Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the newsletter. If you’re still with us, that means you’ve made it to the middle of yet another week.
With that said, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey and get this mid-week dispatch out the door.
Here's what's worth reading about this morning:
Another suit - Alaska officials are fielding yet another lawsuit amid their battle for the Mulchatna caribou’s survival 👩💼
Dog eat dog - Vermont’s K9 units set to sniff out poachers 🐕🦺
No dumping - Montana officials remind hunters to properly dispose of carcasses or lose their licenses 🚮
Basement brawl - A pair of mule deer bucks fought their way into a Denver basement and had to be subdued 🥊
You hate to see it - Watch as this old bruiser met his match on this tree
THE SAGA CONTINUES
CONSERVATION GROUPS SUE TO HALT ALASKA’S AERIAL BEAR HUNTS AMID CYCLE OF COURT BATTLES
On Monday, environmental advocates escalated their crusade against the state's controversial predator control program, filing a fresh lawsuit in Alaska Superior Court to dismantle a renewed plan allowing unlimited aerial gunning of brown and black bears. The suit, brought by the Alaska Wildlife Alliance and the Center for Biological Diversity with legal backing from Trustees for Alaska, accuses the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) and the Alaska Board of Game of flouting the state constitution by greenlighting bear kills without scientific safeguards or population monitoring.
This latest challenge arrives just months after the Board of Game revived the program in July, claiming to have patched flaws exposed by prior court smackdowns. Yet for critics, it's a Groundhog Day of aerial ambushes that have seen state agents slay nearly 200 bears since 2023 under earlier iterations that have since been ruled unlawful. The Mulchatna caribou herd, the ostensible beneficiary of the program, lingers at around 15,000 animals—a mere shadow of its 1990s peak population of 200,000—prompting accusations that bears are scapegoats for deeper woes like climate-driven habitat loss and disease…
QUICK HITS // FROM AROUND THE WEB
Vermont K-9 units ready to crack down on illegal hunting: With Vermont’s two-week rifle deer season set to open Saturday, state wildlife officials have deployed four K-9 teams to respond to illegal hunting activity. Read the full story.
Minnesota Firearms Deer Hunting Season Off to Good Start: After the first weekend of the Minnesota firearms deer hunting season, hunters have bagged nearly 82,000 deer statewide. Read the full story.
Montana hunters risk losing privileges for improper carcass disposal, officials warn: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials say dumping animal remains in public areas is not only illegal but could cost hunters their privileges. Read the full story.
Brawling Deer Smash Through Window Into Denver Basement Exercise Room: A pair of brawling mule deer bucks crashed through a plate glass window and ended up in the basement exercise room of a suburban Denver home Sunday. They were tranquilized, hauled out by firefighters and set free again. Read the full story.
Putting the boys to sleep | West Metro Fire Rescue
Deer attacks 70-year-old woman in yard, sending her to hospital, NC officials say: A woman trying to scare a deer away saw the tables turned when it became defiant and brutally attacked her, North Carolina wildlife officials say. Read the full story.
WA Fish and Wildlife Police looking for who killed spike bull elk in Grays Harbor County: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police say a spike bull elk was illegally shot and killed near Montesano on or around November 6, and officials are looking to identify who is responsible. Read the full story.
VIDEO // SOME THINGS JUST HAVE TO BE SEEN
😢 These sort of things are just a fact of life, I suppose. Watch as these fellas come across a buck it sounds like they had been watching for quite some time. As far as I can tell, he got hooked in between those trees and twisted his damn neck off.
You hate to see it…
QUOTABLES // WORDS TO LIVE BY
“Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
HUMPDAY MEME // NOT LIKELY, SIR.
WANDERINGS // A SFW GLIMPSE OF OUR BROWSER HISTORY
I try to stay away from the doomer bullsh*t and, above all else, try to remain authentic in everything I do. There was a time when authenticity wasn’t so posed and second guessed and this is a great guide to returning to the lost art of authenticity. Speaking of living your truth, this guide on how to overcome your fear about pooping at your friend’s place is timely. If you wanted to dedicate an entire cow to making hamburger patties, here’s how many you could produce. A couple of years ago my brother in-law got me a Korean whiskey for my birthday. It was something I had very little experience with, and even though I remain a Canadian whiskey snob, it wasn’t all that bad.
EYE CANDY // PICTURES > WORDS
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