It's Time to Stand UP and be COUNTED

I have been sitting watching all day of the Americans who turned out for TEA day.I found myself humbled by the unity of so many folks who are tired of what the Obama administration, along with a Liberal controlled Congress, is doing to destroy everything we have stood for for over 200 years.I have been perplexed for so long. Sometimes I have felt that I was the only one who understood what was going to take place, and then had to watch as Americans elected the most power-hungry, socialistic, Liberal Progressive President and Congress that America has ever had.My greatest fear happened in November.
I am re-attaching an article I wrote in October, BEFORE the election from hell.Maybe now...just maybe all of you who I sent it too won't hit the "DELETE" button before you read it. Maybe you might just possibly realize that the old Bubba might have lived long enough to see enough CRAP happen, and just maybe he just might know a tad about how things were, and how things can be.I know I have sent a lot of political stuff in the last year, and I know very well some of you want to puke when you see another one of those political e-mails.Well, give me a minute of your time and actually read this article from October.
Bubba
Wake Up America American Socialism??
I would like to start this out by saying that I was raised as a Democrat. My Father's old Democratic party has all but been replaced by a Far-Left organization that has little to dowith the old Party.I consider myself to be an average "flag-waving" American who still believes America is the only force in the world that still stands against the socialistic, and freedom- hater factions that run rampant today.Recently I watched several people in a political rally that were not only very angry; they were also begging John McCain to stop the socialism from taking over America.It looked to me like just another bunch of those "strange" folks that live everywhere among us who think the sky is falling.I was amused, but didn't really give it much thought.Since then I began to think about what has taken place in the last few months.Then I remember what Khrushchev once said. "I will take over America without fireing a shot."I will never forget that statement. It has often haunted me that it could be done.The more I thought about all of this, it began to be very clear what was taking place right here in our country. It sent chills up my spine and brought a very deep concern that something very Un-American was close to fulfilling that promise.I don't consider myself to be one of those "Nuts" who cry fear every time they don't like something.Most of you who know me, know I don't usually jump on every wagon that comes down the street. This time I am jumping, and jumping hard.Call me what you like! Think that I too, have gone over the edge.My friends, I am scared for our way of life more than any time in my 65 years. I have seen a lot of policies come and go. I have seen a lot of mistakes made by our Government.I know that it is not run very well a lot of the time, and a lot of us don't trust them as far as we could throw them.Most of us would just as soon keep them out of our daily lives as much as possible.Having said all of that, I'm going to write some controversial things that may or may not upset you. Whether or not you agree with me is up to you, but I have to get this off of my chest because it is bothering me more than I can stand.I don't want all of this to go down without saying a thing.AS WE ALL KNOW, America is now in a crisis that will change our way of life forever. 911 changed our lives forever also. I felt it then and I danged well feel it now.I have begun to try to understand what has happened in the last few days.I watched the Government being "forced" to pass laws against the theme of our Constitution. I saw many in Washington vote against the bill from both parties.I wondered why some of the Democrats voted against it.Now the Government is considering having to "Nationalize" the banking system in America.No, they don't want to do it but they feel that something has to be done to save our economy, and the fall of the stock market.IF THEY DO THAT, IT WILL BE A TERRIBLE STEP TOWARDS A SOCIALISTIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT!!No American should sit back and say nothing about this!!I want you to think about this next part with an open mind.First, our financial leaders all agree that all of this "economy" problem started with the fall of the Housing Market.The Housing Market went down due, in large, to the sub-prime crunch where folks were loaned mortgage money that had no way of paying it back.The rates went up and defaults took place.Then Fanny and Freddie emerged with some CEO's who had been cooking the books for several years. Barney Frank (left wing congressman watch-dog), along with others testified that Freddy-Fanny were in good shape Top that off with ACORN helping to push these "ridiculous" loans along.Now ACORN is cooking the voter registration in many states trying to fraudulentlywin the election, and have been doing so for several elections.There are three Freddie-Fanny executives who were instrumental in the fall.All three are now on the election committee of Obama. (Franklin,Tim,Jim) If you want their names, look them up!Several of our Left-Wing politicians were in charge of "watch-dogging" Freddy-Fanny.They now are a part of the crowd in charge of trying to fix the problem! (Wolves guarding the flock)I promise you that they are scurrying around trying to cover their tracks.When I began to understand all of this, I began to see how it all started four years ago, when the left took over control of Congress.I know that these are not all of the issues.Four years ago we were strong financially, and gas was $2.30 a gallon.Since Congress is the one that runs our Government (not the President), guess who is responsible for the fall of America?? Could it not be the Democratic Congress?In 2006, McCain tried to pass a bill to stop the fall of Freddy-Fanny by tighter regulation, but it was voted down by the Left Congress.This brings us to Obama.It certainly is no secret who he has been associating with. Other than that, who is he?He has promised America with a Government based "Health Plan" that will be "far better than McCain's "privatized" plan. (Socialized health care?)Do you realize that if he is successful in being elected President, WE WILL HAVE A LEFT-WINGED PRESIDENT BACKED UP BY A LEFT-WINGED CONGRESS!!No American should be happy with Obama, Pelosy, Reid, Franks, Ayers, running America. The worse thing is they will have ABSOLUTE CONTROL of America!With the Government in control of the BANKING system, guess where all of that leaves you and I?Khrushchev's statement doesn't sound so far-fetched now, does it?Looking back at the last four years, it isn't hard to see how all of the pieces of the puzzle fits into place.Now Obama has stepped up in position to tell America that it is the fault of the Bush Administration. He has blamed everything on "someone else", and he is going to bring "change". God help us all at the "change" we may get!He is now in position to take advantage of the situation to get elected.The Socialistic Left has been laying this ground work for years.Now, with the fear of America's economy, and with people having lost everything they have worked so hard to get and save.Now with all of the pain we have been through.Now during our darkest moment of American history, Obama is trying to step in and take over our country with a Left-Wing Socialistic form of government.I am very afraid! I'm not mad as some are! I am scared to death that we are on the brink of loosing our country to the worst possible kind of enemy that our founding Fathers tried to keep us from.IT IS TIME TO WAKE-UP and help fight this attempt to take over our country!I don't care what political party you belong to. I don't care if you believe any of this.It is on your shoulders to look for yourself and make up your own mind..Quote, "All that it takes for evil to prevail, is for good men to sit and do NOTHING"?Let it never be said that "I" didn't try to stop this down-fall of America.I figured I had to say what I could.After the election it will be much too late. If we loose, it will be too late to stop the process. Then you will hear that it was all caused by the Bush Administration, and more Socialistic measures will be needed to control the problems.The Obama Administration will have all the answers, and you will all have to go along with it.Democracy around the world will fall!Please pass this along, please. I don't claim to have all of the answers, but I have enough sense to see what's coming down if we sit quietly and do nothingI am an old timer, but my grand kids will suffer beyond anything than I can imagine if we do nothing.
posted October, 2008
George "Bubba" Huntoldbearhunter@alaska.netposted by Bubba at 1:05 PM

