1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Kel's we can review with Ryan kel Kellan. Now Here's 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: kel Wolverines, the iconic mascot of the high school turned 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: quote partisan group in the nine four classic red down 5 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: to the gruff x men character to the gruffer and 6 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: perhaps more iconic milverine for you Milwaukee residents, is well 7 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: a character, and no matter how much fun you have 8 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: watching movies, the real thing is much better. Recently, two 9 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: people in Washington, one on a logging road and one 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: on a beach a few days later about forty miles away, 11 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: got to experience a first hand encounter with a real 12 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: life wolverine. The wolverine is the largest member of the 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: weasel family Mustello Day outside of the giant otter. Of course, 14 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: Male wolverines can grow to a little over thirty or 15 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: forty pounds, and females will grow to typically under thirty. 16 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: In contrast, the sea otter will weigh in over one 17 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: hundred pounds at times, and the least weasel on the 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: other end of the Mustella Day family weighs only about 19 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: a half a pound. You thought you had a strange family. 20 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: Wolverines are known to be solitary, even angry animals that 21 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: go it alone unless you were called. The book The 22 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: Wolverine Way by Doug Chadwick about a study conducted in 23 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: Glacier National Park by Jeff Copeland and Rick Yates. This 24 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 1: study used Chadwick as a volunteer and radio telemetry backed 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: up by human tracking through Glacier. Chadwick was part of 26 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: the team that verified what the telemetry was saying and 27 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: what that data in human scrambling miles said was in 28 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: Glacier National Park at least the solitary wolverine spent quite 29 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: a lot of time socializing with other wolverines. A male 30 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: even traveled with his offspring on occasion, something very uncharacteristic 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 1: according to popular knowledge. Of course, on Washington, the two 32 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: sightings involved a singular wolverine, and even though the sightings 33 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: occurred three days apart, one on the logging road in 34 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: the Cell, the other north of Surfside Washington, a distance 35 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: again of about forty miles, the Washington coast is likely 36 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: not under invasion by the seldom sighted weasels. Both encounters 37 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: resulted in pictures and reporting, providing verifiable data that suggests 38 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: that the two wolverines are likely one and the same 39 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: and a female, according to the Chinook Observer. The lucky 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 1: citizen that captured the photo of the wolverine on the 41 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: beach as it fed on a carcass of a marine 42 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,839 Speaker 1: mammal said, the wolverine quote almost seemed to emerge from 43 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: the carcass, which is pretty cool. It may not seem 44 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: like a lot, but this is a good case of 45 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: citizen science. Two verified sightings provide a lot of information. 46 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: The wolverine is elusive and biologists can't be everywhere. The 47 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: citizen science data can help patch in gaps and wolverine movements, 48 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: or help with population data. The first time I ever 49 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: saw wolverine way back about the same time the wolverine 50 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: study was going on in Glacier National Park, I had 51 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: gone on a fishing trip with some of the guys 52 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: I guided with. We packed into the Middle Fork to 53 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: the Flathead and got about a day of fishing in 54 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: when a storm started building. As we floated through a 55 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: turn in the canyon, we heard rocks falling from the 56 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: river right side and out popped wolverine. The wolverine looked 57 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: at us in our boats, walked into the river, swam 58 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: across in front of us and climbed straight up a 59 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: rock wall that was beyond vertical in some parts. The 60 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: animal then sat on top of those cliffs, snapping its 61 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: jaws and thoroughly cussing us out. I videotaped the whole thing. 62 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: Watching a wolverine swim an ever, is nothing I ever 63 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: thought i'd do in the lower forty eight. Anyway, turned 64 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: out that wolverine crossing was a bit of an olman, 65 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: both for us and the footage. I guess. The storm 66 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: the wolverine proceeded built up into something fierce. The tempts 67 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: dropped forty degrees wind, blue rain sheeted. We ended up 68 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: drinking wet and unproductively under a tarp until we woke 69 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: the next morning to more of the storm and a 70 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: frigid wet row all the way out of there, no 71 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: more fishing. Then buddy of mine kicked over the hard 72 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: drive I had been storing everything on, and away went 73 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: the wolverine footage, unless, of course, have a mini DV 74 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: tape somewhere still. Anyway, I missed my chance to contribute 75 