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Post by neighborfoxer on Sept 6, 2019 21:28:39 GMT -5
Disappointing, but not surprising news... Apparently the state of California officially outlawed trapping for recreational and commercial purposes. Where will it end? Will my children and grandchildren one day also be able to set steel in North America? Sometimes the agenda of the antis seems overwhelming. The general population is so out of touch with reality, wildlife, and their own cultural roots. It’s a call for all of us trappers and outdoorsmen to inform others of the truth of the sport that we enjoy. Let’s be proactive and engaged, and also try to pass the love of this sport along to the younger generation. www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/california-becomes-first-state-to-ban-fur-trapping.amp
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Post by AuthorTrapper on Sept 8, 2019 17:25:43 GMT -5
I agree!
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Post by Law Dog on Sept 9, 2019 23:44:59 GMT -5
Once they start paying out to get the same job done that trappers did for free and they ban hunting next lets see how they fund their Game and Fish dept. The Feds should hold back their Pittman/Robertson funds until they show they can be responsible with their conservation efforts. The cities are full of human diseases not their wildlife will be have the same issues.
You can't fix stupid clearly a case of appointing "who you know" to a job rather then a person for "what they know" to that role in wildlife.
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Post by greenboolits on Sept 15, 2019 7:53:22 GMT -5
I would say that they will reget this decision/ban, but I am positive that instead of admitting they made a mistake they will pass a law even worse to fix the problems this ban will create.
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Post by greenboolits on Sept 15, 2019 8:28:55 GMT -5
On a side note however, I wonder what effect, if any this will have on the fur market? Was Commiefornia a "big" fur producer?
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Post by Law Dog on Sept 15, 2019 21:03:08 GMT -5
No last I heard over 100 trappers but that was just what I read the other day not all Cali is crazy the people up North and outside of the city are rather normal.
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Post by Ohio on Sept 19, 2019 14:02:06 GMT -5
From what i hear they have some great cats
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Post by Law Dog on Sept 19, 2019 19:54:45 GMT -5
They would not give out cities tags last year so they had to be tanned in Cali they just made everything hard on the trappers, now they will be paying to get ADC work done that people controlled for free. I hope they soak them for every critter they catch.
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Post by greenboolits on Sept 20, 2019 8:34:12 GMT -5
Im so glad i dont live in California new York or other states like those. It will be homeless people vs. The fur bearers fighting for dumpster food.
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Post by Law Dog on Sept 20, 2019 13:20:03 GMT -5
The reality is if we play nice the critters will still cause problems and people will pay handsomely to get rid of those problems. So the control we did for free is now replaced by "high priced waste of the resource" pay jobs. That's stupid but that's how Cali rolls.
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Post by greenboolits on Sept 20, 2019 20:50:52 GMT -5
My hope is that cali train of thought doesn't spread . Being a new trapper and all i want to experience all i can.
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Post by Law Dog on Sept 21, 2019 16:02:41 GMT -5
Don't judge other places by Cali standard yet they are in a world of there own! LOL But your right they ruin Cali and then move because they screwed it up so much then start the same garbage in another State.
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Post by greenboolits on Sept 25, 2019 14:39:26 GMT -5
Found this today.... www.yahoo.com/news/boy-ugly-looking-thing-voracious-153647031.htmlVoracious swamp rodents have invaded parts of California, endangering the state’s water supply and threatening to destroy the habitats of other animals. The nutria, resembling something between a large rat and a beaver, can weigh up to 9kg and consume up to a quarter of that mass daily in riverbank plants. Their destructive burrowing can damage wetland habitats. “Boy, they’re an ugly-looking thing,” said David Passadori, an almond and walnut farmer in central California. “And the way they multiply – jeez.” The nutria, known elsewhere as the coypu, was thought to have been eradicated in the 1970s. It was first brought to the region from Latin America by fur traders in the 19th century. Most of the female nutria that wildlife rangers have found so far have been pregnant, and the animals can have up to three litters a year. More than 700 animals have been killed by rangers since their return was detected in 2017. One of the greatest threats posed by the nutria is to public safety, officials have said. Unchecked, they could break into the Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta in central California, which provides drinking water for some 10 million people, as well as irrigation and flood protection. “It sounds ridiculous, but these swamp rats are actually a major problem for our water infrastructure. They can cause floods by destroying irrigation canals and levees,” said Democratic state congressman Josh Harder earlier this year. Now, armed with $10m (£8m) in state funds, rangers are deploying new tactics to eradicate the nutria and try to prevent the widespread destruction they are known to cause. “Over the past two years, our best efforts were trying to not even control the population but keep it from exploding while we pursued the resources needed to actually pursue eradication,” said Valerie Cook, from the California fish and wildlife department’s eradication programme. “We haven’t had nutria in California for 50 years, so nobody really knows much about them,” Peter Tira, a department spokesman, said. “We’ve had to learn on the job as we go.”
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