WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
#21
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
We have had a similar situation in western Indiana. Couple of weeks back there was a confirmed sighting and they locked schools down and such...
http://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1066273
http://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=1066273
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 473
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
Well our Dnr finnally admitted that our deer herd was 830,000 last year not 1.5 million as they said earlier. There are large zones in Northern Wi. that have as little as 7 deer per square mile, these are area's that a few years ago were the top area's in deer kill in the entire state. Now Winter,wolves,bears, coyotes,
'fishers, bobcats and hunters have brought the deer down to this lever. Now comes the point of can the deer ever recover because of these low numbers. Probably not, at least in the next 20 years or so, This winter is again very hard on them
RC
'fishers, bobcats and hunters have brought the deer down to this lever. Now comes the point of can the deer ever recover because of these low numbers. Probably not, at least in the next 20 years or so, This winter is again very hard on them
RC
#23
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
I hadn't heard about the possible sightings in Indiana. By the way, Terre Haute is about 60 miles north of where there were several alleged panther sightingsin Illinois a couple months back.
#24
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
ORIGINAL: cayugad
What about bears you ask. I think any wildlife biologist (other then the DNR's) will admit while a bear has a prey instinct drive, it is much different then that found in a mountain lion. If you ask anyone who spends time or lives in bear country, bear while dangerous, are not the aggressive hunter of people as a mountain lion is. Normally a face to face confrontation of human VS black bear has underlying reasons. Let me ask you... If you had a choice of which one you would have to face with, which would it be. 99% of the people would pick the bear. You yell and wave your arms and bears run off. Will a cougar? Lets hope so. Cougars hunt people as a food source. Bears normally do not.
Rutting Bucks.. here again, you are listing special circumstances. The animal is in mating mode, and see you as a rival or threat. NOT A FOOD SOURCE. Would you not agree with that statement. The rutting buck is not hunting you down to eat you. And if given the chance, would probably run the other way. Yes, or no?
The farmers 2000 pound bull... first off that creature is not running loose among untrained personal is it? No of course not. Its fenced in. But let me ask you. If that creature is suddenly loose in the city and can not be captured or cornered.. do you know what the police sometimes do to it, to protect the public? That's right.. they shoot it. Also those people that are normally injured by one are interacting with that animal because it is part of their profession. They are not walking in the woods or waiting for the school bus. Also to the best of my knowledge, bulls are not HUNTING humans as a source of food. Their attacks are based on a totally different set of values.. Yes, or No?
Even Timber Wolves.. the ones I have seen in the wild (while a PITA) have fled from the sight of humans. Although that is not always the case. And I suspect that if the future you will see incidents involving them As they too are a Class A predator.
See my point. You basically say it is all right to have a class A predator among the population because there are not many of them. And my point falls back to.. this predator HUNTS humans as a food source, not encounters humans as an outside occurrence. If you knew a cougar was in your area, would you want your child waiting outside by the side of the road for a school bus, or walking home from school alone? Yes or No?
And while Wisconsin might not ever have too many cougars... How many is too many? How many attacks on livestock and heaven forbid humans, or children will it take before there are too many? Also, the DNR said the same thing about wolves. That they would never be a threat or problem to Wisconsin. What they forgot to add is.. by who's standards. If there is only ONE (like I believe that) then it would be pretty easy to solve the whole problem right now. I think a 30-06 would do it real well.
ORIGINAL: lungbuster12point06
Ok so your point is that because cougars can and will attack humans they should be exterpated from the area? What about bears? The can and will attack humans or rutting bucks they can and will attack humans or the farmer's 2000lb bull it can and will attack humans............see my point? I don't think Wi. will ever be in danger of having too many cougars.........wolves yes, cougars probably not in my or my grandchildrens lifetimes.
Ok so your point is that because cougars can and will attack humans they should be exterpated from the area? What about bears? The can and will attack humans or rutting bucks they can and will attack humans or the farmer's 2000lb bull it can and will attack humans............see my point? I don't think Wi. will ever be in danger of having too many cougars.........wolves yes, cougars probably not in my or my grandchildrens lifetimes.
Rutting Bucks.. here again, you are listing special circumstances. The animal is in mating mode, and see you as a rival or threat. NOT A FOOD SOURCE. Would you not agree with that statement. The rutting buck is not hunting you down to eat you. And if given the chance, would probably run the other way. Yes, or no?
The farmers 2000 pound bull... first off that creature is not running loose among untrained personal is it? No of course not. Its fenced in. But let me ask you. If that creature is suddenly loose in the city and can not be captured or cornered.. do you know what the police sometimes do to it, to protect the public? That's right.. they shoot it. Also those people that are normally injured by one are interacting with that animal because it is part of their profession. They are not walking in the woods or waiting for the school bus. Also to the best of my knowledge, bulls are not HUNTING humans as a source of food. Their attacks are based on a totally different set of values.. Yes, or No?
Even Timber Wolves.. the ones I have seen in the wild (while a PITA) have fled from the sight of humans. Although that is not always the case. And I suspect that if the future you will see incidents involving them As they too are a Class A predator.
