I just looked at the Norway link and posted a message and then sent it to Facebook.
I am fed up with the whole thing. But there is little that can be done.
It is the same way in Maine as it is in BC, as it is in Norway:
I really cannot remember what it was like when I was a boy. But I guess things changed when I became Wildlife Biologist and just took on a greater understanding and appreciation for what is out there in the woods. Add to that the ever increasing human population.
As a Wildlife Biologist I cannot argue ecologically against these MORON hunters. Yes, I said it, just as I said it in the facebook message I just posted.
I cannot remember what hunters were like decades ago. But today, it is a crying SHAME that there is not one single hunter among them with the guts to step out and make a statement that it is selfishly wrong for them to kill off all the remaining predators that are eating THEIR deer (all ungulates).
Here in Maine it is the coyote.
These damned hunters cannot tolerate coyotes killing deer but the hunters can kill the deer.
Let me put it another way, because (as I said) biologically I do not think that you can effectively argue against what they are doing. As long as the hunters are killing enough of the ungulates, then there should not be disease caused by a grossly overpopulated ungulate pop; i.e. there is no ecological need for the apex predator anymore. Tell me if I am wrong. You cannot. There is not need for the apex predator anymore. Really , there has been not need for many years. This is how out of balance things are. And with the human population growing, it is going to get worse.
BUT...what really makes me angry is this:
1.
Moron hunters refuse to see anything in the woods except ungulates (deer, moose, elk..whatever) and bear. They do not see anything else AT ALL!!!! THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF
STEWARDSHIP. Today's hunters are a selfish, demanding group that has an ever increasing political lobby. They are little boys anymore. They have to have bigger antlers and bigger moose and more bear. They see nothing else. No matter what it takes to give them what they want....is justifiable.
I am talking about what has caused the dramatic increase in Maine's bear pop. It is because the paper companies are raping the north woods, eliminating all old growth, in fact, increasingly, almost all dominant trees in all forest stands. They are setting back plant succession so that there has been a dramatic increase in
low to midstory vegetation...the species that produce most of the fruit/mast....thereby causing a dramatic increase in the black bear pop. Maine Fish and Game knows it but does not let a whisper out about it publicly. The moron hunters know about it but in reality love it because they have more bear to bait and trap. It is a desecration of nature in northern Maine. Add to the mess....global warming and the ticks. Oh, and let us not forget the increase in exotic plant species as humans move deeper into areas they had not been in before.
2. As I said, there is not one among hunters in BC, Maine or Norway....or anywhere else, who would step out and speak against the killing of these native predators....EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW IN THEIR HEARTS IT IS WRONG. They have not the guts!!
3. The bureaucrats cave in to the demands of the selfish, moron hunters, and it happens over and over again.
No, I do not apologize for the name calling. I have lost ALL...
ALL respect for hunters. Why? Because this story is played out over and over, year after year, in every state and province. It is the same story all the time; they know they are wrong and it would just a take a few of them to speak out....BUT THEY ARE A TIGHT CLAN AND WILL NOT SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS.
They are afraid that their buddies will not accept them.
.I grew up in a hunting family with the log cabin in the northern Maine woods. I know what these people are like.
Today, I am sick of the hunting crowd. Their lobby is much, much too powerful
It's gonna get worse unless we can form organizations that have the same political clout as the hunters.
Robert King
http://itsaboutnature.net