Bears and wolves, O My!
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- Randy discusses more issues from mismanagement of bears and wolves in our area and others.
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Randy - thank you for your continued efforts to educate the un-educated. I couldn’t appreciate your views more. Keep up the good work.
Industrial revolution & government change everything so that most people have to rely on them.
Destroying Alberta too. Along with the out of control "Sustenance" Hunting by treaty natives - across Canada.
@@Jfarr0311 Earth to Captain Obvious, ehat's your point? lol!
Thanks keep speaking up !!
IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO HEAR YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH THAT SO MANY OTHERS DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO HIDE .
you are right! But we all can hear you here you don't need to shout...
Lord help us!
It's out of control, we need to take our rights back!
The Government just gets larger and that means it consumes more and more, every year. It grows to feed itself, not help the citizens.
Great video!
I'm a resident of West Virginia. What /how? can I help? Where when? I have my own ideas that are not popular. I agree with all you have said. Point Me in the right direction. Who can I give money to, or who not to.
@@richg1221 I wish I had the perfect answer to your questions. No matter the party affiliation, every politician wants to increase his/her footstep to look more important.
I'm sure someone has the solution to the ever growing government problem but it's someone with a higher pay grade than mine. LOL!
@@richg1221 Everyone needs to have their elected officials aware that they are watching them. How do you think these other groups get their way? Contact you elected officials often, very often.
Paul Simmons Like Donald Trump said we need term limits for Congress. Then they are far more likely to work for the people and if they don’t next election they lose their job.
I totally agree with you Sir. We have the same problem here in Ca. We are infested with Mountain lions, it doesn't help at all when they are protected.
The state won't let you hunt them but it's ok for that same state to pay people to go out and do just that.
see them shoot them , walk away ..simple
There are over 6k mountain lions in CA, each Mountain lion eat over 40 dears a year! Think about that....
The over populated sea lions are the biggest threat to ocean life and man more Is spent on saving and feeding them then are vets
Randy, I have watched all of your videos and have come to the conclusion that your knowledge and wisdom go beyond your years. I will share this video with everybody I know in hopes that it could change some Minds and hopefully change something in government. Thank you very much for all the information you share and the wisdom you preach
Thank you very much, Sir!
Thanks Randy for standing up and articulating your thoughts. I'm really enjoying your channel.
Randy for president...your a wise man full of wisdom....i thank you sir for getting this out...
Randy, thanks for your common sense and honest videos! A friends son was getting ready to come out to Wyoming for an Elk hunt a few years ago from here in Minnesota. While searching on the wildlife/game website for Wyoming, he came across an article about an "exchange program" between Wyoming and Minnesota, it didn't stay up for long. Minnesota was giving breading pairs of wolves in exchange for breading pairs of coffee/mountain lions from Wyoming. We've seen an explosion of wild cat sightings here in Minnesota in recent years now and our Timber Wolf management plan stinks about as bad as your grizzly bear plan! Many landowners in northern Minnesota have had livestock wipped out or severely reduced by wolves. One guy had 60+ sightings/encounters on his property alone. I'm a whitetail deer hunter here in Minnesota and it's sad to see what the DNR has done here to our wild game. The area I hunt in is considered CWD now and all deer are to be tested. I think it's all part of a scam to cull the deer herd here. Keep up the good work! God bless you, your family and the USA!
Bull’s-eye! Once again Randy you are right on target. Thank you for your voice , God bless you and yours.
Keep up the good work Randy! We need more people like you that are not afraid to speak up.
Facts
Good job Randy speaking for the regular guys
Finally someone who on the same page.. Thank you !!
I couldn't agree with you more Randy. Thank you for taking the time to get this information out there!!!
coyote have 1 season here ,when I see them.
Amen
The three s's ,,,,shoot shovel shut up
My son moved to Idaho and this year he has a Wolf tag. I hope he gets one or two.
How did he do there extremely hard to get close enough to kill also wolves kill for fun unlike others predators
Lots of predators kill and maim for "fun."
Your words have truth and experience in them, and I pray people wake up and listen.
