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This week, Michael discusses what everyone has been doing in the office. A few news pieces and ends with a deeper dive with the Fresh Tracks Crew.
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Unless the US government does something about foreign countries catching our salmon and steelhead in the ocean, we might as well burn our money planned for anadromous fish enhancements. The more fish we create the more fish our neighbors catch. Clyde from Sandy Oregon
Not a good move!
So sad. The hunting will get dramatically worse in no time.
When you said the government plans on spending over a billion dollars you were talking about us the hunters and fisherman are the ones who pay the most
Wolves being reintroduced into their natural habitat is always a good thing. If you're a hunter and you've ever made the argument that hunting is good for conservation to win an argument with an anti-hunter, you would be a massive hypocrite if you're against wolves being reintroduced. How often do you hear "well, the deer/elk/moose/etc don't have any natural predators anymore, so we HAVE to hunt them to control their population"? That's an often cited reason for ethical hunting, and it's a good one, and now that we're bringing those natural predators back these same "conservationist" hunters suddenly don't want it? That shows they don't give a crap about "conservation," they just want to hunt the animals themselves and will make up any excuse necessary to justify it.
Anyone against wolves being reintroduced is anti-conservation, and they selfishly care more about tag allotments maybe going down than they do about protecting wildlife, or they somehow think that even though wolves, deer, elk, moose, etc have existed in balance for hundreds of thousands of years before we were hunting them but suddenly will all eat each other into extinction in a few years (even though hunters kill thousands of deer and elk a year… Do you actually care about the elk or do you just feel sad you personally won't get to shoot one?).
Or they're a "rancher" using public land to sustain their herd, and their opinion shouldn't matter because they're already getting to use public land for their own private business and giving nothing back to anyone else. That doesn't make any sense and shouldn't be a thing at all.
What do you mean we'll see what happens? You know what happens.
I thought Randy was a smaller guy too, maybe because he hunts with a .308 and a 7mm-08.
Randy. I am 75 and still goin elk and deer huntin. With Gods blessin i will keep goin. Physical conditioning is a big part of it. Hope u make the 80 target.
NE Oregon resident who supports wolf population…..BUT….here is the problem with what happened to our reintroduction(via odfw and via across snake riv/idaho) in the last 10+ yrs. The majority have stayed in the NE corner and IMO have reached over saturation. That is bad news for the wolves as livestock encounters only lead to dead wolves. Search odfw wolf maps 2012 and then 2022 and you will have the visual you need. I wish I could add them to my comment cause it is easy to see it is not a reasonable area for that many packs. In supporting the reintroduction here I also support a limited hunting opportunity to create the balance needed. The other option is to wait til they hit max population and level out but that would seem bad for lots of reasons.
Sorry guys, id rather see the awesome hunting.
Colorado is gone, the left has completely ruined this state, can't wait to get out of here,
Thank You guys this is the best hunting show on YouTube and you guys make it so! Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year to all of you and your Loved ones. Darren
Colorado About To Lose There Elk And Deer Population Just Like We Have In Oregon What A Mistake
They've just started the devastation of your big game herds, idiots!
We can all live without salmon in the Columbia & Snake River system… good luck living without food and affordable electricity…
I live in Grand, I'll say none of us are happy, A big fire and two bad winters, has already made for a hard hunting season this year. This in my opinion is horrible timing, 5 more supposedly released today, so 10 now. Also nothing was said about the wolves that already existed they didn't want to talk about. Could have this info that was hidden before the vote would have swayed it to below 51% ?
Colorado front range should have never been able to vote on this along with some other areas in the state. Stupid idea! Along with a stupid governor.
So good to see you doing a debriefing at the end of the season. Both wins and loses can both be learning experiences but we sometimes forget to take the time to debrief and learn.
As always, thanks for sharing.
I'm most frustrated about how the people who live on the front range of Colorado who don't know anything about hunting or the wildlife in Colorado who voted for the wolves to be reintroduced.
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Big bad wolves… The name was given for a reason!
Glad to hear Randy and the crew are doing mountain tough! Keep pushing fresh tracks team!
Wait for 70 Randy my 71 comein two weeks
I like having wolfs around, however I do have an absolute issue with people in cities voting to put apex predators in other peoples back yards. I also have a big issue with those city folk telling us we can’t hunt them or control the numbers in any way in order to find a balance that we can all live with. I live in MN, hopefully CO can find a better balance.
Happy Christmas to everyone that makes the Fresh Tracks series possible! Your hard work is really appreciated.
Congratulations getting to 30, Michael. The best years are ahead of you.
Wolves: there is a debate in the UK about releasing wolves into the Highlands of Scotland. Scotland is about 12% the size of Texas. Of that area only 30% is suitable for wolves and yet the eco-zealots want to release wolves on to the hill. Apparently, in the world of eco-warriors, wolves will only eat wild deer and control their population (they always cite Yellowstone for deer control, ignoring the tags issued to take the females and young out of the Park) and will absolutely not eat live stock. No way! Good luck in Colorado, a state vastly bigger than Scotland with so much more suitable land. It will be interesting to see how this goes.
Sad! The wolves will decimate the elk and mule deer herds in CO. So much for hunting CO every year. OTC will disappear in 5 years.
They released the first 5, and then immediately released the next 5. They only upside of the whole thing is there are 10 less wolves in Oregon. Sorry Colorado.
They released way more than 5. The number will raise more and more. And we will never tell the actual number of wolves they actually released.
Didn’t Colorado lose a shit load of elk and deer in last years winter? Or was that somewhere else? If it was Colorado, they should have let the population get bigger before releasing the wolves. This is such a bad idea 🤦🏻♂️
Tell Chase to sit still
You guys are living the dream! Can't think of a better hunting industry town to live in and if your boss is letting you work out daily, it doesn't get much better. Hunting and fishing! Merry CHRISTmas to all you guys!
Why the headphones guys when you're all at the same table? First time watching this on YouTube.
I was surprised to see the wolves weren't released in downtown Denver, considering this is where most of the people who voted for the wolves live.
I propose we put the wolves on buses and take them to Denver.
I'm optimistic the wolf reintroduction in Colorado will work out. 🤞
The experience with wolves in the Greater Yellowstone/South West Montana showed that wolves are great for the environment as a whole, but for hunters … not so much.
Good job. Great year
Wolves wear out their welcome very fast. We got about 900-1000 here in Michigan the wolf lovers can come get. Of course our DNR will only admit to a fraction of what we really have.
Ready? BANG….beautiful.
Releasing wolves in Colorado means less elk tags in the future. Hunt while we can. The sand is running out faster than I ever thought possible.