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Last nights meeting with the USF&W agents.
15 May 2018, 18:17
L. David KeithLast nights meeting with the USF&W agents.
Our guests last night at our monthly meeting were Meeghan Bell (Wildlife Inspector for USF&W, Memphis office) and John Rayfield, Resident Agent in Charge, TN/KY US Fish and Wildlife Agency. Many topics were discussed including the USF&W's policy on the importation of sport hunted Elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Permits will be reviewed on a individual basis. There is a large backlog so if you have a permit waiting to be approved or denied, it's going to be a matter of patience. Inspector Bell said she and her small staff process 1200-1500 imports per month. LDK
Thought I would add this link on Zim's Elephant policy.
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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
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16 May 2018, 19:32
boarkillerI have always been advocate of getting rid of cattle from federal lands and manage it for wildlife
Funny how we support it ( no cattle on range ) in Africa and get up in arms here in States ( Bundy fiasco )
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18 May 2018, 09:14
NakihunterThat is the Conservative rural Vote bank.
Government and tax payer subsidy is their "right" and it should be increased at the expense of health care and education for the poor and sick.
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Originally posted by boarkiller:
I have always been advocate of getting rid of cattle from federal lands and manage it for wildlife
Funny how we support it ( no cattle on range ) in Africa and get up in arms here in States ( Bundy fiasco )
"When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick."
18 May 2018, 13:06
lawndartSince all the bison and most of the ungulates are gone. The cattle are needed to help consume the excess fuel that burns everything in sight up each summer.
The government makes money on timber sales, but they get sued by
environmentalists oppotunists before each timber sale. More fuel, and poof, more fire.
Private forest land doesn't burn up. The trees are thinned - that provides second growth brush that the ungulates chow un yields good hunting. They have cattle graze the range land just enough to also feed elk, deer, moose, and indirectly the wolves.
This is complicated stuff. Please visit me out here in Idaho. I will arrange a big tour, and introduce you to ranchers, opportunists, true environmentalists, hunting outfitters and guides, and show you the lands in question. It is fascinating, and troubling at the same time. Please visit. Then you can talk with some authority on the topics.
22 May 2018, 07:40
Victor Watsonquote:
Originally posted by L. David Keith:
Our guests last night at our monthly meeting were Meeghan Bell (Wildlife Inspector for USF&W, Memphis office) and John Rayfield, Resident Agent in Charge, TN/KY US Fish and Wildlife Agency. Many topics were discussed including the USF&W's policy on the importation of sport hunted Elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Permits will be reviewed on a individual basis. There is a large backlog so if you have a permit waiting to be approved or denied, it's going to be a matter of patience. Inspector Bell said she and her small staff process 1200-1500 imports per month. LDK
Thought I would add this link on Zim's Elephant policy.
Elephant in Zimbabwe
Did they mention anything on the backlog regarding bontebok imports? Had a client wanting to hunt one, he called USFW directly, and they couldn’t give him a timeframe.
25 May 2018, 01:37
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27 May 2018, 18:12
INTREPID SAFARISUSFW IS A JOKE!!!! NO leopard imports from RSA nobody knows anything on elephants, yet Rhino export no problem at all... the only animal really in decline is Rhino... but we can hunt as many as we want with no issues getting a permit.... there must be less than 20000 left.... there is so many elephants just in the greater Kruger area alone!!!! A clear sign that nothing that USFW do makes any sense.
28 May 2018, 19:58
Tim ViningLawndart makes excellent points. Managing the western lands (fed and state) is a daunting challenge. Numerous federal and state agencies conflict on management practices. Add in pubic comments and media hysteria all lead into a boiling culdron.
Tim