We are having the same problem with our white tailed deer being devastated by severe deforestation and an increase in coyote population here in Atlantic Canada
Got family in Dubois that say the same things as you about moose, elk, bear and wolves. Horrible mis-management!
FROM UK. Randy I thought it was only us that had to put up with all that bull crap you have just talked about, it's all about control. When it comes to firearms and reloading you are the only source on the internet I pay any attention to, Knowing that if I pay attention things will be good but only problem here in UK lately is supply of components. Keep up the good work and stay safe my friend.
I grew up in Montana and lived, worked and played in the woods my entire life. I have been saying the exact same thing you are saying for years. Socialistic control is absolutely right. We got our Elk herds back and hunting was at it's best and then they brought in these illegal wolves that devastated our herds. These wolves are huge and don't look like the wolves we had..We have Grizzlies in areas we never had before..I have seen our freedoms, rights, sanity and country taken away to install some kind of socialist dystopia..
Appreciate very much the candid information AND your editorial to help us understand it! I hear you, "socialistic control of people...to take away our freedoms and private property." I really liked your first video a year or so ago, about the weaponization of federal laws and the wolf.
Same problem in Oregon. They say we have few wolfs in NE state but there are plenty on the cost now that people are seeing.
Amen sir well said
Like you, I spend a lot of time concerning the bear/wolf issue. My fear is that it is too late. If the wolves do to the elk what they have done in the last twenty years, there will be no appreciable elk for them to eat. The wealthy have built homes and roads and driven the elk into the teeth of wolves. The grizzly have stopped hibernating fully because they follow wolves and claim the kill. Bears need not sleep because they are getting a free meal. The lower 48 states is not big enough to house wolves. Too much pavement and too many million dollar homes. Couple this with Chronic Wasting Disease and we are seeing the beginning of the end of hunting. When there is no hunting there will be no need for private gun ownership. PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP IS WHAT THEY ARE AFTER. Thirty years hence and hunting will be a thing of the past. IT IS TOO LATE.
William McKinney You’re right except for one fact it’s definitely not too late especially with Donald Trump in office this is our chance don’t waste it.
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You are very right, i'm seeing the same types of bs in my area to and have been calling it out for a longtime. The majority of people buy right into it and nothing changes except it just gets worse as time goes on.
You are so correct.
I live in Montana and right now they have an area closed in the Madison range because there are over 20 grizzlies on some dead cattle that ate a poisonous plant. That’s just a portion of the range! We are seeing griz in areas and mountain ranges that they have never been seen in before and we have several attack’s each year! I can’t even begin to express my sorrows to see what the wolves have done to Montana’s sapphire range. The elk are nearly non existent on public land and even private doesn’t have the populations that use to be in some of these mountains but yet fwp has shoulder season for cow elk that last from August through February!
Your videos are so great.. Good information. Thank you sir.
Great video Randy! It's a sad situation with our western wildlife. The game needs to be manged for people first and predators last. Nothing wrong with wolves and bears as long as the predator population does not cause a appreciable decline in huntable game animals.
They introduced coyotes into the area that i grew up in as well. Our largest game was deer, i surmise the coyote was to destroy the small game. I think i have said this before, but you are a true treasure sir!
Are you from Pennsylvania?
I ask because I never seen a coyote in Pennsylvania till early 2000's. Then they exploded over the past twenty years. The deer population has took the biggest hit.
I honestly believe they introduced them to curve the population of deer. So the forest could regrow and the lack of new hunters.
When I started hunting in the early 80's I'd see twenty to thirty deer daily. Nowadays... I'm lucky to see one! However... that one is usually a big buck.
If you ask me... I'd rather see more deer... Why... introducing a young hunter is better when they actually see something. You can not expect a young hunter to sit all day and see nothing. Makes me wonder why they don't want to hunt.
Wow. That was powerful and eye opening for me in New Zealand. Thankyou for your knowledge and passion Sir!
Thank you Randy 👋👋🇨🇦👍
Great video Randy I could not of said it any better!!!!
The same is happening in Illinois. We used to have huge deer herds then they released Bobcats then cougars now black bears and wolves. Then they protect all of them. And where I used to see a hundred deer now maybe 20 and where there were 20 good luck. You are 100 percent correct about what they are doing. I feel for my children and future generations. People need to show up and vote these guys out while we still can.
