“We Saved the Wolf, But Destroyed the Wilderness”: Dumb Wildlife Biologists
BY Herschel Smith
1 hour, 25 minutes ago
I made a comment to this video as follows.
“You make a lot of great points. Ask any hunter why you can no longer find deer in the Pisgah National Forrest. Here’s why. Mountain bikers protest to the state when anyone talks about burning it. The last time I hunted there there were no deer. The woods is so dense with dead fall, limbs and brush that you can’t walk into the woods you have to step through two feet deep of treacherous stuff that can break your ankles. What was once delivered wisdom from the old timers (let the woods burn from lightning strikes) became “fight the fires.” Until we came up with a solution, managed, or prescribed, or controlled burns. But unless it’s private property, the biologist don’t like that either. So we just drive the wildlife out instead. As for the wolves, I’m sure they like seeing cows give birth and when they’re at their weakest, the newborn (along with placenta) becomes a meal. The coyotes (Coydogs or Coywolves) do that here. They are invasive and will utterly destroy the deer herd if left unchecked. So there’s no limit on hunting them. Nor should there be. They – along with feral hogs – should be eradicated, at least here in the east. Y’all should never have put the wolf back into where it doesn’t belong. You need to do controlled burns. And you shouldn’t have “wildlife biologists” who aren’t hunters. Hunters are better at observing and cataloging wildlife behavior than they are. At one time in our past, it was understood that managing (and slowly and slightly increasing the herd size) was a balancing act that required burns, hunting, logging, and biologists who understood this sort of thing. Today the universities graduate earth-worshippers who accomplish the opposite of what they intend. The earth and what’s in it aren’t here for me to worship. I’m here to be a good steward of what God has granted us. Few college grads understand that today.”
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