Buffalo Hunt in Mt..

[ELKCHSR]

I have been watching the news as I have been roaming this site, and up comes an advertisement that there is a Buffalo meeting this evening at the Red Lion in Butte at 7...
I think I'll run on over and see what's said, if any one is interested, I can pass on what was said at the meeting..

 

[pawclaws]

Hey, say a big hello to Ralph Cramden for me!

 

[ELKCHSR]

I just got back from a meeting the Fish and Game put on to promote Buffalo hunting in Mt. It was very informative and a lot was said.
They are basically going to run off of 1 of 4 plans. You can go to Mt fish and game to look up more. It is a little under a half inch thick and not near the dry reading that the wolf studies that were sent to me were.
The first plan will leave every thing as is, second and third plan are pretty much identical with a few little changes between them. These will limit the number of animals the first year to 25 for the season, and the fourth plan calls for and increment lasting 10 day's and 25 tags per increment. Until 225 tags have been used. The seasons would be from November until February.
There are plans in the making right now that would start to implement spreading wild heards thruoght Mt the same as they did the Elk. They are not looking at any other animals that don't belong to the Yellowstone heard. This is one of the only groups that are proven not to have cattle genes mixed in, so the Biologist kept saying.
I would strongly advise all those out there that are actively against leases for cattle on hallowed ground to jump on this and help.
Right now, the DOL (Department of Livestock) have the power over the Buffalo and apperently they are working to keep it.
We pay about two million a year to keep the buffalo in side or killed at the boarder of Yellowstone, to protect about 400 cattle.
I figure that the revenue produced by hunters hunting Buffalo would far out distance what ever the lease payments are.
They really pushed at the meeting that this is the last large native land animal that could fairly easily be put back into the landscape and used as a natural resource.
There are safe guards implemented that take an animal four years of basic quarentine to be deemed fit to be put back into the wild in a new environment.
They also stated over and over, it was the local sportsmen from Butte and Anaconda that were very instrumental in bringing back the Rocky Mountain Elk back so that they could be hunted to the extent they are today.
If any one wants a Bison Draft, I collected an extra five and will send them out to you guy's if your interested.
Ithica did this for me even when we were going at eachother. I will do this for any one that wants one with no prejidice.
Send me your address on my e-mail if your interested and I will send it out..
There was a ton of other info that was given, I can answer what I can if there are any questions...

 

[ELKCHSR]

Oh, sorry Phil, I didn't get this until I got back home...

 

[Bambistew]

Thanks for the update... I think the bison hunt has a lot better chance of happening if they would plant a heard someplace else rather than "hunt" them on the park line. Could you immagine bison all over the upper Centenial, or all over the Gravely's? That would be very impressive. There is a lot of habitat in and around there that would be more than adequate for them... There would probably be enough habitat to hold as many or more bison as there is in the park. 225 permits could probably double... they get what $2000 for them eleswere that would be quite a chunk of change! I'm sure more than what the state gets for its leases and the revinue generated would far out number the lease fees on the BLM... Just look at the amount of money that rolls in that area during elk season...

But if it stays in the hands of the ag department, and we all know how anti-bison they are... we can only hope for a "hunt" on the park line..

 

[ELKCHSR]

They put out that the tags would be the same as with Goat/Moose/Sheep, $75 resident $750 Non. Right now with the political state with leased lands to ranchers, it would be the perfect time to get this ball rolling, and using animals out of Yellowstone to supply the new herds would work very well with the public in the same fashion elk did at one time. They just have to be certified Disease free and then they will be good to go.
I really believe that if they are going to spend 2 million a year to keep them hazed back into the park, the money's would be far better spent re-introducing them back into the Western Landscape..