Danny76 . come in through the back door , get law on the books that say , (as one did in Canada , when I was still there), any dogs or animals harassing deer or moose any time other than hunting season are to be SHOT , it is your civic duty , therefore it becomes your civic duty to Carry a gun to do so ! Kick the liberal , tree hugging communists out
Why oh why does such huge knowledge not be listened to by people who have never left their warm safe homes ???
This man is a tree of knowledge but no one is picking up his fruit.
God bless you Sir !!!!
Thank you and God bless you and yours, also!
The WY front range might just be the most spectacular place on this planet. Wish I lived there! Maybe someday.
I can’t speak intellectually to the reintroduction of apex predators into WY. But I know that human impact on them reduced their numbers to near zero.
As a result, the native ungulate population soared. That made hunters happy because trophy antlered game became plentiful. But human hunting could not adequately control the ungulate population. Blame the Game Commissioners for that mismanagement. That dense ungulate population put stress on other aspects of the ecosystem.
The delicate balance between predator and prey was the natural order of things thousands of years before modern man arrived on the scene. We screwed it up. And maybe we still are. I don’t know.
With our advanced brains and technology we have the ability to quickly transform the planet. And we are having great success, but not always for the betterment of our world. Feral hogs in the south are a good example. That invasive species is an ecological disaster.
A far larger threat to us is the Left Wing’s determination to remove our right to own guns. They keep assigning criminal blame on the weapon, not the psychopath pulling the trigger. Why? Because it’s easier to sell that approach to the uneducated masses in order to get their agenda approved. It’s too hard to explain or implement national mental health care.
Notice you don’t ever hear the Left complain about the ridiculously high monthly murder rates in our large cities (all controlled by Democrats!). I guess those lives don’t matter.
You also don’t see them trying to ban pressure cookers, propane tanks, cars, airliners, knives, baseball bats, axes and claw hammers. So they clearly have an agenda and they keep driving forward with the gun ban. And when they win, we will discover that nothing has changed. Mass murders will still occur - but the 2nd Amendment will be gone. Their mission will be accomplished. The big lie wins.
And when the 2nd is gone so will the rest. We will be slaves to the few!
Norman Berndt The plan is to reduce the world population down to somewhere around 500 million people, those that survive will be slaves serving the super bankers.
People living I wild areas destroys them.
Thanks for the information!
God Bless !
God bless you and yours!
I have been saying this for years! This is a great informational video that people need to see. In Missouri we are dealing with a wild hog problem. The conservation dept no longer lets you hunt them on state or federal ground they want to trap them and it does no good.. Hunters are pissed and the conversation doesn’t care.
Wow,...and I thought Wyoming was a free state!
Nearly everything west of the Mississippi is drifting left.
Keep preaching!
Thank you for the information.
Thank you sir for being our voice.Your right,when freedom is gone.We will never get it back.Sadly,i don't know what to do about it.I think you are near my age,but 100 times more wiser than me.We have huge feral hog problems here in Texas and i just heard there may be a permit or license required to hunt them.Another way to make us poorer and the state government richer.God bless you and keep you safe and healthy.
God bless you for speaking the plain truth.
Thanks Randy.....
Them there so called experts ain't got the foggiest idea because they don't live in these areas like you do.
I'm a firm believer in your experience, and I applaud you for telling it like it is. It reminds me of the time I went on my first elk hunt in Colorado. There was a dam airplane flying around scaring the game 2 days before the early bull season opened, and we didn't have a chance because of that nitwit flying around the elk herds in the Weminuche Wilderness, way out in the middle of nowhere. This is exactly what you are talking about.
Randy is very informative and has a lifetime of experience. We have wolf vs whitetail deer problems here . None the less , everything he does not like should be described as socialism. Stay in your lane. That is your area of expertise. These socialism comments make you look foolish. It is about the arrogance of these officials that do not respect years of experience and observation.
They have their cross hairs firmly set on Colorado as well. On going Wolf and Grizzly reintroduction talks, licensing fee increases almost yearly. And manufactured deer and elk numbers that don’t truly reflect the thriving population. I’m surprised we still have over the counter bull Elk tags still. They want the licensing fees and revenue but they sure don’t want you to actually harvest anything.