Braggin Rights

Thought I would get an update on my latest adventure, to the local hospital, that is:)
It's easier to do theses little blurbs than call.
Today I got out of the hospital with ALL of the cancer removed. I only got the colonoscopy because my brother and nephews had gotten one,( I didn't want to be left out on such a nice event) I had no pain or thought I had any problems.
Today I'm walking a bit stiffly. Feels like I swallowed a "lit chainsaw."
The next time they get some test done I will be running the other way as fast as my short legs will travel!!
Actually I'm a walking miracle. I lost 14 inches of colon, and my right kidney.Like I have said before, I had no pain or knew anything was wrong.If either of those cancers had spread, I wouldn't be here pecking on this key-board.
My cancerous kidney was 4-5 inches wide and at least that thick.It looked like maybe 9-10 inches long and the Doc said 3-4 pounds.
I'm sure it was some sort of world record!! Can you imagine that?? I had a world record kidney and couldn't even brag about it! My nephew Frank wanted it to make a fuel filter out of it. He also want the colon to make a "moose call" out of it.
For some reason the old Doc wouldn't give it up.
My little wife doesn't see the humor in it all, and she muttered something about us being some sort of sick dogs.
Some times the little gals can't understand??
Thanks again for all of your support and prayers.
If you ever wonder if God is listening, then maybe you can help me understand this little tid bit. "I just underwent MAJOR SURGERY and NEVER HAD ANY PAIN??" I do have stitch irritation, but had no real pain. ( I seldom ever pushed the pain button either, and only when the nurse scolded me)
God must think I'm special!! Maybe I'll brag about that!!
Bubba

Dang It!

