...of its historical range. The Conservation Commission has determined that, based on considerations of human safety and risk to livestock, it is undesirable to have a breeding population of mountain lions in Missouri. Therefore, the Department of Conservation will not encourage the species to reestablish itself in the state. Despite rumors, the Department has never stocked mountain lions and will not do so in the future. Although mountain lions, sometimes called cougars, pumas, panthers or catamounts, were common in Missouri and elsewhere in the Midwest prior to European settlement, they were eradicated during the 19th century. As the countryside was settled and developed, the large predators were shot. People also killed almost all of the deer, the mountain lions’ primary food source. The last native wild mountain lion in Missouri was killed in 1927. They were extirpated from Iowa by 1867, Nebraska by 1890, Kansas by 1904 and from Wisconsin by 1908. Though populations of mountain lions survived in remote mountainous terrain in western states, no verifiable evidence exists to suggest that they...
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...Savageless Many would argue that hunting sends us back to our primitive days when we lived only on the land and everything was used for money. It is actually quite the opposite of what most believe. Hunting is a way of life for some people and the only way we know how to get by. Hunting is by no means savage and is vital to everyday life. Without the hunters in the country we would be over run by animal populations and would have many predatory animals living in suburb communities putting our wellbeing at stake. Many people do not realize how much hunting indirectly influences their way of life. The meat in the grocery store was made in a more savage way than hunting. Slaughter houses are highly inhumane towards aimals. Hunting at least gives the animal free will to do whatever it wants in the wild. At a slaughter house animals have no hope to live any amount of time, but in the wild the animals are able to experience their natural habitat and be happy roaming the woods as they please. Many of the people who are against hunting are not even vegetarians and eat meat from the store and they are completely ignorant to the fact that what they are eating is killed in a horrible savage way. I am in no way saying that eating meat from the store is a bad thing to do, but only that venison is a more humane way of eating. Not only is it more humane its healthier than proccessed meat and has a less chance of carrying harmful bacteria gained from meat proccessors. Not only does the meat...
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...Adventures in Fugawiland Fugawiland: a land full of hardworking hunters, dedicated mothers, learning children, many animals, and lots and lots of land. Fugawiland is in between the border of Lake Superior and the Highlands. There were 25 different sites in Fugawiland, but we were only given information on 10 different sites. The areas in which the citizens of Fugawiland lived permanently were either by the shore or by a river in sites F, Y, R (shore), P, I, W, and C (river). About twice as many people lived in sites by the shoreline compared to people who lived by the river. Site F contained the largest amount of Fugawilanders, about 45 people. A way to estimate the number of people living at a site is to multiply the number of houses by five because the huts in Fugawiland likely housed 4 to 6 people-leaving the average number of people per hut at five. Sites Y and R were tied for the second to most sites with the largest amount of people living I them with about 40 people in each site. In the sites that were located closer to a river, there was much less people. Site I had the most people living there, about 25. In each of the sites by the river and shore where the people lived there were only 2-4 graves per site. Most likely, the majority of the people got buried at site X, the largest site that archaeologists dug up in all of Fugawiland, located in the plains. This is because site X contained the most amount of graves and bundle burials-19 graves and 40 bundle burials...
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...1. All members and guests shall possess a valid hunting and/or fishing license. 2. All members and guests shall comply with all Virginia, Federal, and local regulations. 3. While on premises, all members and guests shall maintain safe gun handling practices, including never shooting in the direction of people, buildings, or livestock. 4. No member or guest shall engage in hunting or shooting practices while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. 5. All gates shall be left as found any damage to roads caused by members or guests will be repaired by club. Any direct property damage will be paid for by offender. 6. Members and guest shall exercise due care to prevent fires; and shall not cause or permit damage to fences, crops, trees, farm animals, buildings, or equipment; and shall not commit or permit waste, damage, or injury and shall not conduct or permit any illegal activity on leased premises. 7. No nails or spikes or any other objects will be permanently driven into any tree on leased premises. Removable ground blinds, tree stands, are allowed. 8. All property brought on to the leased premises by members or guests, and any litter, especially cigarette butts, and shell casings shall be removed from the leased premises by member or guest responsible. 9. All members are responsible for any actions of guests they bring onto the leased premise. 10. All guests must be accompanied by a member and shall pay a guest fee of 20 dollars a day. All guests' reservations...