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: as a citizen wolverine scientist, who, just like these folks 76 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: on Washington, was just in the right place at the 77 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: right time. According to a variety of estimates, there could 78 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: be as few as three hundred wolverines in the lower 79 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 1: forty eight. However, due to the huge, huge range of 80 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: these animals, and when I say huge range, one famous 81 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: wolverine M fifty six was tagged with a radio transmitter 82 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: and caller outside of Grand Teton. That male wolverine traveled 83 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: into Colorado. At the time, he was the only documented 84 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: wolverine in the state. Then he wandered what turned out 85 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 1: to be a bit too far and was shot in 86 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: North Dakota. At least he was shot as the only 87 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: wolverine in North Dakota. Remember that rule, always be sure 88 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: of your target and beyond well. In the North Dakota incident, 89 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: I think it was more of I don't know what 90 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: that is, I'll shoot it and have a look. This 91 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: was legal, mind you, as the animal was reported as 92 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: harassing cattle. Again, being as M fifty six was the 93 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: only wolverine in North Dakota and over a hundred and 94 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: fifty years, I have a hard time believing the rancher 95 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: wanted to put an end to that. But anyway, on 96 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: top of this huge home range, and wanderlust to boot. 97 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: If I hadn't said it enough, wolverines are elusive, making 98 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: an accurate population number hard to guess. I'm lucky enough 99 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: to spend an incredible amount of time in the woods, 100 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: and in all my time, I have only seen that 101 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: one in the lower forty eight. In the book The 102 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: Wolverine Way, Chadwick wrote, if wolverines have a strategy, it's 103 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: this go hard and high and steep and never back down, 104 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: not even from the biggest grizzly and least of all 105 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: from a mountain climb. Everything trees, cliffs, avalanche, shoots, summits, 106 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: eat everybody alive, dead, long dead, moose, mouse, fox, frog. 107 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: It's still warm heart or frozen bones. Um, that's badass. 108 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: This week on Col's Weekend Review, it's bear season, the 109 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: Bob Marshall and a couple of reminders. But first, I'm 110 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: gonna tell you about my week. I threw together my raft, 111 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: which is a double D by Air which is out 112 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: of Meridian, Idaho. The double D is in reference to 113 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: an outer tube design that diminishes the bow and stern tube, 114 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: So you know not what you're thinking. I used to 115 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: paddle and row a bunch of different airboats when I 116 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: was guiding, or even packed out a moose on a 117 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: mediator episode, and one when I was in Idaho. I 118 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: went raffless for a long time, and when I decided 119 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: to move back to Montana, I said to myself self, 120 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: you'd better get a boat and a dog. I've been 121 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: dogless for a long time. I had a string of 122 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: incredible yellow Labs for about twenty or so years. Eventually, 123 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: in very selfish ways, they all up and diet on me. 124 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: So now, in addition to the boat, I'm getting back 125 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: into the dog life. Have a yellow Lab female coming 126 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: my way about mid June out of Riverstone Kennels all 127 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: the way over in Wisconsin, so I'll have to break 128 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: her of a Midwest accent and probably a strange obsession 129 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: with sitting in trees for white tails. Lots of work ahead, 130 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: and it's been a while since I lived the puppy life. 131 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: Now that you know all of that. This past weekend 132 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: it was the first overnight raft trip of the year, 133 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: and you know, I packed the steel battery power chainsaw. 134 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: Didn't end up using it, of course, but it just 135 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: makes an outdoors type person feel like they're ready to 136 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: take on whatever a weekend will bring, so I brought it. 137 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: I was all rigged up for pike, but all I 138 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: could coax out was several very nice brown trout. But 139 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: being as I was convinced the pike would eat, I 140 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: wound up once again with no fish in the cooler. 