montana. 312 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 2: The mine is outside the border of Yellowstone Park, but 313 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 2: the group argues that the mine and associated roads in 314 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:59,120 Speaker 2: infrastructure would damage the park's ecosystem. Yellowstone National Park Superintendent 315 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 2: Cam Shaley said in a statement that one hundred years ago, 316 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,919 Speaker 2: a mining project north of the park left quote a 317 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 2: legacy of toxic waste, severely contaminating the Soda Butte Creek, 318 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 2: making it the most polluted stream entering Yellowstone National Park. 319 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 2: Along with fears of similar contamination, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition 320 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: worries about wildlife within the proposed mind site itself. This 321 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,640 Speaker 2: area provides habitat for grizzly bears, and also serves as 322 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 2: a migration corridor for the park's wildlife, including elk, mule deer, 323 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 2: big horn sheep, and bison. And of course, the group 324 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 2: appeals to Yellowstone tourists who don't want to see a 325 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 2: mine during their excursion into the wilderness. I'd put wilderness 326 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 2: there in quotes and remind you that it's a lowercase W, 327 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 2: not a capital. The coalition rights. Imagine driving through the 328 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 2: northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park and instead of an 329 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 2: expansive landscape dotted with wildlife before you, there is an 330 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 2: industrial mine site full of heavy equipment and floodlights scarring 331 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 2: the mountain side above. Their success will depend on their 332 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 2: ability to raise money. Sometimes that's the harsh reality of conservation. 333 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 2: If you have enough dough, you can save a lot 334 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 2: of land. If you'd like to drop a few bucks 335 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 2: into the hat, visit Greater Yellowstone Dorg. Moving on to 336 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 2: the Cougar Desk, Colorado Parks and Wildlife euthanized a mountain 337 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 2: lion last week after it attacked an eleven year old 338 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 2: girl who was checking her family's chicken coop. The cat 339 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 2: swatted at the girl's face and left a puncture wound 340 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 2: on her cheek, but fortunately did not do any additional damage. 341 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 2: The cat was euthanized per the department's policy on human 342 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 2: animal attacks. The girl had been checking her chickens on 343 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,120 Speaker 2: the evening of May eleven when she noticed a dead 344 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 2: chicken on the ground outside the coop. When she opened 345 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 2: the door, she was hit with a paw belonging to 346 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 2: a thirty pound subadult female mounta lion cat swatted at 347 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 2: her face, but did not pursue her when she ran away. 348 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 2: Wildlife officials believed the cat was acting in self defense 349 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: rather than in a predatory manner, but they still killed 350 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: it when they arrived and found the animal in the coop. 351 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 2: The cat's remains were sent to a lab to test 352 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 2: for rabies, bird flu, or some other infection that may 353 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 2: have influenced the behavior. You may recall another recent incident 354 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 2: of a cougar in Colorado that swatted at a man's 355 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 2: head while he was soaking in a hot tub. Colorado 356 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: Parks and Wildlife stress that these incidents are not related 357 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 2: and cougar attacks remain extremely rare. In fact, there have 358 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 2: only been twenty eight cougar attacks in Colorado since nineteen 359 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 2: ninety three of which were fatal. If you ever find 360 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 2: yourself face to face with North American's largest feeline, don't 361 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 2: run you'll trigger its prey drive. Instead, back away slowly 362 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 2: and speak in a deep, clear voice. If that doesn't work, 363 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: make as much noise as you can and look as 364 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: big as you can. If the cat actually charges, fight 365 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 2: like hell. You see, I made it through an entire 366 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 2: cougar story without you making the joke that I usually do. 367 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 2: People can change. I know I'm jumping around on your 368 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,719 Speaker 2: here a little bit, but I'm going to bring up 369 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 2: my own states, Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks. They've been 370 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 2: having some issue use drawing tags, which is something many 371 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 2: of us really really look forward to out of a 372 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 2: perverse sense of I don't know, like you like to 373 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 2: get kicked in the face. Right. It's like waiting for 374 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 2: Christmas morning. There's packages under the tree, but when you 375 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,359 Speaker 2: open ears up, it's like a stink bomb or something. 376 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 2: Every year because you don't draw anything, but you really 377 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 2: look forward to the idea that you, as a good conservationist, 378 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 2: will eventually draw something. Well, I'm gonna jump around here. 379 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 2: If you recall a few years back, the state of 380 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 2: Idaho overdrew on very important tags like bighorn sheep, and 381 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 2: people within the Department of Fishing Game caught the air, 382 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 2: but they had to call individuals back and say, hey, 383 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 2: unfortunately we didn't stop the drawing in time, so the 384 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 2: tag that you drew actually goes back into the pot 385 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 2: you did not draw. We're very sorry. It was an 386 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 2: egg on the face moment, but they were able to 387 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 2: walk that back well. Here in the state of Montana, 388 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 2: for reasons unexplained, they managed to overdraw on you big 389 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: horn cheap tags, male big horn cheap tags, and bull 390 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 2: moose tags. However, the only tags that they're walking back 391 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 2: or attempting to anyway are the U big horn cheap tags, 392 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 2: which are way easier to draw. Yes, taking us out 393 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 2: of the population have long term population effects that taking 394 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 2: rams out of the population don't have, but fewer people 