What Animal have you NEVER wanted to hunt?

I'd definately pass on things like Manatee, California Condor, etc...

I'm a varmint hunter so I take care of problem animals. Just to respond to the wolf question previously, wolfs are becoming more and more of a problem, not only attacking humans, but killing domestic dogs and the like. In Wisconsis for example, you can get up to $2500 for a dog killed by a wolf. The Govt promised when they reintrouduced them into the wild that they would have no negative effect on the enviornment. HA! I wouldn't want to just go out and shoot one, but if they continued to become a problem and permits were issued...I'd be all game. Idaho has a population of over 33,000 wolfs now. Some of those suckers get to be 185 lbs!!!:eek:
 
I wouldn't shoot anything I wouldn't eat but I also wouldn't judge anyone as long as it's legal.

Why do so many not want to hunt seals? Are you afraid to get out on the ice (it's dangerous) or because they look so cute and cuddily?

Seals are the hogs of the ocean. I was fooled by PETA's full page ads in national newspapers. I didn't always feel this way until I seen the premier of one of Canada's provinces on the east coast own Paul McCartney and his ex-wife (anti-hunter) on Larry King. He provided the real facts and left McCartney speechless. I've since did my own research and it fully supports the sealers.

The seal heard on Canada's east coast has grown to over 6 million since a limited hunt was imposed because of pressure by over-the-hill celebrities trying to get in the spotlight. Scientists say the heard needs to be culled back to about 2 million like it was 200 years ago. The seals helped in the demise of the cod fishery and have put thousands out of work. Imagine telling farmers in the US there's nothing you can do to protect your crops from hogs.

Seals have been found swimming up fresh water rivers chasing salmon and trout. There's a video of seals in a bay feeding on a school of cod. The seals just bite a piece out of the belly and waste the rest of the fish. The whole bottom of the bay was littered with dead fish.

A very small portion of seals are killed just for their coats. The flippers are supposed to be delicious and the seal oil is used in many medicines and viatimins. Their only natural enemy on the east coast is the polar bear and inorder for the bears to control the seals scientists estimate we're about 75,000 bears short.

The biggest issue I noticed was the clubbing of seals. Again, after some research and not listening to some washed up celebrity talk about how cruel it is, I had a change of heart. Clubbing is actually more efficient than shooting and scientists recommend it because it's instant and most humane.
 
I won't kill anything I can't eat like most other people, but have the further have absolute total disdain and repugnace for any use of dogs other than for pointing and retrieving. Unleashing a dog to harm another animal to me is in my mind cruel and completely unnecessary, and quite frankly lazy. I've had to put up with too many slimeballs stealing deer off my land by running dogs to even think about stooping to that level. Game theft is a very, very low crime.
 
I will get an American Bison someday.

I love buffalo burgers and steaks.

I don't hunt snakes. I'm not paranoid about them, but after watching those rattlesnake roundup videos, I have to ask "why?" I've owned pet snakes, including a calabar ground python that was an absolute mild-mannered riot. I took her with me wherever I went and she was absolutely fine with it.

Farmers around these parts are getting wrapped around the axle about the re-introduction of the timber wolf.

I won't hunt them (wolves) either. I feel the snakes and wolves serve an important part in the ecosystem.

Now, our deer herd has exploded in the last 10 years, you can tell simply by counting the number of roadkill deer on a trip this last winter. If the DNR hasn't figured it out by now, at least some of that population explosion has to be due to the elimination of predatory species in the region. So until the wolf and bear population can rebound, I'll be more than happy to stuff my freezers with venison. :D
 
Yellowfin, North Carolina allows deer hunting with dogs too, and my father has had alot of trouble with nearby hunting clubs running their dogs over his property when they think nobody is home.

Our solution to the problem was to load up some salt shot and every time we caught the dogs on our property, we let them have it. We have up plenty of no tresspassing signs, so it isnt as if they did this accidentally. On a few ocasions, we've even found our 'tresspassing' signs shot up or torn down.

Another tactic that works well is to catch and hold the dogs when you find them on your property. Make the offending hunters come and ask for their dogs back. Never hurts to have the local police or sherif present when they do.

Our neighbor chose to use a very high voltage eletric fence. Its efective, but i dont know how legal it is, so I dont know if I'd recomend that.
 
