Idaho Moose hunts closing
highbasin
12/31/10 9:25am
Another sad day for the Idaho Moose population. F&G is proposing to close three of the central Idaho hunts units-19a, 20a and 25. We own property and hunt in 19a. From 1997-2002 we would see 6-12 Moose while deer and elk hunting. After 2002 we would see fewer Moose each year. In 2006 we did not see a Moose. I'm not saying that it is totally the wolves, (actually it is the wolves). The wolf population has exploded in this area. There has not been a Moose harvested in the units since 2007, so F&G is doing the right thing. Its just so sad to see a great animal like the Moose finally rebound in the area just to have the wolves take them back out. It breaks my heart. I guess nothing is going to be done until the wolves get into all the western states big herds (Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico). I know everybody gets tired of everyone blaming everything on the wolves. In Idaho it's a legitimate agruement. Montana and Wyoming's elk herds are holding strong (that's what they say), while Idaho's elk herd has lost 24,000 head since 2007. Which is a 1/5 of the total population, some of which was from the nasty 2007 winter. On a better note Idaho is proposing to open Moose hunts in units 55,54 and 57 which border Utah.
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will solve the wolf problem.
Kevin