Our comment to our G & F about their attitude to sell licenses even if the numbers aren't there to reflect what they are selling is, "Well, why not sell polar bear licenses, Cape Buffalo tags?" They have NO sense of humor when I tell them that! Go figure! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Thank you for addressing this topic we are on a roller coaster ride to Hell
In California they have so many laws and regulations o hunting that you almost got to be a lawyer to go hunting and stay legal
Thank you so much!
I agree with you 100%. This is being done intentionally--bring in the big predators to wipe out the game herds and next hunting is stopped because of reduced herds being put on endangered lists. Then the anti-gun, anti-hunters will say, " since you cannot hunt, you don't need guns." They miss the entire purpose of the 2nd Amendment.
When freedom is gone, it's gone!
-Randy Selby
Thank YOU
amen brother ! we have the same mismanagement here in Oklahoma. fish and game dept run by people with Phd"s that they received by sitting in classrooms reading books,instead of real world knowledge gained through experience and observation. slowly eating away at our freedom and rights.
bless you my friend , we need to wake up in just a few short years this could all be taken away from us if we don't take a stand ! coyotes have destroyed our deer population here in Georgia in my neck of the woods! we went from seeing does with 2 fawns a year down to none in the past few years !
Well said, Sir
Your absoultly correct again Sir. Thank You
The difference between Grizzly Bears that get hunted and those that don't and have no fear of humans is remarkable. The Bear density is also incredible here now. After being charged on horseback by a sow with two cubs 19 years ago in a willow thicket at a creek crossing I gave considerable thought to the situation. Even though there was four of us on saddle horses with five pack stock the Sow couldn't hear us coming. The muffling effect of the 6 foot tall willows and the sound of the rushing water prevented her from being warned and taking her cubs and moving away. I realized the harrowingly close call could have been prevented by simply attaching a sheep bell to my pack horses girth cinch. My wife and I spend about two and a half months in Grizzly country each year. I've rode a couple of thousand miles in Grizzly country and I haven't had an ugly encounter like that one since I began using a bell. I like the sound of sleigh bells better than a sheep bell and even though the camera Mic makes the sound seem loud on video in reality it's not. The FS packers all ride with bells as well. They work.
We saw 17 Grizzly in 2017, 15 in 2016, 13 in 2015, ect, ect.
If you will resubmit your other comment on the grizzly bear attack of the WY guide, sans the links, it will be published. This is Cathy, channel monitor. I've had to ban links as I had horrid pages come up with benign looking links. I know they were on the attack and death of Mark, and we've added them already at the top of the page. Thanks for watching and happy new year!
@@TheRealGunsmith I will give that a try. I'm hunkered down recovering from spine surgery, so be patient please. It's a long trail, steep and rocky and when you get to the top and think you've got it made, its all blown down timber.
@@wyominghorseman9172 God bless and heal quickly!!
Amen brother!!
Sir, You are 100% right.
Its not just there they have done this type of thing!
I live in the Deep south east.
And regardless what T.V. shows its not all country clubs and beach and lake resorts.
I seen the goverment FLOOD our delta this year Right in the first day untill the last day of hunting season. Well it killed 90% of our wild hogs and young deer.
We took the boat out and I swear Hogs were stuck in trees dead , deer were dead all in the bayous floating. I seen THOUSANDS of BIG gators in 4 days EVERY WHERE....
we have more Black bear and Coyote now than ever!
They open deer season right when fawns are way too young.
Its all a plan to starve out the Bayou people. They know we really need that meat ,we Need those hogs.
Im sure I will have some city kids say no we dont need it we got new plant burgers from Burgerking.
Well Burger king is over 1 hr from here and I only eat wild or free range meat.
And like You Mr Shelby
I think the Shoot, Shovel and shut up needs to start..
Stand Tall or Fall..
Exactly, here in the east they stocked coyotes and we’re over run with them!