141 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: And those browns have several extra piercings than they would 142 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: have if I had just been looking for them. Also 143 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 1: on this trip, I had my bear spray handy. The 144 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: grizzlies have been active, one mountain bike related incident just 145 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: outside of Bozeman in Big Sky, where a mountain biker 146 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: startled the grizzly while riding on a trail, and another 147 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: in a similar boating situation to myself this past weekend, 148 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: but on the Sun River, where a sow grizzly attacked 149 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: man who had stepped away from his boat and campmates 150 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: to relieve himself. In both instances, bears were surprised and 151 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: the humans survived. The boater stayed a couple of nights 152 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: in the hospital. The biker will be dealing with the 153 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: physical trauma for a while longer, as he'll need cranial 154 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: facial reconstructive surgery, face and head injuries are consistent with 155 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: grizzly attacks, which is why the method of laying down 156 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 1: with hands clasped behind your neck was adopted. The victim 157 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: is harder for a curious bear to roll over with 158 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: their elbows out. But again in the Big Sky incident, 159 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:38,720 Speaker 1: it doesn't sound like the biker had the opportunity jumping 160 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: over to an area recently discussed the Apennine Alps over 161 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: in Italy. I think everyone has seen the video of 162 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: a young boy cautiously walking toward the voice of his 163 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: father that came out this week. Behind him in the 164 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: video is what appears to be a large grizzly bear, which, 165 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: if all of this susses out, is exactly what it is, 166 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: the Apennine brown bear, which of course you knew because 167 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: you listen to this show, A real deal grizz three 168 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: hours from Rome. That idea is pretty darn cool, and 169 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 1: this footage is amazing. I've been getting two questions related 170 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: to this video. Is this real? And two you should 171 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:22,599 Speaker 1: talk about bear safety what these people should have done? Okay, one, 172 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if it is real, but I will 173 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: tell you it is a heck of a lot more 174 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: fun to think it is. Several major and respected news 175 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: outlets have covered this, so let's just say yes. The 176 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: other bit of media everyone sent in this week about 177 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: old trapper and Canada having a near uh forced sexual 178 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: encounter with a larger than average beaver, that, my friends, 179 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: is fake. Question number two what should they have done? 180 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: Let me set the scene again. Families out on a hike. 181 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: The young man is wandering about as he returns to 182 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: his father there and mother. He is followed by what 183 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: looks like a curious grizzly bear. The father gently talks 184 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: with his son as he moves very cautiously and slowly 185 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: towards his father and away from the bear. The sun 186 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: has his back to the bear and his walking as 187 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: if this were a game of tag, where the rule 188 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: is he can't run, you gotta move in like slow motion. 189 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: As we've covered with grizzly bears. The child could have 190 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: laid face down with his hands over his neck, which 191 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: is exactly what our river after did when attacked on 192 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: the Sun River here in Montana. The difference, of course, 193 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: is the bear attacked the man on the river. The 194 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: boy could have stood tall and acted agitated and bigger 195 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: than he is, trying to bluff the bear. This is 196 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: not recommended behavior for grizzlies, although if I am being honest, 197 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: I have done this with a charging grizzly bear and 198 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: that time it worked. But in this case, in the 199 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: Appenning the bear was not charging, so to not play 200 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: too far, and the could haves or would haves or 201 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: should have this family, under extraordinary circumstances did what they 202 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: should have done. The end result is no human scratched 203 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: and no bear dead. Every situation is so different in 204 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: the bear woods, be they the bear woods of Comchoca, Montana, 205 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: or the Appenning region of Italy. The father instructed the 206 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: son to be calm. He slowly moved away. They were 207 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: framed from triggering either a fight or flight response or 208 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: a chase and eat response. They did great moving on, 209 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: but sticking with bear attacks. This one happened in April 210 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: in Michigan, Crawford County, to be exact. A woman had 211 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: led her dog out to relieve itself in the yard 212 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: before turning in for the night. After several attempts called 213 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: the dog in, the female dog eventually returned in frenzy 214 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: to the porch with a large black bear on her heels. 