http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:27:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In what can only be taken as an outright thumbing of one's nose at the Ninth District Court of appeals, Judge Donald Molloy, exhibits total disregard for any science he doesn't like while going one step further and pretending to be a scientist to define a scientific term he hangs ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/12/activist-judge-molloy-tosses-science-defines-genetic-exchange/ You cannot deny what's taking place in Idaho concerning the overblown wolf population, or can you? Seems efforts are being exerted to do just that in hopes the wolf lovers and animal rights groups can continue their program of fleecing the public into believing that unmanaged gray wolves in the ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/01/idaho-wolves-are-great-killing-machines/ A United States District Court judge in Missoula, Montana ruled to reinstate protection of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains region using the same ridiculous data he claimed the feds used in support of delisting. District Judge Donald Molloy ruled for the plaintiffs, Defenders of Wildlife, et. al., and granted ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/21/wolf-injunction-ruling-could-have-just-as-easily-gone-other-way/ It would appear to me that the North Dakota Hunters For Fair Chase has some serious explaining to do and may also be in line to offer up an apology or two for not being very honest and transparent......but they won't. It's not part of their mission. Their goal is ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/11/north-dakota-fair-chase-official-meets-with-hsus-regional-director/ My god it is late at night - much later than I am accustomed to for doing work but when feeling compelled, as I am at this moment, I have to at least begin this article and finish it in the morning. If I wait until morning, I fear little ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/26/on-property-by-james-madison/ Groups are suing to stop the supplemental feeding of elk at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming saying that by doing so it is promoting the growth and spread of diseases such as chronic wasting disease and brucellosis. Supporters of supplemental feeding say without it thousands of elk will ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/16/does-supplemental-feeding-of-elk-support-artificially-high-numbers-promote-disease/ Editor's note: The following appeared as an editorial in "The Outdoorsman", Bulletin 28 of the May 2008 issue. With permission from the editor of that magazine, I reprint it here. The editorial is accompanied by two graphic photographs of which I have chosen to include at the end of the text ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/02/well-be-quiet-no-more/ I have been meaning for some time now to get this information available for readers. I apologize that it has taken so long. The Outdoorsman, a print publication out of Idaho and published and edited by George Dovel, is one of the most informative publications available to outdoor sportsmen today. Granted ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/19/what-they-didnt-tell-you-about-wolf-recovery/ Barry Saddler lives in Northern Idaho. He says he's never shot and killed an animal before in his life but that all changed this week when he killed one wolf from a pack that was attacking his dog. Now that he has had a first hand experience in what it's ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/15/mindsets-change-about-wolves-when-problems-hit-close-to-home/ Peyton Knight of the National Center for Public Policy Research is warning sportsmen that the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act sponsored by Representative James Oberstar (D-MN), "would do more to threaten the cherished pastimes of hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts than it would to ensure the cleanliness of our ... http://montanahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/09/for-sportsmen-clear-water-restoration-act-goes-too-far/