I agree with your message. TN is protecting alligators and some kind of big cats that have migrated from GA and FL saying these animals have more rights to be here and feed off our game than the Citizens of TN. Thankfully coyotes are nuisance animals and I agree we should be running all predators to extinction so there’s ample game for everyone. We can all defund them by not buying a license, in a year or two they’ll be trying to save face while giving you some of your rights back. They want money, it’s all about money. And for shit salaries!
As a life long resident of Wyoming, I am 74 years old and hunted since I was 15, Seen a lot of changes and MOST are not good. the 2023 Wy g&f was complaining the there are too many elk in the Laramie range. The elk are mostly on private land and the land owners have leased the hunting rights to outfitters that are charging enormous guide fees and splitting it with the landowner . I have heard as high as $10,000 and the land owners are getting crop damage on top of the fees. This spring the G&F hired "professional" hunters to thin the heard...This news made it on Cowboy State Daily, and they killed 140 head of elk and gave the meat to the Governor';, wife for her feed the hungry campaign. Now I agree the meat went to good use BUT The reason there are so many elk is because those land owners won't allow people on their lands to hunt.
I know I'm in occupied territory here in Oregon, I figured over in Wyoming it was at least a little better but, it sounds like it's not more than a matter of a few years behind us. It's insane but even as well as you have laid out the way they are using the system to achieve their goals, people will still pull back and swear that the government means well...
There are many people in government that mean well but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
So true
what is you guys' experience with non-standard "exotic" woods for rifle stocks (not walnut, maple, myrtle, birch) if any?
Amen Brother
My home town here in Alaska, the State closed that area to brown bear hunting. The bear population there is insane, when theres no fish or berries in the spring we've had brownies chase a black bear through our yard mid day. Moose hunting hasn't been the same since there.
Totally Understandable!
Well said.
It feels overwhelming.
We got the same problem here in Norway. Re-introduction of wolves and protection of the brown bear. The moose population in southern Norway and Sweden is being eaten and the ammount of wolves is exploding. Causing inbreed and wolves not being scared of man any more. Re-introducing is happening all over the world...
I hate to hear that! But I am hearing it from other parts of the world, too. Sad. Very sad!
On the Canadian prairies they have been re-introducing wolves as well. They were hunted to non-existence decades ago using a bounty system for a reason.
Michigan has a strong and vocal hunting community and finally after the problem got so out of hand, we're now legally allowed year round coyote hunting. This is due to our persistence as a community. The fight is happening again now with Wolves. These people will do whatever it takes to take our freedoms away. This man is 100 percent correct and I urge us all to fight back. 🇺🇸
They gave the ok for wolves in Colorado last year. I can't believe the stupidity of such a decision was accidental. Only a matter of years before you can kiss those otc elk tags goodbye
Amen
It’s as bad or worse here in Alaska. I’ve been preaching this same message for over 30 years, few listen. Tying together the elimination of game, the reduction of hunting and eventually the elimination of hunting for some reason people’s eyes glaze over. To me it’s simple, just connect the dots!! Most people who should be siding with us just don’t add things up. The wolves and bears here have decimated the moose population. There is a large park here in Anchorage that used to have I would guess 20 + moose running around. They were what we local’s call “town moose”. There was rarely any problem with them, they were used to seeing lots of people and everyone usually left them alone and took pictures of them. I walk my dogs out there, now you see bear scat all the time and it’s very rare that you see a moose. There never were any bears out there at all before and I would bet that most of those moose never saw a bear in their entire life!! Well, they do now and the bears have decimated the population. There are large areas in Alaska where no moose calves survive the summer because of the bears and wolves.. this started back in the 90’s under a democrat governor ( there’s a real shock!!) and it is worse today. I appreciate that you are using your bully pulpit to try and wake people up because this is a very serious problem and the game populations are way down. Anchorage is surrounded by mountains on 3 sides and the moose from there always come into town during the winter. As a result you used to practically trip over the moose here in town. A day never went by without seeing several moose. Now, I’ve seen one moose so far this winter!! One, and I walk my malamutes almost every night for 5-6 miles. One moose, I used to see several moose very day!! It’s the same way all over the state . And if you read the predator hunting laws you get the distinct impression they don’t want these animals hunted. Well, maybe they don’t. You think maybe??!!! And these bears are coming into town and killing people too. A couple of years ago there were 26 bears shot in Anchorage that summer. And there were several people attacked and some killed. These brown bear up here usually run 1000 to 2000 pounds, can run 35MPH and are very smart!! Most people are no match for one of these monsters. Wolves have started attacking people. And people out walking their dogs on some of these trails usually let their dog run off leash. The wolves now have one wolf run out on the trail In front of the dog and he acts like he wants to play so the dog now chases him. A short distance down the trail several other wolves jump out and the dog is now lunch. They dare people to try and do anything about it, most aren’t armed so they can’t. This will only get worse. A couple of years ago a wolf attacked a woman when she was out jogging and killed and ate her. They’re getting bolder, I wonder why?