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...A true redneck will wear, a skin tight white tank top with “wranglers” boot cut blue jeans and “Cody James” boots. For example, Bill wore his skin-tight tank top with Wranglers boot cuts blue jeans and Cody James boots for a job interview with JCPenny. Josh said, “Dad the dress code for the interview is business professional” Bill replied “Ayy true redneck only knows about one dress code, ayn' it’s this here.” A true redneck does not care about his or her dress code. They only have one dress code, and they will not change their dress...
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...Deer hunting is something that a lot of people like to do. It is a time for guys and gals to relax and listen to the outdoors all around. There are too many deer and too many accidents in the midwest. Deer population could be reduced by having a longer shotgun season, so the population can reduce the vehicle accident cost, medical cost, by establishing new ideas on how motorists can avoid vehicle/deer accidents . In 1997 the Virginia Department Of Transportation recorded around 600 crashes between vehicles and deer. Then in 1998 it jumped up to 4000. insurance and law enforcement officials said the actual car deer collisions could be somewhere between 10 and 20 thousand in the United States. Insurance industry estimates there are half a million car deer accidents annually. The average cost an insurance company pays per claim is 2000. (HUNTING TO SOLUTION THE DEER BOOM PG2) In one year 2012, there were 1.29 million deer car collisions and they cost about $4 billion on car repairs. the average costs for the collisions are around $3,305. In this article from Insurance Journal, it states that vehicle deer collisions from july 2011 until june 30,...
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...in front of your car. You try to stop but it’s too late, you slam into a white-tailed deer. This happens to over 26 thousand people per year. This is because the deer population is huge in New Jersey. The deer hunt limits should be increased because deer provoke accidents, decimate crops, and transmit diseases. To begin, the quantity of car accidents provoked by deer continues to increase. The 2016 New Jersey deer population estimate was 101,000 which does not include the 26,800 deer that are involved in car accidents or the 41,439 deer that are killed during the hunting season according to the state news website, www.nj.com . In New Jersey, you can only kill one buck per day and the season is only five days during the month of December according to the New Jersey Regulations website (eregulations.com/newjersey/). This means, if the State increases the amount of deer a hunter can kill per day, the population would reduce which in turn would make the roads safer at night for drivers....
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...Whitetail deer typically are found more in the mountains, but they are gradually making their way through the plains. Whitetail are more aggressive than mule deer, the mule deer population is still at a high number but steadily going down because of the whitetail deer. The further west you go in America the whitetail deer population decreases. Whitetail deer vary in color from reddish brown to grayish brown. Whitetail buck can weigh anywhere from 100 to 300 pounds and a female can weigh 75 to 200 pounds. They can stand up to 7 feet tall. In the winter months deer and antelope shed their antlers and grow a new set annually. They are more active in the mornings and late afternoon. A white tailed deer is found near the bottom...
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...off mainly at night but can be used in daylight also. Typically they come with basic accessories such as straps and other fastening devices and with metal box containers. They come with cameras from 0.3MP (VGA) up to 12MP and more. However, most companies do not state the true sensor resolution anywhere visible prior to purchase but state the highest interpolation resolution they can (you may find the sensor resolution stated in some instruction manuals). What are they used for? Predominantly marketed for deer hunting (although images typically capture bears, mountain lions, etc.) they also can be used for general wildlife, in gardens, on ranches, home surveillance, birding, and other activities. There would appear to be a fairly large market for birding and general wildlife but only a couple of companies go after this market. One challenge to open up the marketing of this type of product is to come up with a name to capture all the markets (deer hunting, birding, wildlife, surveillance, etc.) without excluding any. Much can be seen on the websites of companies offering these products with a lot of snapshot images as well as videos. What do they cost in the marketplace? In the U.S.A. the products at the retail level mainly run from $ 69 to $ 299 with only a few models from $ 300 to $ 499. What are the brands offered in the U.S.A. ? There...
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...each year. Texas, California, and areas in the South are the highest populated areas for Wild Boars. Outside of the United States, Papa New Guinea is the next most populated area with Wild Boars. This species has a big impact on animals, plants, and to humans as well. It is an opportunist omnivore which means it eats plants and animals depending on the availability. It has an impact on plants because… “Rooting by pigs disturbs natural plant communities by destroying native species. The soil is uplifted by this rooting behavior, causing it to dry in the heat of summer. Plants have to work harder to find water and their chances for survival are decreased.” (Pinnacle). Wild Boars also directly affect animals as they are in competition, “with deer and other wildlife for acorns, insects, and other food sources. Pigs also prey on a number of animals and insects, directly threatening their survival.” (Pinnacle). Wild Boars are a very devious species that most people do not really consider them to be. Economically Wild Boars also affect humans and the areas in which they live. These boars have an impact on the areas they inhabit because they take out competition for food, they spread disease and affect habitats in which other species live. The economic impacts that boars have are the destruction of farming and agriculture land as well. Each year there are tens of thousands of dollars that are spent that go to fixing land that boars have destroyed. For example, “The total damage to crops...