215 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: Once the dog was safely inside. The owner had to 216 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: bravely push past this brazen bruin to move the dog 217 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: and herself into the vehicle to get off to the vet. 218 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: The dog's wounds were extensive and according to Michigan One, 219 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: it may never run again. I found this last part funny, 220 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: the need for the news to put a human spin 221 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: on this dog bear encounter, as I am sure if 222 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: you asked the dog somehow as to how it felt 223 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 1: about fighting a bear which was supposedly three hundred pounds, 224 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: but I mean realistically any size bear and living through 225 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: the ordeal, what that dog thought about surviving that but 226 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: having to live at a trot type of pace versus 227 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: a run type of pace, It would probably say, uh, wolf? 228 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 1: Next up on the bare blotterer. Missouri residents will likely 229 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: be able to participate in that state's first bear hunt. 230 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: Fall of the proposed hunts would be quota based, meaning 231 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 1: that the state will set goals for each BMZ or 232 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: Bear Management zone. The hunts in those zones, except for October, 233 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: will last ten days or until the quota is filled. 234 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: Prospective bear hunters will have to apply for the specific 235 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: BMZ they wish to hunt, and the tags will be 236 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 1: distributed through a standard tag lottery system. Black bears in 237 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: Missouri were essentially wiped out by the eighteen thirties due 238 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: to both the demand for bear products such as bear hams, 239 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: bear bacon, and bear grease, as well as habitat loss 240 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: with the elimination of market hunting and the passing of 241 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: such notable market bear hunters as Daniel Boone. Boon once 242 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: killed a hundred and fifty five black bears in just 243 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: one year. Right now, Missouri's bear population is somewhere between 244 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: six hundred and eight hundred bears, so you can see 245 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: why the bears didn't last too long. With market hunting 246 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: and market hunters like Boon around, habitat loss and conflict 247 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: are the two largest adversaries of the black bear. Now, 248 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: instead of wholesale forest destruction for railroads, mines, and settler camps, 249 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: the bears face a fancier term encroachment, the creep of 250 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: subdivisions that incorporate wildlife corridors, which alone are pretty good 251 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: for animals. However, these corridors lead to humans leave an 252 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: open garages and full bird feeders and full trash cans out, 253 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: or you know, maybe even a dog trying to relieve 254 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: itself in the middle of the night. Black bear conflict 255 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: almost always results in the death of that bear. Black 256 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: bears have an incredible homing instinct, and relocation often just 257 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: results in the bears coming right back to where they've 258 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: been fed. Don't feed the bears, and remember the public 259 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: comment period ends June five. If you are a Missouri 260 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: resident and you care about black bear hunting, go to 261 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: MDC dot MO dot gov, forward slab bears and let 262 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: the Missouri Department of Conservation know what you think. Coincidentally, 263 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: here in Montana, the comment period for the Grizzly Bear 264 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: Conservation and Management Advisory Council regarding the eventual state management 265 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: and hunting of grizzly bears. Another conservation success story is 266 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: still open. That one ends August thirty one, and you 267 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: can find it at f WP dot MT dot gov. 268 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: One more from Missouri, this one from opening day of 269 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: turkey season. A hunter sounded so turkey like a male 270 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: bobcat attacked him, landing on his head and neck. The 271 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: cat attempted to subdue what he may have thought was 272 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: a turkey, but turned out to be a man. Kind 273 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: of an odd point of pride for a turkey color. Really. 274 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: The hunter fought the cat from his head and when 275 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: he turned the cat was still standing just a few 276 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: feet away, at which point the hunter shot up. He 277 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: then called the Missouri Conservation Department and provided a picture 278 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: of the wound to the back of his head. Although attacked, 279 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: bobcat was not in season, Francis Scalicki, the spokesman for 280 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: the MDC, said the hunter did everything right by immediately 281 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: calling the conservation department and reporting the killing of the bobcat. 282 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: According to the Springfield News Leader, the conservation officer on 283 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: the scene advised the hunter to contact the Health Department 284 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: if he would like to get the bobcat tested for rabies. Coincidentally, 285 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: perhaps I have traveled to the National Wild Turkey Federation 286 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: Annual Convention in Nashville, where they showcase all sorts of 287 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 1: interesting taxidermy. After listening to this story, one of these 288 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: displays had me thinking it's of a big tom turkey 289 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: kind of jumping up in flight using his spur to 290 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: gouge the eye out of a bobcat. Judging from the 291 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: story just told out of Missouri, this taxidermy display must 292 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: fall under inspirational not factual, and Lastly, this week the 293 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: Hungry Horse News, the oldly respectable source of news in 294 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: the West Glacier and South Fork the Flathead Canyon, not 295 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 1: to mention Montana's first and for a long time only 296 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: Pulitzer Prize winning or should I say earning paper. That's right, 297 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: Mel Rud and his staff at Hungry Horse News earned 298 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: the Pulitzer for the coverage of the Great sixty four flood. 