See my point. You basically say it is all right to have a class A predator among the population because there are not many of them. And my point falls back to.. this predator HUNTS humans as a food source, not encounters humans as an outside occurrence. If you knew a cougar was in your area, would you want your child waiting outside by the side of the road for a school bus, or walking home from school alone? Yes or No?
And while Wisconsin might not ever have too many cougars... How many is too many? How many attacks on livestock and heaven forbid humans, or children will it take before there are too many? Also, the DNR said the same thing about wolves. That they would never be a threat or problem to Wisconsin. What they forgot to add is.. by who's standards. If there is only ONE (like I believe that) then it would be pretty easy to solve the whole problem right now. I think a 30-06 would do it real well.
Cougar attacks have happened in places where they have run out of habitat because of urban sprawl or what have you........If Wi. had 10 cougars throughout the state, do you think they would find enough habitat to survive w/o resorting to hunting humans? What if you lived in montana would you eradicate all the grizzlies because they could potentially kill people????? Or how bout if you lived in Africa, would you eliminate all the dangerous game there that preys on humans? I am not saying that if a cougar were spotted close to homes or school or the population in general it shouldn't be dealt with............but to say kill it because it could potential hunt people is kind of absurd, if the cougar in question is found away from population. And as with CWD, wolves and other things the DNR wants you to believe just appeared one day, Cougars have been in Wi. for decades.Have there been any human killings or maulings reported in Wi. in all those years?????
#25
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
So you think that the wolves are the reason the deer numbers are down???? What's in your Kool_Aid my friend? There are many reason the numbers are down, wolves play only a small part in it! How bout the winter kill off??? Car-deer kills?? Bears??? Coyotes??? Hunters?? with your logic cars should be banned from N.Wisconsin because they are a threat to and kill deer?? Keep reaching!
ORIGINAL: Centauri
Stop drinking the DNR's Kool-Aid guys. They will never, ever admit that there are too many predators in Wisconsin.Maybe you people who disagree with me should go out and see whatwolves have done to thenortherndeer population.
Stop drinking the DNR's Kool-Aid guys. They will never, ever admit that there are too many predators in Wisconsin.Maybe you people who disagree with me should go out and see whatwolves have done to thenortherndeer population.
Please, tell me why you support wolves.
#26
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 608
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
The mountain lion population is at an all time high,and even the wildlife officials agree this is true. There have been confirmed sightings in the U.S.from the west coast to the east coast and from the U.S./Canadian line to southern parts of the country. Even areaswithout urban sprawl havewitnessed lion encouters. Many very rural areas that have not had mountain lions now have them.Where I am from (very rural area)itis notuncommon to hear another confirmed sighting of a mountain lionin town. It is the same for other small towns in the area. The wildlife officalsalways say our area in not cat habitat, and the mountain lions that are spotted are just transient malesmoving through the area. They don't have much to say when afemale mountain lion is killed or there are pictures/video of mountain lioncubs.Roscoe Villageof Chicago hasexisted fora long time, but two or three years ago they had a mountain lion running around that neighborhood. It was finally shot and killed by the Chicago PD.
It is alarming how many lions have been shot in ND, SD, NE, etc.that were veryclose to schools or recreation paths (sometimes it was just feet away from a recreation path or across the street from the playground of an elementary school). Some werein a tree and others were hiding in tallgrass, bushes or some other cover. They have even found them in drainage ditches andculverts. I knowmore than one farmer whoexperienced a close encounter with a mountain lion intheir farm yard. I know of one hunter who shotoneless ten feetfrom him (the mountain lion was behind him). I know of other hunters who have shot a mountain lion within a few feet of them(some in front of them and some behind them). There have been confirmed cases where a deerhunter was being hunted by a mountain lion. This is one of the reasons why I strongly feel that WI and IL need to have a concealed carry law.Even without a concealed carry law, they should at leastallow bow hunters and rifle/shotgun/ml huntersto pack a loaded sidearm while afield. This should also include state andfederal lands. The wildlife officials where I am from have been quoted that it is only a matter of time before there is an attack by a mountian lion- and this is not an area with urban sprawl. IMO, the same can be said regarding the wolves.
It is alarming how many lions have been shot in ND, SD, NE, etc.that were veryclose to schools or recreation paths (sometimes it was just feet away from a recreation path or across the street from the playground of an elementary school). Some werein a tree and others were hiding in tallgrass, bushes or some other cover. They have even found them in drainage ditches andculverts. I knowmore than one farmer whoexperienced a close encounter with a mountain lion intheir farm yard. I know of one hunter who shotoneless ten feetfrom him (the mountain lion was behind him). I know of other hunters who have shot a mountain lion within a few feet of them(some in front of them and some behind them). There have been confirmed cases where a deerhunter was being hunted by a mountain lion. This is one of the reasons why I strongly feel that WI and IL need to have a concealed carry law.Even without a concealed carry law, they should at leastallow bow hunters and rifle/shotgun/ml huntersto pack a loaded sidearm while afield. This should also include state andfederal lands. The wildlife officials where I am from have been quoted that it is only a matter of time before there is an attack by a mountian lion- and this is not an area with urban sprawl. IMO, the same can be said regarding the wolves.