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...The possible meaning behind the art from both sites is hunting stories. When viewing these artistic drawings noticeably the animals were portrayed to be running. In addition, some animals had what looked like spears piercing their bodies. This description even displayed blood coming from the animal’s bodies. These descriptions introduced the assumption of this art created for hunting stories. The most common animals seen within the cave painting were large mammals. These mammals included bison, horses, aurochs, and deer. In addition, this artistic pattern of mammals was illustrated due to hunting. Large mammals were often hunted inspired the illustration of cave paintings. Therefore, large mammals was commonly illustrated. http://www.touropia.com/gothic-cathedrals/ Number 4...
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...Grizzly Bears During my investigation of the Grizzly bears, I have found that they have many different behaviors. Although these animals tend to be alone, they often interact with each other during fishing season in the summer. After observing bears for over a two-week period, I observed that Grizzly bears are fishing in both high and low concentrations in different sections of the river. Grizzly bears tend to fish in higher density in the rapids than in the calmer water just a couple of meters away. I will prove my hypothesis using the still shots given to us. In my studies I collected a total of fifty random still shots using excel; five photos from each hour, that helped me test my hypothesis by comparing the number of bears in and round...
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... Chris McCandless is a legendary explorer that inspires many people to go out and do some pretty crazy, but amazing things. In Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, Krakauer told the epic story of when Chris McCandless dropped everything in 1988 and went on a long journey across the states and ended up in Alaska for his last big adventure. This last adventure cost McCandless his life, nevertheless he was still an amazing adventurer. He was an amazing adventurer because he was very resourceful, he was a great athlete, and perseverance First, what makes McCandless an adventurer? It has to be his trait of being resourceful. One example of this trait is him hitchhiking across the country. This was seen in the first chapter of Krakaer’s book, when Jim Gallien picked up McCandless and dropped him off at the Stampede Trail (5). This shows that he can travel by using the hand he was dealt with. Another time McCandless showed that he was resourceful by killing animals like porcupine, squirrels, and a moose. Killing these animals is not an easy feat especially a moose that could possibly weigh around 500 pounds (166). Therefore, if Chris McCandless was not resourceful he would have not been able to go anywhere after he abandoned his car, or if somehow he was able to go to Alaska he would have died from starvation fairly quickly because he would not have any food. Second, being resourceful was not the only trait that made Chris McCandless an adventurer; therefore, another trait that helped McCandless...
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...9/18/17 This weekend I went deer hunting with my uncle. On Saturday we woke up at four fifteen in the morning and left to go deer hunting. We walked to our spot and sat down next to the tree that worked best to get rid of our scent with the wind. After sitting for about a half an hour I saw a doe pop up and I told my uncle. When he went to look at the doe he spotted another one. The doe my uncle spotted snorted and both of our deer jolted away into the corn. We went again on Sunday night, it was my uncle Chris, my uncle's friend Matt, his son Jake, and I. That night we hadn't been sitting for ten minutes before I turned around and there was a 4-point buck walking in on the same trail my uncle and I walked to our spot on. It was coming down...
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...killed and gutted the illegal buck on his property. The landowner is a hunter as well, but he knew that the buck was illegal and he didn't want to break the law by hunting and poaching the buck. Smith was most importantly charged for poaching by hunting, but also charged with trespassing, hunting during off-season, hunting from her vehicle, and hunting at night. The judge ordered Smith to pay $7,000 in restitution and complete 80 hours of community service. Also, Smith's hunting license was suspended for two and a half years. If it weren't for the annoying landowner who tattle told on Smith, she would’ve got to go home and have a fabulous buck for her Valentines dinner. Maryland’s state anti-poaching law took effect in June 2016. In cases of deer poaching, judges require a restitution to be paid and community service hours to be served. The value required to be paid and the hours required to be served depend on the measurement of the antlers score based on the B&C Club system. A restitution of $2000 to $5000 and 80 hours of community service is mandated for bucks with antlers scoring 150 or less points. A restitution of $5000 to $10,000 and 80 hours of community service is mandated for bucks with antlers scoring more than 150 points. A restitution of $300 to $500 with 40 hours of community service is mandated for bucks with no antlers. Luring in bucks with bait, shooting them, and gutting them is so worth the consequences. Especially when you get to eat it after poaching it. Citizens...
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