Two More Illegal Grizzly Kills Land in the Middle of Alberta’s Bear Fight 🐻

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Here's what's worth reading about today:

THE PUSH FOR A HUNT CONTINUES
TWO MORE ILLEGAL GRIZZLY KILLS LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALBERTA’S BEAR FIGHT

In what is becoming something of a trend in wild rose country, another pair of grizzly bears have turned up dead in Alberta. Without much of a doubt that foul play was at work in both cases, provincial officials are hot on the case and have turned to the public for help amid a climate of rising tensions over bear management in western Canada.

On the heels of two other bears being killed along a highway near Sundre back in June, no other grizzly jurisdiction in North America has put up a public cluster of illegal grizzly kills like Alberta has in such a short period of time.  

The initial call came in late last month when officers were called to a lease road about 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) north of Swan Hills on September 30th…

DNR scraps controversial plan to change duck hunting restrictions: The proposal would have let Minnesota hunters choose a three-duck daily limit without species restrictions, but opponents argued it would undermine longstanding hunting traditions. Read the full story.

State seeks input on proposal to allow hunting, trapping of bobcats in California: The draft management plan, on which the department seeks comment, proposes lifting the moratorium on hunting or trapping bobcats. The project found that the bobcat population in California is healthy and holding steady at an estimated 62,000 animals. Read the full story.

5.64 million white-tailed deer in Texas could mean good hunting in November: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said on Oct. 2 that it expects hunters will have plenty of white-tailed deer during the upcoming season; according to the agency, the state has the nation’s largest population of the deer species — an estimated 5.64 million. Read the full story.

Clark Mother Of Nine Shoots Mountain Lion Hanging Around Family's Corn Maze: A mother of nine in Clark, Wyoming, took matters into her own hands when a mountain lion was seen lurking around the family's popular corn maze and pumpkin patch. "I had never even really seen a mountain lion in person,” Bridget Gallagher said. Read the full story.

Mountain goat hunt near Juneau closes after years of low numbers: Nearly 20 years after a punishing winter sent mountain goat numbers tumbling north of Juneau, the species has yet to fully recover, and another severe winter has raised fresh concerns prompting state biologists to close a section of the hunting season. Read the full story.

PA pheasant season opens this month with expanded hunting opportunities: This year, hunters will have access to all 21 Sundays that fall within the pheasant season, up from six last season. Pheasant hunting will also remain open during the statewide firearms deer season, adding two more weeks of opportunity. Read the full story.

🫎 The fight between these two titans only ends after one ends up on his back. These boys had no quit, even as traffic passed by.

Did you notice they were actually fighting beneath a moose statue?

The pull of the weekend in Fallorado.

📸 by @shotsbyliam_

 Oh, and one more thing…