Cape Buffalo or any of the African stomp-you-to-death animals.

Sorry, call me chicken if you want but I'm not into dangerous game. Maybe with a Ma Deuce from the top of a 113 but not with a PH in the brush or long grass.
 
The only animals that I wouldn't want to kill are ones that could send me to jail.
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Well said. I prefer to hunt animals that I could use for something like food or fur, but I wouldn't mind going on a hunting trip for something else as long as it's legal.
 
Why do so many not want to hunt seals? Are you afraid to get out on the ice (it's dangerous) or because they look so cute and cuddily?
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Propaganda works is why so many don't want to. They are/have been devastating to salmon runs in some NW rivers and the fish and game depts. hands are tied. They will try throwing cherry bomb type of explosives to scare the seals away. What a joke, me and my '06 and a few more guys could help tremendously in a short while. Meanwhile Salmon runs in the NW are dwindling and the seal population isn't and from what was written here is or already has become a real problem.
Reminds me of the wolf situation going on as I write this.
 
Are seals edible? I suppose I wouldn't mind so much hunting them myself if they are. What does one do with seal fur other than tie flys with it? (Which I LOVE to do.)
 
Seal are the hardware-stores and fast-food establishments of the far north. I had some seal-sushi with some native folks up in AK once... it was a great honor to be invited to the meal as pickings can be slim up there from time to time. The skins make the warmest jackets you can imagine, the fat is great for cooking and "medicine", the tendons can make a strong rope, the meat and some of the organs are so tastey that you can eat them raw with no problems, and some of the fatty meat makes for an outstanding plate of "seal bacon".

If you get a chance to try some seal, don't let the chance slide past. Just because they are "cute" does not mean they are inedible. Quite the opposite, actually...

EDIT- I think I remember the jackets were actually made of caribou hide. Oh, well... I'm sure seal skin has some sort of clothing use.
 
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Idaho is right at 84,000 square miles. Figure roughly 100 sq. mi. to support a mature wolf, year around. That would max out at around 840 wolves...

I've obviously ignored unsuitable habitat, developed areas, lakes, etc. :)

Art
 
Numbers I have read are more like 1200 to 1500 in the three states. Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Word is they have spread farther across the Snake River into Oregon But to my knowledge that hasn't been substantiated at least not in the newspapers. But then I have seen at least two flocks of wild turkeys were they aren't suppose to be on F&G maps.

Approximately 60 wolves were released with a target amount of around 300. We are way above the target amount and the fight is on to delist and let hunters have tags. Hopefully later this year but more likely next.

IMO more likely even farther out as the lawsuits are gonna fly over this for sure.

According to Fish and Game in some areas the elk calf survival rate is only 5 or 10%, F&G is blaming the wolf. Something needs be done before the damage to game herds is to extensive.
 
Figure roughly 100 sq. mi. to support a mature wolf, year around
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Where did you get that key premise in your statement, Art? I should think, just off the top of my non-scientist head, that an entire mature pack of (7-10) wolves could be supported by 20-50 square miles......

Let's see....there are 3 thriving packs in Yellowstone, and Yellowstone is 3468 sq. miles. Hmmm, that is over 1,000 sq. miles per pack, and if a pack is 10 wolves, about 100 sq. miles per wolf - so looks like you are right after all - still, is there a source/link to that fact?
 
Wolf population in Idaho is somewhere in the 800's, if what I read is correct. No where am I hearing that the packs are no longer expanding, instead information seems to be the opposite.. But then a local joke is.

If you were to take all the mountains in Idaho and flatten it out we'd be as big as Texas.

Does this mean we can support more than 840? I sure hope not because that is right about where we are as I write this, and elk herds are already suffering.
 
I don't hunt anything I don't eat...my list of animals I do hunt, is fairly small then...

whitetails, rabbits, and squirrels...

I will shoot a Coyote if I see one on my land simply because they are pests in my area, I do not consider it hunting...
 
I usually don't kill that which i don't eat. And I have eatten a lot of game and non game animals. So in a way there probably is'nt to much i wouldn't hunt given the opertunity however i am iffy on the Prarie dog stuff. I love watching the videos of exploding dogs however after a while... it's kinda repulsive but still entertaining. My votes still out i guess.
 
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