I suppose that most of you know, but if I missed anyone...
On Tuesday March 31, I will be whacked on, big time!!
This is what I get for going in and getting a colonoscopy.
I really didn't know there was a problem, but most of my family have had it done lately, so I decided to get it done to see if anything was wrong.
Well, dang it, they found a rare colon cancer, which has to go! They ordered a cat scan and found my right kidney was covered in a large cancer. I didn't know about that either. That too, has to go.
The good news is the other kidney is still Ok, so things should be OK after they get done.
Hopefully they found out before too much was affected. That just goes to show that you never know what all is going on. I'm lucky it was discovered before other things were messed up too.
I strongly urge everyone to get those check ups!!
I have no intention on giving in to this mess.
Thanks for all of the support and prayers. I'll keep you all posted on things as soon as I can get back to a puter.
Bubba

Time for a Regulation Change

It gripes me to have to write this article.It would be easy for me to sit quietly and do nothing. However, I have a lot of grand kids who need someone to step up the plate and take on the hunting problems we face.
I will be 66 soon and would like nothing more than to take it easy and let someone else do the fighting. I have to live with myself, so I must stand up for what I believe is right.
I grew up in a “predator control” environment.
My Dad was a Government Predator Control Officer all of his life.He was in charge of protecting livestock and the deer herds in Northern California.
During his entire career, there were an abundance of deer, fox, rabbits, and all of the “ground nesting” birds. Pheasants and quail were everywhere.Since his death in the early 70’s, the predators have taken over the state.
The mountain lion has been protected since 1972. Now the deer herds are few and far between. The mountain lion has lost all fear of humans and have attacked and killed several people. They have grown to dangerous numbers.
The coyotes have all but wiped out the small game and have moved into urban areas and killed many pets along with attacking small children. Even the red and grey fox are now listed on the endangered species. They were numerous and healthy a few years ago.
I have studied the predator issue since I first came to Alaska in 1969.
I was also on the Advisory Committee in the Interior during the mid 80's.I'm not some "johnnie-come-lately" that fell off of the last turnip truck that came through town.
I shared that information with you so you would understand where I am coming from, and maybe help you to know where I stand. Most importantly, that I’m not some blood-thirsty kook that wants all predators destroyed. I absolutely do not support that!I do, however, have enough common sense to see the present problems we face.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that we have an over abundance of bears on the Kenai Peninsula. It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that our moose population is in big trouble. It also is widely known that all of us have a serious problem with rogue bears that live in our town during the summer and fall.It seems that they have lost their “fear” or “respect” of humans.
There are several reasons for their bold-pushy attitudes.
The first of which they haven’t been hunted enough to know to stay away from people. Bears in the wilderness setting, will be seen running from people a quarter of a mile away, because they fear the hunters.These urban bears have more of a desire to get your pets and outside freezers, than they have any fear of you.
I know the idea of some lazy folks who won’t keep their garbage put up.They are scolded regularly, and should be.It only takes one lazy person to train the bears to hit the garbage cans. I don’t appreciate anyone who litters or fails to keep their yards free of garbage. We will always have those pigs around.
Even with those kinds of people around, we still have the bears with “no fear” of people.We have always had those negligent people, but we now have too many urban bears coming around to keep them company.
How many more people have to be mauled, and how much more property has to be destroyed by these bears before some one steps in and reduces their numbers?
Several cow moose have their calves in my yard each year. The cows believe it is safer in my yard than out in the wilderness area.
Last spring a cow had her twins in my neighbor’s yard. That very day a brown bear was in the yard trying to get the calves. The Karelian Bear dog next door was between the calves and the bear for hours, but failed to save them. A couple of days later the cow and one calf were destroyed by the bear.
The remaining little calf stayed in the neighborhood all summer. I haven’t seen her lately.
I was told by the local Biologist that most of the moose killed by hunters last year were the “spike-fork” bulls.
The bears kill most of the calves in the first week of birth. The road and winter kills a lot of them. It is no wonder why we have so few moose left.I wonder how the DF&G think they can manage our moose population with all of the pressure on the yearlings.
The DF&G allow harvesting of the spike-fork bulls in most areas. They then protect the rest of the bulls up to antlers that are 50 inches wide, or three or four brow tines depending on what zone it is in.
We see our moose herd disappearing because we don’t protect the young bull moose.
Everywhere else the young deer, elk are protected. It makes for more medium to large animals in the second through fourth years.
I have proposed that the DF&G protect the bull moose up to antlers 36 inches wide, and allow hunters to harvest everything above.I believe it would insure that more larger bulls will be left for breeding and hunting.
It worked fine in the Interior during the 1980's.
It is ten times easier to judge a 36 inch bull than a 50 inch bull.
Many hunters fail to judge the 50 inch bull every year and mistakenly shoot them. If they turn in the sub-size bull, they pay the fine and lose moose hunting privileges for a year. Many hunters can’t afford to pay the fine, so they leave the meat to spoil in the field.These hunters are not law-breakers by nature. They are honest folks who are trying to put the winters meat in the freezer, while trying to make a very difficult call. A judgement call that few professionals can make correctly.
Sure, we all should be sure not to make that mistake. I let many large bulls walk free each year because I still can’t make the call even after 40 years of moose hunting.
It doesn't make sense to keep a regulation that fails to restore the bull to cow ratio, while causing honest hunters to make honest mistakes.
It will take more than just changing the antler restriction. It will take a vigorous predator control of bears and wolves.
Most of the lower Kenai Peninsula wolf population is suffering from lice and loss of hair. They, in their sickened condition, have to kill more moose to survive.
I have heard all of the arguments about harvesting the spike-fork bulls.They contend that if the genetics of the spike-fork is eliminated, then the first year bulls will have larger “paddle horns”.
That has never been proven, and never will. The young bulls are rarely paddle horns their first year. I was told that the spike-fork program has been in operation since 1985. It has not worked yet.
Each year the yearlings are still “spike-fork”, with only a fraction of the yearlings ever growing the antlers to the paddle-horn size in their first year.It would be nice if the spike-fork genetics could be changed to the paddle-horn, but the idea simply is not practical and has produced nothing except a decline of the bull population.
Each year the moose population keeps declining. You just can’t grow a healthy moose herd if most of the harvested bulls are yearlings.
Once again, the answers are not that difficult.
1. Reduce the predators dramatically.( not just the 10 productive sows this year)
2. Protect the yearlings up to antlers 36 inches wide, and harvest those above.
3. Stop regulating the predator population by the “Defense Of Life and Property” clause.
4. Stop trying to regulate the moose herds by restricting hunting and access.
These ideas are not new. I believe programs that don’t work should be eliminated. New ideas should be tried, especially when these ideas have worked for years in other states.
We don’t have the option any longer of doing nothing.
George “Bubba” Hunt
907-260-6990
oldbearhunter@alaska.net.

