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http://www.billingsgazette.com/blog/outdoors/
1/10/2005
By Mark Henckel at 1:28 pm Bison humor
The news reports on canceling the bison hunt for this year are just trickling in. And, frankly, some of the comments are just plain laughable.
Check this out: “Waiting until next season for a bison hunt will give the state time to put pressure on Yellowstone officials to do more about eliminating disease in its bison herd, Commission Chairman Steve Doherty countered.”
Pressure? On Yellowstone? To manage its bison? That’s a hoot! Yellowstone officials have always acted like they’re bullet-proof to any criticism whatsoever. Montana has been pressuring Yellowstone for at least the past 20 years to solve their bison problems. Brucellosis is still there. The herd size keeps growing.
Or, try this on for size: “Several sportsmen’s groups supported canceling this year’s hunt, telling the commission that the state should first establish a free-roaming bison herd over a wide area outside the park that would ensure fair-chase hunting.”
Just as I suspected. There are people out there who somehow think the Yellowstone bison are just the start of a herd that will expand and expand and eventually repopulate the Great Plains with a free-roaming herd. It isn’t going to happen. There are fences today. At least, there are fences until a herd of buffalo decides it wants to go from one side of the fence to the other.
And, finally, how about this quote: “Josh Osher, spokesman for the Buffalo Field Campaign conservation group, called the commission decision “the right move to make for the future of bison restoration in Montana."”
Bison restoration? In Montana? I don’t know of too many people outside the BFC that want buffalo restoration in Montana. This hunt is about trying – somehow, some way – to trim the Yellowstone herd to a size so it stays and thrives in Yellowstone. Especially if the bison continue to carry brucellosis, Montana doesn’t want ‘em. – mark
http://www.billingsgazette.com/blog/outdoors/
1/10/2005
By Mark Henckel at 1:28 pm Bison humor
The news reports on canceling the bison hunt for this year are just trickling in. And, frankly, some of the comments are just plain laughable.
Check this out: “Waiting until next season for a bison hunt will give the state time to put pressure on Yellowstone officials to do more about eliminating disease in its bison herd, Commission Chairman Steve Doherty countered.”
Pressure? On Yellowstone? To manage its bison? That’s a hoot! Yellowstone officials have always acted like they’re bullet-proof to any criticism whatsoever. Montana has been pressuring Yellowstone for at least the past 20 years to solve their bison problems. Brucellosis is still there. The herd size keeps growing.
Or, try this on for size: “Several sportsmen’s groups supported canceling this year’s hunt, telling the commission that the state should first establish a free-roaming bison herd over a wide area outside the park that would ensure fair-chase hunting.”
Just as I suspected. There are people out there who somehow think the Yellowstone bison are just the start of a herd that will expand and expand and eventually repopulate the Great Plains with a free-roaming herd. It isn’t going to happen. There are fences today. At least, there are fences until a herd of buffalo decides it wants to go from one side of the fence to the other.
And, finally, how about this quote: “Josh Osher, spokesman for the Buffalo Field Campaign conservation group, called the commission decision “the right move to make for the future of bison restoration in Montana."”
Bison restoration? In Montana? I don’t know of too many people outside the BFC that want buffalo restoration in Montana. This hunt is about trying – somehow, some way – to trim the Yellowstone herd to a size so it stays and thrives in Yellowstone. Especially if the bison continue to carry brucellosis, Montana doesn’t want ‘em. – mark