#27
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
ORIGINAL: Centauri
Ask any old timer who lives up there about how good the deer hunting was back then, heck, ask anyone who hunts up there how good it was. I will guarantee that they will say it was once good. Ever since the 70's and 80's, deer numbers have been progressively dropping, even more in this current decade. Wolves are not a native animal anymore, so the deer do not know the threat as it has been stamped out in their instinct. Now that they're back, they don't know if its a danger or not. As for winter, deer are very hardy animals and they know how to survive. Car deer kills play only a small part, maybe some with bears, and you got me on coyotes. Its true that they're everywhere. Hunters have been playing a good role of managing the population, but we can't hunt 24/7, but predators like wolves and coyotes can and must.
Please, tell me why you support wolves.
ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
So you think that the wolves are the reason the deer numbers are down???? What's in your Kool_Aid my friend? There are many reason the numbers are down, wolves play only a small part in it! How bout the winter kill off??? Car-deer kills?? Bears??? Coyotes??? Hunters?? with your logic cars should be banned from N.Wisconsin because they are a threat to and kill deer?? Keep reaching!
ORIGINAL: Centauri
Stop drinking the DNR's Kool-Aid guys. They will never, ever admit that there are too many predators in Wisconsin. Maybe you people who disagree with me should go out and see what wolves have done to the northern deer population.
Stop drinking the DNR's Kool-Aid guys. They will never, ever admit that there are too many predators in Wisconsin. Maybe you people who disagree with me should go out and see what wolves have done to the northern deer population.
Please, tell me why you support wolves.
#28
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
Cougar attacks have happened in places where they have run out of habitat because of urban sprawl or what have you........If Wi. had 10 cougars throughout the state, do you think they would find enough habitat to survive w/o resorting to hunting humans?
Now as these "isolated cougar populations" infringe on another cat's territory and span out.. Do you suspect these younger "inexperienced hunters" are going to encounter a human? Of course they will. And do you know what inexperienced hunters take as prey.. anything they can find. So lets go back to the child waiting for the bus. What if it was your child? How many cougars are too many then? How does the DNR then apologize for this little infraction of their failed policy?
What if you lived in montana would you eradicate all the grizzlies because they could potentially kill people????? Or how bout if you lived in Africa, would you eliminate all the dangerous game there that preys on humans?
And don't ever think for a minute that in Africa dangerous prey animals do not take humans. Add to that hippos, elephants, snakes, and other creatures. We might not read about it every day in the Sunday paper, but I can assure you it goes on. Watch the animal channel. There are all sorts of shows about that. Would I eradicate all of them... nope. I do not live there.
I am not saying that if a cougar were spotted close to homes or school or the population in general it shouldn't be dealt with............
but to say kill it because it could potential hunt people is kind of absurd, if the cougar in question is found away from population.
And as with CWD, wolves and other things the DNR wants you to believe just appeared one day, Cougars have been in Wi. for decades.Have there been any human killings or maulings reported in Wi. in all those years?????
If Wisconsin had 10 cougars would they run out of habitat
If Wisconsin had 10 cougars would they run out of habitat
There is no way you will ever convince me that cougars are needed in this State. And while you might like the idea of a cougar wandering around in the wilds of Wisconsin, let only hope that your idea does not eat someone in the future.
#29
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
No disrespect intended, but, after reading the above statement, if you were to do just a small amount of research I will not need to tell you why I support the wolves!
ORIGINAL: Centauri
Ask any old timer who lives up thereabout how good the deer hunting was back then, heck, ask anyone who hunts up there how good it was. I will guarantee that they will say it was once good. Ever since the 70's and 80's, deer numbers have been progressively dropping, even more in this current decade. Wolves are not a native animal anymore, so the deer do not know the threat as it has been stamped out in their instinct. Now that they're back, they don't know if its a danger or not. As for winter, deer are very hardy animals and they know how to survive. Car deer kills play only a small part, maybe some with bears, and you got me on coyotes. Its true that they're everywhere. Hunters have been playing a good role of managing the population, but we can't hunt 24/7, but predators like wolves and coyotes can and must.
Please, tell me why you support wolves.
ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
So you think that the wolves are the reason the deer numbers are down???? What's in your Kool_Aid my friend? There are many reason the numbers are down, wolves play only a small part in it! How bout the winter kill off??? Car-deer kills?? Bears??? Coyotes??? Hunters?? with your logic cars should be banned from N.Wisconsin because they are a threat to and kill deer?? Keep reaching!
ORIGINAL: Centauri
Stop drinking the DNR's Kool-Aid guys. They will never, ever admit that there are too many predators in Wisconsin.Maybe you people who disagree with me should go out and see whatwolves have done to thenortherndeer population.
Stop drinking the DNR's Kool-Aid guys. They will never, ever admit that there are too many predators in Wisconsin.Maybe you people who disagree with me should go out and see whatwolves have done to thenortherndeer population.
Please, tell me why you support wolves.
#30
RE: WIDNR on the trail of Mt Lion, real deal!
I don't understand why I need to research anything
Give me a straight answer.