395 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 2: put in for them, they're easier to get, and the 396 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: State of Montana, in its wisdom, has decided to not 397 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 2: rescind the highly coveted ram big horn cheap tags. They 398 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 2: have also decided to not rescind the over drawn and 399 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 2: highly coveted bull moose tags. I'm gonna do some more 400 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 2: digging on this one, but this is coming off of 401 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,600 Speaker 2: a very interesting year last year where people who put 402 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 2: in four tags that would be like mathematically impossible to 403 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 2: draw on their second draw received those tags. When Montana 404 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,800 Speaker 2: fishwhile left in parks, was asked about the possibility that 405 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: there was a mistake, they denied that there was and 406 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: only recently came out and said, oh, you know what, 407 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 2: we messed that up, and it irks me, ladies and gentlemen. 408 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 2: It just does. Hey, when you make a mistake, you 409 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 2: admit to that mistake. B you better have a darn 410 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 2: good reason as to why you don't tell people that 411 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 2: that big horn sheep tag that they drew is actually 412 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 2: not theirs have a reason as to why this fits 413 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 2: into the long term management plan for those areas. And 414 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 2: I need to remind you, unlike the state of Idaho, 415 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 2: which is the most recent example I have of something 416 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 2: like this happening in Montana, you have to wait after 417 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 2: you've successfully harvested a big orn sheep, but then your 418 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 2: name can go back in the pop Whereas in the 419 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 2: state of Idaho, if you successfully harvest a big orn sheep, 420 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: a bull moose, or a mountain goat, and aren't you know, 421 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 2: extremely wealthy to the point where you can purchase an 422 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 2: auction tag, which I'm highly opposed to. If you can't 423 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: tell you're done, it's a once in a lifetime tag. 424 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 2: Whereas here we have the same scenario. The state has 425 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 2: overdrawn a highly coveted, publicly owned resource. They aren't rescinding 426 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: those tags, and these people will have the opportunity to 427 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 2: apply again. Will their odds in seven years the waiting 428 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 2: period when it is up be good. Will they be 429 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 2: likely to draw another tag? 430 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: No? 431 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 2: But will it hurt my draw tag odds? Yes? So 432 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 2: you know, just whining to all of you, I'll track 433 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: down the info on this and we'll see you know 434 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: what the state has to say. Oh, and that's why 435 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 2: you don't just speak off the cuff. This is an 436 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 2: addendum to what I just recorded after speaking with Montana Fish, 437 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 2: Wildlife and Parks. I do have some clarifications to make, 438 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 2: all right, So in regards to my statements on antelope, 439 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 2: just disregard that because none of that is proven. That's 440 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 2: like good old fashioned tag draw weirdness that lays out 441 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,239 Speaker 2: there in conspiracy land. I am guilty of it. I 442 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 2: admit it, run me up the flag pole. In regards 443 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 2: to the big game draw tags, the coveted moose and 444 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 2: sheep tags that I spoke of, this is apparently what happened. 445 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 2: There is a database that informs regulations where updated population 446 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 2: information like sustainable harvest is inputed. Then there is the 447 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 2: tag draw database. Inform from the regulation database has got 448 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 2: to be transferred into the tag draw database. That information 449 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 2: is subject to you know, humans, and there was a mistake. 450 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 2: After deliberation with the biologist or biologists, it was found 451 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 2: that these populations could sustain the additional harvest and specifically 452 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 2: the additional mail harvest. And that's why these individuals who 453 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 2: drew the tags were allowed to keep the tags. All right, 454 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 2: that's the official rule. If that's not satisfying to you, 455 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: I get it, I really really do now. The other 456 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 2: point that I got confused on there was a very 457 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,080 Speaker 2: Montana specific article, but any state that deals with like 458 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 2: bonus points and preference points something that I wholeheartedly despise. 459 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 2: There's an article that came out in the Billings Gazette 460 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 2: which turns out some great conservation state conservation news here 461 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 2: in Montana regarding a bonus point situation where the state 462 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 2: was approached saying that there was an issue with bonus points, 463 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 2: and that issue was being that people were issued too 464 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 2: many bonus points. The state said, no, that's not the case, 465 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 2: but then when folks dug in, it was in fact 466 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 2: the case, and it all just kind of mountains up 467 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 2: to what the heck is going on? Right? We've been 468 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 2: invested in these coveted tag draws since we were twelve 469 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 2: years old, and it's just not something that we like 470 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 2: to see messed with. The reality is that we're talking 471 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: about like infinitesmal, really insignificant mathematical dividends here that would 472 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 2: influence my ability to draw tag. And as I spoke 473 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 2: with FWP and told you earlier on this same podcast, 474 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 2: you know what irks me is when you factor in 475 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 2: my bad luck that after these people kill their mooses 476 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 2: and cheaps, they're going to be back in the same 477 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 2: tag draw competing with me in seven years. Right, So 478 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,320 Speaker 2: it's just me. I'm crying to you anyway, everyone, Please 479 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 2: thank Phil for inserting this at the end of a 480 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 2: very long day. 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