299 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: But I mean you already knew that anyway. The h 300 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: h N reports on an event that occurred back on 301 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: May sixteenth on the South fork the Flathead River, on 302 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: the sandbar where black Bear Creek flows. In two horseback 303 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: riders and bear hunters, on the return leg of ultimately 304 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty mile ride through the Bob Marshall Wilderness 305 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: encountered a strange scene a Bell four oh seven helicopter 306 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: complete with people. The helicopter had flown over the riders 307 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: and their pack string earlier that morning, and the convergence 308 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 1: at the landing site was by coincidence. According to The 309 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: Hungry Horse News, When the riders inquired as to the 310 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: angler's means of travel, which they did because mechanics travel 311 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: in a federally designated wilderness area is illegal. They were 312 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: responded to in uh, let's say, a dismissive manner and 313 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: instructed to take a picture of the people, helicopter and 314 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: tail numbers, and they would be happy to pay the fine, 315 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: so move on. There is more to come on this story. 316 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,719 Speaker 1: But if this encounter is true, and for the record, 317 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: I have spoken to one of the members involved, so 318 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: you know, I'm inclined to believe the guy. I have 319 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: to say that the person that is a lawbreaker, who 320 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: is willing to look law biters in the eye and 321 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: tell them to just move on, We'll pay the fine 322 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: without acknowledging the efforts of law abiding citizens to get 323 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: to that far off point on the map, you know, 324 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: without a three point one million dollar helicopter, is well, 325 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: just not the type of person I'd be willing to 326 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: sit down and have beer with. It appears this group 327 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: literally and brazenly flew directly in the face of Bob 328 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: Marshall himself, a man who was famous for fifty mile 329 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: a day hikes, and that was back in the hobnail 330 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 1: boot days. But more importantly, they put their interests, which, 331 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: to be clear, the same as everyone's in the Bob 332 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: that day literally above everyone else. You want to take 333 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: your family fishing, darn right, please do, but don't do 334 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: it at the expense of everyone else's day. Speaking directly 335 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: to the flight enabled, there were a lot more folks 336 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: in the woods than just that dirty pair of mule 337 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: skinners you spoke with. I have a lot of phone 338 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: calls in with a lot of people right now. I'll 339 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 1: pick this one back up as soon as I get 340 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: the rest of the story. If you happen to have 341 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: the rest of the story and want to make it 342 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: easy on me, I'd love to hear it. You know 343 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: where to find me. Moving on, remember to call your 344 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 1: duly elected representatives and tell them to support the Great 345 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: American Outdoors Act. As a reminder, Mitch McConnell said he 346 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 1: is bringing the greatest conservation package we may ever see 347 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: to the floor at the beginning of the month. Make 348 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: the those phone lines burn. Don't know who your congressman is. 349 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: Go to House dot gov. That's h O U, S 350 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: E dot G O V. In the top right corner 351 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: of that page, you will see the outline of the 352 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: United States, and there's gonna be a little box in it. 353 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 1: It says find your representative. All you have to do 354 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,640 Speaker 1: is put your zip code in that box and hitt enter. 355 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: And one more call to action. If last episodes rant, 356 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: which some called it and you're probably accurate about e 357 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: bikes inspired you to send in pictures of your toddler 358 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: wobbling around on their baby feet with you calling them 359 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: elite US. I got a laugh out of that, but 360 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: I hope it also inspired you to contact the Department 361 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: of Interior as well as the BLM and the National 362 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: Park Service and the Bureau of Reclamation. Those comment periods 363 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: are coming to a close as well. Thank you for listening. 364 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: Have a great week. Remember if you love what you 365 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: are hearing, tell a friend if I'm missing something in 366 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: your neck of the Bear Deer, Turkey Woods. Rate mate 367 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: at a s k C. A L at the meat 368 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: eater dot com. That's asked Cal at the meat eater 369 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: dot com. Thanks again, I'll talk to you next week.