FWP Allows Hunters to Cull an Entire Herd of Bighorns BY TOM DICKSON 01/08/15 Within just 48 hours of exposure to the pathogens that cause pneumonia, most bighorn sheep respond the same way people do. Their nose begins to drip. Breathing becomes difficult. They develop a hacking cough. Soon the animals become feverish and lethargic. But unlike humans, who … [Read more...]
The Risk to Hunters in Grizzly Bear Country
It Does Not Always End Well 01-09-15 BY LISA BARIL Thirty years ago, so few grizzly bears roamed southwestern Montana that their image barely registered in the minds of hunters during their annual autumn quest to fill their freezers or tag the bull of a lifetime. They didn't worry much about surprising a sow with cubs or accidentally luring a bruin with elk bugles or cow … [Read more...]