Grizzly Bears are off the Protected List

[JMG]

I know there is still a long way to go for a possible grizzly bear hunting season, but here is one giant step: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/us-officials-to-lift-yellowstone-grizzly-bear-protections/article_3e512da0-0519-5510-b387-811c675d8c3d.html.

The lawsuits and protests will be interesting to watch. I guess we will see what each State will do.

 

[JMG]

Whoops . . . . I see (another post) we posted pretty much at the same time.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

They posted this a while back... whose going to put in for a tag when the start the season?

file:///C:/localrdir/whardie/Downloads/Grizzly%20Bear%208-29-16.pdf

 

[Schaaf]

And I'm sure the first lawsuit has already been filed.

 

[JDH]

“We have to wait 60 days, but on the 61st day we will sue to stop the delisting,” said Matt Bishop, of the Western Environmental Law Center, a Montana based nonprofit that intervenes on behalf of conservation groups.

 

[icebreaker12]

They posted this a while back... whose going to put in for a tag when the start the season?

file:///C:/localrdir/whardie/Downloads/Grizzly%20Bear%208-29-16.pdf

That was the proposal to delist. This is the final rule that will actually delist them.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

That was the proposal to delist. This is the final rule that will actually delist them.

My link was to the proposed rules brochure, you are 100% correct this is new news. $1000 NR tag with a $50 trophy fee is successful.

 

[icebreaker12]

Which state is that?

Wyoming will be $600 for Res $6000 for NR.

 

[MiStickSlinger]

Which state is that?

Wyoming will be $600 for Res $6000 for NR.

is that for real?

 

[3855WIN]

Which state is that?

Wyoming will be $600 for Res $6000 for NR.

And a guide fee to hunt a wilderness area. I guess I won't be making that hunt.

 

[Stubaby]

You think a grizz will really ever be hunted in the lower 48.....ever?

Will there ever be an end to the red tape and lawsuits? Other than being anti-hunting, what's the real reason for all these organizations to sue and muddy the water......long after the desired population objectives have been met?

It's just so tiring.

 

[whiskeydog]

You think a grizz will really ever be hunted in the lower 48.....ever?.

Most definitely...in the next couple years I hope! Just like the wolf...it's going to happen!

 

[Poke 'Em]

It will happen, but none of us will ever draw a tag. If you think sheep tags are hard to draw...

 

[icebreaker12]

It was the prices set by the legislature. Although interestingly wasn't in the last license fee bill.

So we have Wyoming ($600 Res / $6000 NR)

We have Montana ($150 Res / $1000 NR both with a $50 fee if successful)

Anybody know Idaho?

 

[Zach]

NYT Article~ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/science/yellowstone-grizzly-bear-endangered-species-list.html

Interesting comments~ https://mobile.nytimes.com/comments...one-grizzly-bear-endangered-species-list.html

 

[el unit]

Good NYT article.
It will be interesting to see this all happen. Also curious to see the applicant numbers for the first grizzly bear hunting season.

 

[Zach]

Good NYT article.
It will be interesting to see this all happen. Also curious to see the applicant numbers for the first grizzly bear hunting season.

Applications > Tags, as to the ratio that would be a good guessing game.

 

[Jwill]

Great news on the recovery and delisting. I just don't see the demand for griz tags in the lower 48 being that high, I guess maybe we'll see in a few years. Not a goat rope I'd want to throw in on...

 

[The Hedgehog]

I just don't see the demand for griz tags in the lower 48 being that high

Per animal taken, I suspect demand will be higher than that of bighorn sheep.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Per animal taken, I suspect demand will be higher than that of bighorn sheep.

Yep.

It will be a coveted tag.

Glad to see that this is one Obama project that wasn't part of the purge.