I received this press release this morning. You are welcome to go and read the entire article. I wish to highlight some of the more revealing facts and comments made that will help us all to better understand the deranged mentality of extreme members of these groups and exposing them as to what they really are – terrorists!

This is a statement made by the FBI.

In May 2005, John Lewis, FBI deputy assistant director and top official in charge of domestic terrorism, stated, “The number one domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement. These groups have a history of disregarding personal and civil rights of citizens in attempts to further their agenda.”

We then are told that the animal rights groups themselves reveal that there is a conspiracy.

Reliable sources within the animal rights (AR) community report that some extremist elements within their organizations are involved in a conspiracy to report false sightings of large cats such as lions, tigers, and leopards.

The press release then goes on to tell of several instances of false reports filed in order for these groups to draw attention to their cause. Evidence also shows that members of these animal rights groups are actually acquiring animals, sometimes exotic ones, for the purpose of releasing them or even killing the animals themselves and dropping them at key locations to appear as though other people are abusing animals.

Cook said the evidence points to the cats having been acquired by animal rights fanatics and set free to be “discovered”.

Participants in the animal rights “false sightings scheme” are encouraged to enlist friends and relatives in filing false reports to lend credibility with numerous eyewitnesses. Additionally, the groups are counseled to call reports when law enforcement staffing is at lower levels, such as Sundays and on holidays.

Marcus Cook, director of the Feline Conservation Federation, says we mustn’t allow these terrorists to get the upper hand.

Cook advises not to let fanatics succeed in enveloping America in a cloud of fear. “We have to continue to live our lives and use our power of reason and our superior intellect to outwit the extreme left-wing AR agenda.”

Speaking for the Feline Conservation Federation, Cook stated, “If American citizens use terror tactics against their own people, it is imperative that we make certain that no matter what their objective, they do not achieve it through these means.”

Tom Remington

The Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife has hired teams of sharpshooters to cull the deer herd for purposes of scientific study says director Patrick Emory. The culling began on Tuesday night. The teams of sharpshooters are operating at night and DFW hopes to collect 450 does, most of which will be carrying fawns, to help biologists better understand how to manage the deer herd, according to Emory.

The corpses will be analyzed for such things as age-specific reproduction rates, sex ratio of fawns, length of breeding season, and the age structure of the doe population.

Deer hunters are objectionable about the idea of spending tax dollars to cull the herd. They wanted an opportunity to do it. Last fall, DFW asked hunters to donate doe corpses to the study and officials only collected 144.

I seldom criticize wildlife biologists for the simple reason that I know they are a lot more educated than I when it comes to understanding the scientific make-up of animals. What I know comes from experience in the field but I may a better business person than a wildlife expert. There is an aspect of this deer culling event that leaves me wondering if it’s a wise expenditure of taxpayer’s money. If it is, I’m changing professions.

Emory, the director of DFW, in an interview with Newszap.com, said that on the first night out, Tuesday, two teams of sharpshooters bagged 6 deer – yeah, 6. What I don’t know is how many sharpshooters were positioned for the harvest but 6 deer is what they took and they want to cull 450 over a 4 or 5 night hunt. Wow!

Oh, but there’s more. It costs taxpayers about $2,000 per night per sharpshooter team employed. In case you are math illiterate, that’s $4,000 for Tuesday night’s hunt in which sharpshooters bagged 6 deer – in the dark. That places a value of $666.66 on each doe killed. Emory didn’t know how many deer had been taken on Wednesday night. Hopefully it was about 200, to get them caught up with goal quotas.

Emory did say that because of the small number of deer taken, they were beginning to rethink their goals. He said he wasn’t sure if they would just use what deer they had and come up with the best data possible or can the entire operation until a better plan is put in place.

One thing is for sure, spending $4,000 a night to kill 6 deer is ridiculous, considering the fact that the sharpshooting company, or whatever they are, doesn’t have to completely process the deer. In other words, I would assume that they would have to dress the deer and take care of entrails and turn the carcass over to the state.

Often times, sharpshooters hired by cities to cull local deer populations have to take care of everything, including the cost of processing the meat. As I said earlier, I might need to consider changing jobs.

Tom Remington

I don’t think Tina Turner was singing about wild turkeys when she sang that song a few years ago but love is in the air in Maine and the tom turkeys are doing dumb things – like the males of every species seem to do when they get a bit twitterpated.

Maine’s wild turkey population is estimated at around 20,000 birds. That’s double the population from just 6 years ago and to go along with it, turkey permits issued to hunters last year jumped up to 23,951 compared to 4,000 issued five years prior.

With the growing population of the wild turkeys and the fact that now we are headed into the mating season, watch out for them gobblers on the highways and byways of Maine and other states. In Maine there has already been 3 turkey-vehicle collisions this week and I don’t mean the turkeys from Massachussets either.