Talking control of food means total control of the people.
I know exactly what you are talking about. As a former resident of the WAPITI valley (even lived on the old Sky Tell ranch where my kids were born) I hunted Jim mountain, Dead Indian meadows, Carter Mountain and just all over. I left in 1986 and even then I saw the grizz population moving down the valley. I even encountered one on Rattle snake mountain within view of Cody. I now live in Idaho and those invasive murderers have ruined my elk areas on the south side of the Frank Church wilderness area. Once there was a large population of EVERYTHING and the hunt was a general season. Now it is not worth hunting if you enjoy a good elk steak. To top it off, ever year the tags have been reduced to less than 25% of the former tags. I am pissed!
Hello mr. Selby I just wanted to say thank you I really do appreciate your information and your videos I wished I would have grown up out west but God had other plans I suppose and I was born in Tulsa Oklahoma my father was never around I grew up as all boys do liking guns you know from having a BB gun but from a BB gun I had nothing until really I was an adult and I finally have been working for myself for about 20 years and so I've boughten you know a few things and I'm trying to start in to get into reloading and noticed all the things that you're talking about but anyway I just wanted to say thank you your information is marvelous I also wanted to thank you for the information that you were giving on the situation out west there by Yellowstone and in Wyoming with the bear the Wolves the government situation I just a really appreciate that there's not many people that want to hear the truth about anything and I do know somewhat of what I'm speaking I am 57 years old I've been a pastor several times evangelist consider myself a missionary to the United States today just because of people's mindsets but sir thank you very much I have been a subscriber for a while and I will continue to watch your videos and give you a light thank you bye
Every single one of Randy's words rings true on this subject.
Wyoming is just one example.
This is a nationwide scourge.
Tip:
Be VERY concerned when you see the name "Department of Fish and Game" changed to "Department of Fish and Wildlife".
Hell follows with it...
California has done this with fish for years. Mackinaw lake trout in Tahoe, ignorance of black bass species, trout stocking in non trout waters etc.
We have the same problem here in Washington!
I hope the states that still have game get this sorted out soon before they lose it all like we did over here in the PNW. I haven’t seen a branch antlered buck on public land in 3 seasons now. In the 2019 deer season, the only bucks I have seen were in my yard. We have so many cougars hunters are seeing more cougars than deer in this area. Few are seeing wolfs but they are here as well. The game department won’t admit it but they are here. I saw two wolfs right down the road from my home. I called the game warden to let them know and the first thing out of their mouth was “we don’t have them here, they were hybrids that got loose”. They didn’t ask me where I lived or what they looked like. It was a canned response without question. They don’t want us to know how bad the predation epidemic has gotten. What does that tell you?
Very good information sir. Especially for this East cost boy who never would have known about this problem, until now. So now you’ve brought it out there for everyone to know, but what are the people (We The People,) of WY doing to combat it?
We are being very vocal. I am putting videos out. Ask people to call WY G & F AND their state Fed representatives, as the only way to get the full control of wolves and griz in state hands is to have congressional and presidential support, and no more litigation [that is the BIGGIE] and rules by activist judges working for psuedo-science groups.
I wish I had a key and the answer. I feel like I am betting my head against a brick wall and every year I see less and less to hunt, and more and more of my heritage slide down the tubes.
