Alaska Retired Wildlife Biologist Offers Aerial Wolf Management Feedback

Today, Dave Kelleyhouse, a retired wildlife biologist and a former director of the Division of Wildlife Conservation of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, offers his input on Ballot Measure 2. BM2 is an attempt by anti-hunting groups to stop the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from using the necessary tools to manage predators.

You can read Kellyhouse’s editorial at The Voice of the Times.

Tom Remington

Alaskans Will Once Again Vote On Aerial Wolf Management

This will be the third time Alaskans get to vote on whether to stop the Alaska Board of Game from utilizing aerial shooting of wolves in specified areas in order to protect and/or bolster herds of caribou and moose. Alaska Center for the Environment has teamed up with Alaskans for Wildlife, according to KTUU.com, to put a stop to this practice.

“We believe in a balanced approach to wildlife management so we are encouraging our members to vote yes on ballot measure 2,”

ACE also says this kind of “hunting” isn’t fair chase but the Alaska Board of Game counters that they don’t view it as hunting, only as a necessary part of predator control. Read the story »

Listing The Polar Bear Could Be Bad For Bear, Economy And All Hunting And Fishing

On this past Thursday’s Open Air radio show, I shared with you an article written by Hugh Hewitt about the foreseeable troubles and real agendas behind the push by environmental groups to get the polar bear listed as “threatened” or “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. You can get some information and listen to the radio broadcast here.

In Hewitt’s article he has this to say about what could happen if the polar bear gets protection. Read the story »

Thanks Dad, and A Wall Hanger to End it All…

By Paul Thein

I’m now 40-years old and I’ve been hunting a family farm since I’ve been a teenager fresh out of hunter’s safety classes. Hunting is a family tradition for us. Our hunting party consists of cousins and close family friends. Over the years I have watched many of them bag the big whitetail wall hanger you dream of. Of course I can’t complain and have done well on the family farm myself. Read the story »