It’s not always easy to get a turkey to fly but they will and when they have hens on the brain, no telling when, where, and how they’ll fly. One report on the Maine Turnpike said that a driver ran into an in-flight turkey that went through his windshield, landed on the front seat and got up and waddled out the back door of the car – no doubt still looking for that hen.

There’s always good in everything and this is a sign that when the turkey season opens in May, them tomfoolery masters will being trying to convince one big tom it’s time to tango – if the mating season doesn’t come and go by then.

So keep your eyes out for turkeys in love and get practiced up on those turkey calls. You may need them in a few weeks.

Tom Remington

Eleven-year veteran of the Maine Warden Service was promoted to Captain recently. Joel Wilkinson of Greenville had just recently been promoted to Sergeant. Congratulations to Mr. Wilkinson.

A Chugiak, Alaska man has been charges with cruelty to animals and the illegal discharge of a weapon, when he shot at a moose that was lounging around in the man’s backyard. He shot the moose in the nose with a .44 caliber handgun. The man told officials he was trying to put the moose out of its misery because it looked like the moose was sick.

Authorities arrived at the scene after neighbors called to report that they had heard several gunshots. They followed a blood trail until they located the moose which seemed to be fine. Officials said that other than a bloody nose, the moose looked healthy. They left the moose alone believing it would be just fine.

It’s a good thing they don’t shoot people who might need to be put out of our misery.

Tom Remington

In a move that is being applauded by goose hunters statewide, Illinois is considering ending its multi-year long quota system for goose hunting. It is hopeful that a plan can be put in place and approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the next season.

The present quota system is set up so that officials predetermine how many geese they will allow to be harvested. When those numbers have been reached, the season is shut down immediately. This of course causes many problems with hunters, some being those who may not have a chance to get out and hunt until later in the season may miss out if quotas are filled. Another difficulty is guides and outfitters trying to schedule hunts not knowing if and when the season may end.

With a new plan, a goose hunting season would be established like the duck season – an opening day and a closing day. Hunters like that idea.

Tom Remington

A motorist traveling along Interstate 90, near the Black Hills National Cementery, found a large canine animal lying dead in the median. He turned it over to state Game, Fish and Parks personnel. They have since turned it over to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for DNA testing for two reasons. One is to first determine if it’s a wolf and secondly, if so, try to determine where it came from.

Wolves are native to South Dakota but are not readily seen or reported there. Occasionaly officials get reports of sightings but the last official confirmed sighting was in Harding County in 2001. The animals may stray into the area from surrounding states like Montana, Wyoming and Minnesota.

The dead animal carcass found on the Interstate was male, weighing 113 pounds and had many of the classic signs of being a wolf. Tests should confirm or disprove.

Tom Remington

In the early 1980s, lice were found on wolves in the Kenai region of Alaska. Today nearly every wolf in that area is infested with the lice. The lice, believed to have been contracted from sled dogs, gets into the fur and skin of the animal and causes irritation. The wolves dig, itch, scratch and rub, sometimes causing the fur to be rubbed off to the bare skin, making the pelts useless to trappers.

Officials didn’t believe the lice would be present on wolves living further inland beyond the Alaska range because of the severe cold – not true. The problem now facing wildlife management personnel is can they manage this problem? Many feel it is a waste of time as what efforts they have expended since its discovery in the 80s has proven to be negligible.

Tom Remington

April begins the archery spring bear hunting season in Wyoming and officials are reminding hunters that they need to register their baiting sites. To register a site, you must have a valid bear hunting license. For the period now through the end of this month, any previous baiting site can be registered at the Game and Fish office nearest your hunting area. After April 3, any new baiting sites can be registered.

Officials remind hunters also that they should stop by their nearest Game and Fish office and pick up a copy of the 2006 bear hunting rules and regulations.

Tom Remington

Rodney Bruce, owner of Whitetail Bluff, won a small battle in court with Judge H. Lloyd Whitis, ruling that Bruce’s business can continue to operate at least until the lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Natural Resources plays out.

The ruling comes after a lawsuit was filed by Bruce against the DNR. Last year the DNR announced, after giving some hunting preserves permits to open, that it was making high-fenced hunting preserves illegal and that they would force existing businesses to shut down.

Attempts by the legislature to amend a bill to phase out the closings or to offer compensation to the business owers, all failed.

The ruling is a temporary order that allows Bruce and others, about a dozen, to stay in business while the lawsuit runs its course. It could take better than a year to do this. Some believe the case will never see the courtroom, that a settlement will come first.

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Tom Remington

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While fishing and going out to do bow and arrow hunting might not be as important as the hunting that some peoples did in the past, you can still make hunting and fishing a big part of your life and your culture with your family and friends.