The east coast Boys don't know about the problem because they live in overcrowded suburbs and small farms that wiped out there apex predators a century ago. Be glad you have the problems you do. If it weren't bears and wolves it would be much worse like the rest of the country.
this is happening in Canada as well
Great video, thanks. I think you could substitute the word extirpated for decimated. Decimated means the removal of one 10th, extirpated means removal to the point of extinction, by the dictionary: rooted out and destroyed completely.
That's the historical origin of the word decimate. It's used more broadly now to just mean severely reduced.
How do I contact you
I love your wisdom and your love for wildlife. Thanks
Hi Gary, This is Cathy, Randy's wife and I am in charge of getting the questions to him. I'd been in so much pain that I was not at the computer much for the last few months. So sorry for the delay. You can call [afteroons after 2 pm Mountain time] is the best time to reach him as he is less apt to be running lathe or mill at that time, but doing handwork, which is more readily interrupted. 307-587-6152 or email randyselby@randyscustomrifles.com
Thanks for watching. Again, I apologize for the delay.
I agree with all of it
We’re going through the same thing with black bear being released in Louisiana. The bears have more rights than the people. If a bear comes on our porch and gets our carbage they blame us for leaving it out. Our grandfathers had bears in the early 1900s they killed them out to save their livestock.
I agree with you completely on the mismanagement of hunting grounds. Although I live in Illinois and have no problem with large carnivores, our main problem are places to hunt. With over 95% of land in Illinois in private hands and people willing to pay crazy amounts to hunt. This has forced the average hunter to over hunted public grounds where the parking lots are full, trash is galore and the animals are scarce. Hunting is dying in this state and the younger generation has no interest. I'm 63 and will be the last hunter in my family.
We have hear the same problem here in Northern Ontario Canada with the black Bears. Moose population here has suffered due to the fact the MNR playing God. We have to many Wolves, coyotes, & Bears.
I have been trying to point this out for years, especially the gun control angle. Here in Anchorage, Alaska where I live we have a beautiful coastal trail area that has a paved trail that runs for about 8 miles between one park and another. You used to see at least 12-15 moose every time you walked into this area. And it is extremely popular with people here, easily there are 1200-1500 people who walk, ride bikes, skateboards, roller skate and you name it transiting thru this area every weekend. It is a very beautiful area and people loved seeing the wildlife. There were NO bears or wolves there. I’d bet most of those moose in there had never seen a bear in their lives. Well, bears started coming into the area, and those moose were easy pickings. Four years ago when I got a new puppy I took him out there to walk and every few hundred yards there was a pile of bear scat in the trail. I went by 6 piles and turned around to get out of there. A couple of years ago they had to kill a bear that was starting to get aggressive with people.Oh my, say it isn’t so!!!! They never should have let those bears move in there and live there. We didn’t have any before, were they brought in and planted there? Last time I walked my dog there I saw 2 moose, th,ants all. Before you tripped over them, now most trips out there you don’t see any.this isn’t just “happening”. It’s planned.
That's sad and disgusting.
One more way to keep us from supporting ourselves
The same Canadian wolf you speak of, that is much larger than the native wolf, destroyed the elk herd, and moose here in NW Montana.
Everyone needs to have their elected officials aware that they are watching them. How do you think these other groups get their way? Contact you elected officials often, very often. Let you complaints be known. Politicians care only about getting re-elected, this is their weak spot, take advantage of it.
You said a mouthful there partner. It just as bad down here in Louisiana now in what was called the Hunters Paradise. That is what the motto of this state is. It is not like that anymore. Down here now if you aren't a member that is paying these really high membership rates every year then you are disposed to trying to hunt in public hunting areas. Good luck with that because there is no way you can go into a public hunting area any more when they don't know exactly where you are suppose to be. These game wardens that we have down here are some of the most assinine people I have ever dealt with. They are all politically appointed jobs that must answer to people that have taken our true free hunting rights away. There is no such thing as going and buying a license to hunt whatever you pay to hunt anymore and think you are going to find a place to hunt like the old days.
One Other Important Point: In California the state PERMANENTLY banned hunting of mountain lion. After several years of that the mountain lion behavior toward humans has changed. They now no longer view humans as a threat and have started acting more aggressively toward humans. The same is true with Grizzlies. The longer they are not hunted the more aggressive toward humans they will become.
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