Frozen Wilderness Therapy

A cold gust of wind swirled across the lake causing the blowing snow to dance in long sheets of fog-like ice crystals. They seemed to come from nowhere and then disappear into the flat surface of the frozen lake.
It was a pleasant change from the news of the failing economy and stories of corrupt politicians.The Alaskan wilderness is my therapy. It gives me a break from all of the bad news that the Media shoves in our faces every minute of every day. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't get away from it all.
Bad news, struggling to keep your head above water, and stress, are the silent killers.
It's the kind of a thing that builds up inside and torments everyone of us.
It's the kind of a thing that causes normal folks to die long before their time.
It's the kind of thing that caused a man in L.A. to destroy his family and himself.
We have lived in a different kind of world since 911.
Lin and I were in the Caribou Hills in moose camp when the jets hit the Fair Trades Buildings.I watched the end of the American way of life.I told Lin that nothing would ever be the same in our Country again.
The life we lead of the "old America", was changed forever.I knew that the easy way of life was over. I can't explain the feeling of horror of that day, but I knew it was changed forever. I knew I was never going to go to sleep at night knowing all was well.
For me it would be a life without much peace and not a lot of hope for the old days.
I grew up in the mountains. We were insulated from a lot of the hassles that most folks had to live with.My life had always been very slow paced and kicked back. I was never in much of a hurry to go anywhere or keep any kind of a schedule. Life was simple.I guess I was lucky. I was able to live the back-country life style.
The only problem with that is I still can remember what it was like to live that way. Maybe that's the reason it hurts to miss something like that more than someone who never experienced it.
Today my old fishing partner, Sid, and I drove his Argo track rig several miles back into the bush to a frozen lake to do some serious ice fishing.Both of us couldn't wait to get out there. I guess we are like a couple of kids going to the Saturday Movies.
Both of us are over the 65 year mark but you probably wouldn't know it by being around us.We get around like a couple of 20 year olds. Not much slows us down.
As for all of the 30 year old couch potatoes sitting around on their over-stuffed butts eating corn chips, drinking soda pop and watching the tube...you are already dead..you just haven't fallen over yet!
No, we haven't lived without some defects. Sid had a cancerous kidney removed last year and a knee replaced.A few weeks later we were pulling salmon nets at fish camp on the Cook Inlet.I killed the biggest moose of my life 3 weeks after cancer surgery, with 39 staples in my guts.I also have three nice tents in my old ticker. Has it stopped me from enjoying the outdoors?I don't think so!
My little wife is recovering from 4 more fused vertebra's in her back. For a total of 7 fused. Will it stop her from shooting her moose this fall?I very much doubt it.
I often hammer on the younger generation in hopes they will get out there and live a life of adventure, instead of wasting their young years doing nothing. Too soon we get old and these old bodies began to fail. Then we can do nothing.
Today, however, it was about drilling the holes in the ice with my power auger. The ice was 30 inches thick. I don't drill those holes by hand anymore.
We had our propane heater set up in front of us, so getting cold wasn't much of a problem. Fishing this time of the year is slow because the fish are not active in the winter.
It wasn't for the fish that we came, it was just a bonus, or rather a good excuse for being out there.
I only wanted one big silver salmon. Sid wanted two, and the rest would be released.We only take enough for one meal. It gives us an excuse to come back and we don't really like to eat fish that has been frozen in the freezer. Why eat frozen fish when you can eat fresh fish. Good idea, isn't it!
The only thing out there was an eagle, who steals one of our fish if we leave it on the ice.
There were moose, wolf and rabbit tracks everywhere. Other than that, there was no sound except for the wind blowing the snow crystals across the frozen lake.
Neither of us talk much when we are out there. I guess we both are caught up in the solitude of the wilderness, and words seem out of place.
I'll be going out there again in a couple of days. My Grand Nephew, Tyler, and his little son,Bradley, will be going with me.
It will be Bradley's first fishing trip with me in the back woods. It is time for him to experience the solitude of the frozen wilderness.
Until then I'll keep the fire burning in the fireplace, and watch the snow falling down around my mountain.
George"Bubba"Hunt walking "The Wilderness Trail".

