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Originally Posted by nube
Do you think trappers would start catching them if they got paid?
How much per bounty would it take for some guys to start catching them?
I think with the crisis we are in in some areas for moose and sheep numbers we should double hunting license fees and the new increased amount should go straight into predator control.
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Another question is, would it work? Do we have the population of trappers with the equipment and knowledge to put several thousand wolves out of business in the space of a couple years? Because that's what it takes, they can sustain some seriously high mortality rates. I'm all for a province wide bounty, widespread 1080 campaign, or cloning you and cowmanbob. Or all of the above.
I don't think we'd ever see such a funding arrangement, but I would absolutly support it. Everything goes to general revenue now, and I sure as hell won't support that.
I think predator management, meaning ALL predators and especially Kevin's unicorns and sheep specialist cougars, needs to be a provincial priority. A lot of studies out of Yellowstone and Alaska are pointing to bears as a significant cause of ungulate mortality as well.