Guitarplayingfish
08-24-2011, 09:37 PM
Hey,
I just got back from a pretty good adventure west. Camped by a creek for a couple days where the kokanee were spawning (was really cool to see, the creek was bright orange/red with fish!). I was pretty ****ed off though to see that there was a fence set up close to where the stream meets the lake and there were countless number of dead fish stuck in and on the fence. Even though Kokanee salmon die in 2 weeks after they start spawning, why wouldn't they want the population as high as possible? I have a lot of pictures but unfortunately they are too big to upload. Does anyone have an answer to why they are trapping and inevitably killing a ton of the spawning salmon?
Unfortunately on this trip we encountered a bear who was scrambling along the creek for salmon. We were fairly close to a campground, and before we knew it there were CO's hunting him. Sadly, he didnt come out alive as Im pretty sure he ate some campers food. It's a terrible thing to see an animal killed for this. Humanity has destroyed too many habitats, and yet everyone acts like the bear is in the wrong for being within human vicinity. Does this seem fair to anyone?
In conclusion to this rant, be bear aware and bear responsible. Your in THEIR territory, not the other way around.
As for you bear hunters.... for shame.
I just got back from a pretty good adventure west. Camped by a creek for a couple days where the kokanee were spawning (was really cool to see, the creek was bright orange/red with fish!). I was pretty ****ed off though to see that there was a fence set up close to where the stream meets the lake and there were countless number of dead fish stuck in and on the fence. Even though Kokanee salmon die in 2 weeks after they start spawning, why wouldn't they want the population as high as possible? I have a lot of pictures but unfortunately they are too big to upload. Does anyone have an answer to why they are trapping and inevitably killing a ton of the spawning salmon?
Unfortunately on this trip we encountered a bear who was scrambling along the creek for salmon. We were fairly close to a campground, and before we knew it there were CO's hunting him. Sadly, he didnt come out alive as Im pretty sure he ate some campers food. It's a terrible thing to see an animal killed for this. Humanity has destroyed too many habitats, and yet everyone acts like the bear is in the wrong for being within human vicinity. Does this seem fair to anyone?
In conclusion to this rant, be bear aware and bear responsible. Your in THEIR territory, not the other way around.
As for you bear hunters.... for shame.