Good News for the Scared Folks

You may wonder why I spend so much time blasting the new Politicians, but they are going to spend billions on many "green" programs to combat "Global Warming".
Many have bought into the idea that we some how are destroying our earth by too much man-made carbon dioxide gasses. It is somehow causes the earth's temperature to rise.
It wouldn't bother me what they believe if it had no affect on me, but it does.They have driven the cost of diesel up with all of the regulations, and they are about to do it again. To a point where the truckers won't be able to up-grade their trucks. Many will go out of business. Guess what happens when that happens?Most of what we need is carried by trucks!
They are willing to shut down off-shore drilling as soon as Mr. O takes office, and ANWAR will never get drilled as long as they are in control.
Maybe we do need to find another way to "power" our country. I can go along with that idea, but let us still keep burning fossil fuel until we come up with something else.We can't afford to shut the Country down until we find a solution to the fuel problem.
Don't these people have any idea what they are trying to do??I have a hard time trying to understand all of their "green craziness".While I was wondering what they were "thinking" about, I came to the conclusion that they weren't "thinking".Instead, they were going on some notion that the earth was coming to an end and they were scared to death of the idea that we all have had something to do with it.
People like Gore have stirred up folks with a bunch of hulla-ballou that the scientists now say just simply is not true!No one likes the idea that we are causing a problem to hurt our planet. The fact is that the fires of California have dumped more green-house gasses and carbon, than all of the vehicles in the US.One volcano eruption does more damage that anything "WE" have ever done with all of our carbon emissions.
Earth will perish when GOD says it will perish, not until then!
Could it be that we have become so GODLESS that we fear everything that the GODLESS say??I can't make anyone read the Bible to see what is written about this present age.I am an old Preacher, but I'm not going to preach to you about this mess.It's in the BOOK. Read it for yourself!!
I will say this, however, it says that "confusion, evil, and FEAR" are the tools of the dark side.We do live in scary times. The whole world is in turmoil. Maybe you might like to read the 21st Chapter of Luke, or the 25th chapter of John.It may be time for a lot of you to get your "ducks-in-a-row".
In the mean while we need to pressure our Congressmen to stop the destruction of our country with all of the regulations and this "Global Warming" nonsense.
By the way... we have a record cold year in Alaska. We have been below zero for so long that I have forgotten what "above zero" is like.I froze my blasted nose out getting in firewood yesterday.
I guess I shouldn't complain, it warmed up all the way to 10 below today.
Must be global warming or something.
Bubba, oldbearhunter@alaska.net
I would appreciate your comments.

Global Warming

December 12, 2008
Global Warming
I know, I know, I've been dragging my feet lately. However I have come up with a subject that should bring a grin to all of you "Global Warming" folks.
Recently I saw a picture of Kotzebue Sound, and it was frozen over about two months early this fall. The seals and waleri (walrus's) were laying out there on the nice thick ice ,with big "toothy" smiles on their little whiskery faces.
While I'm at it, this summer was the coldest in Alaskan history.
My tomatoes grew up finally, but no tomatoes!My peppers did grow up to about half size, yet no little peppers. Nothing I planted made it to the table.
The farmers up in Fairbanks usually grow big fields of potatoes. Not much luck there.
The farmers in the Matanuska Valley usually grow big 80 pound cabbages, lettuce and all sorts of other things. This summer things were a month late and a lousy crop at that.Top that off, the Canadian scientists have said last week to forget the"global warming" myth, and prepare for a soon impending beginning to the next ice age.
They said that in the next couple of thousands years there could be 2000 feet of ice over Alaska and Canada, along with northern Europe.If you doubt that could happen, dig into your history books about how the weather dropped out for 400 years. It lasted all the way up to the late 1700's.Millions starved in Europe.
It only took a few years for things to drop out. Europe went from nice sunny, warm weather, to bitter winters and failed crops. It happened in less than ten years.
The Canadians said that the earth was starting into it's fartherest orbit from the sun. They said it would take several centuries to normalize, if it ever did.The interesting thing about all of this is it did seem to get very warm for a few years before things dropped out.Should you still think I'm huffing about some unknown tale, look up the history of the "Dark Ages" in Europe, and read it for yourself.
While you are at it, find out what happened to the Vikings that lived on Iceland.
The Scientist's also have tested the ice cores from the glaciers, and core samples from the sea bottom, and found that it always warmed up dramatically before an ice age dropped out.
We have been having some really toasty summers lately. Nothing like it used to be 40 years ago.
This year it froze up here in October, and still is frozen up. Not normal for the history of Alaska.
Tonight it's going to below zero again. Not too abnormal for this time of the year, but it has been colder than snot for a long time already. The ground is already frozen down three feet. Not Kool! Pipes may very well be freezing up this winter for too many folks.
I would like to invite Mr. Gore up here for a few weeks. Maybe we could sit out on the porch and have a nice cup of coffee. With global warming and all!
Having said all of that, I do have some great news for all of you who are worried about the polar bears.
First off, they are getting their issue of ice as we speak. Not to worry, there's plenty to go around.
Now for all of you who wondered what would become of the polar bears should it really warm up and melt all of their ice. They would surely all starve, right?
Good news!!
Should all the ice disappear, the seals and walrus's would be having to wander up on those warm beaches to sun themselves. Guess what those endangered polar bears would do?Yep, they would just sneak down to the beach and eat all the nice fat critters they needed.
While I worked in the Arctic (several years),the ice flows melted out a few miles. The poor old endangered polar bears came ashore and done what all good hunters do. They simply began to move inland up to 200 - 300 miles, and hunt caribou, muskoxen, moose, and anything else they wanted. Much like all of those black and grizzly bears.
The village of Fort Yukon, which is way South on the Yukon River, had to shoot a polar bear that came to town.So, as you can see, those old white bears are not about to starve as long as they have a brain, unlike some of those poor uninformed " critter huggers".
Those folks use the " Global Warming" scare as a platform to launch their "animal rights" B.S.
Do I know everything? NO!
My Dad was a Predator Control Officer most of his life. I might add that no one in Tehama County was ever attacked by a mountain lion.
The coyotes weren't allowed to kill off everything below them in the food chain.
I remember how many gray and red foxes there used to be. I remember how many of the "ground" nesting birds, like the pheasants, quail. ducks, etc., that there used to be.
The last time I was down there, I was hard pressed to see any sign of most of them.
I hear the foxes are now endangered.
Those poor old mountain lions are few and far between?? Actually, there are as thick as the hair on a deers back. Should you be able to find a deer.
So much for my old soap box.I think I'll go out and have my evening tea on the deck. It's only 5 below out there, with global warming of course.
I would like any input from you all, about all of this. I know you have been sold a lot of pure old "bunk" about this stuff.
I started this out with an attempt to bring some humor out of it all, but the more I wrote, the less funny things seemed to get.
Sorry about that!Bubba