got my lynx mount back from last fall... Confirmed Chicken Killer

[c-fbmi]

CV32......I was somewhat overstated and it was intentional. You are correct that when we take the responsibility of managing even one species of game it becomes encumbant on us to manage it all. I'm just tired of people who think wolves are such noble animals and we shouldn't shoot them, and yet those same people may take upwards of 100 ungulates in a lifetime. If every hunter in the Yukon adopted my attitude we still would hardly put a dent in the wolf population here, we just don't see that many as they are mostly nocturnal.
I don't blame wolves for being wolves and doing what they do, but I really wish more people would shoot some as they are a real problem, at least up here.
Anyone who thinks wolves are noble beasts, and we should have more around should check out the situation in Yellowstone Park since the reintroduction of wolves. The ungulate population has been decimated and they are moving out and killing livestock on the surrounding ranches, it's a completely out of control train wreck down there and the park and surrounding ranches are overrun with wolves..........no checks and balances.

 

[blasted_saber]

My comment was not meant to judge anybody, just my point of view. I personally don't kill, unless I eat it ..or it intends to eat me ..or it harms my property (yes!) or the environment. I kill Coyotes but not wolves..... While I respect the OP's decision, I personally would have tried to trap this animal, specially given the fact that he had a routine.

By the way, "my property" is a hunt camp, where half a dozen deer and moose are harvested every year by yours truly and friends. A tree hugging Toronto vegetarian?.....I think not. Just trying to differentiate between hunting and killing animals. Regards

Apparently you've never seena lynx before. Live trap? Good luck with that. its not going to go in your Canadian Tire live trap. If you did manage to actually live trap in something good luck releasing it without it clawing your face apart. This isnt a house cat, this is fairly large, very fast, very strong wild animal.

 

[CoonT]

All relative, I suppose. Living in sub-rural Ottawa, I have never even seen one in the flesh; so I share the "too bad" sentiment. Yet I have no problem with the last coop-raiding raccoon I crossbowed, or with being about to buy my first 10/22 (where the heck are they in stock though??), to deal with my new neighbor ie. duck-nabbing fox.

I don't agree with live-trapping, which amounts to just "passing off" your problem to someone else, but I do know that cooped birds with a mesh roof on their run, can't fly over the fence..

My comment was not meant to judge anybody, just my point of view. I personally don't kill, unless I eat it ..or it intends to eat me ..or it harms my property (yes!) or the environment. I kill Coyotes but not wolves..... While I respect the OP's decision, I personally would have tried to trap this animal, specially given the fact that he had a routine.

By the way, "my property" is a hunt camp, where half a dozen deer and moose are harvested every year by yours truly and friends. A tree hugging Toronto vegetarian?.....I think not. Just trying to differentiate between hunting and killing animals. Regards

 

[bellero]

Nice mounts NWO, I especially like the red fox.

Next time you have one of these on your hand try live catch. I will take it off your hand and release it on my property.

I'm sure you know this already, but relocating wildlife is illegal unless it's done by the MNR.

 

[broadhead67]

I think if you had added this to your original post it might have saved a few rants, guess were all a bit over reactive to any implied attack on what all love to do,including yourself. I can see your point about wishing there were more around I have always liked the linx as well ,I personaly feel the same way about wolverines,wish people didn't have to shoot them but dam they can be destructive to dam near anything in their path ! Always thought it was pretty cool that we as the so called ' animal killers" are the #1 conservationists as well.

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My comment was not meant to judge anybody, just my point of view. I personally don't kill, unless I eat it ..or it intends to eat me ..or it harms my property (yes!) or the environment. I kill Coyotes but not wolves..... While I respect the OP's decision, I personally would have tried to trap this animal, specially given the fact that he had a routine.

By the way, "my property" is a hunt camp, where half a dozen deer and moose are harvested every year by yours truly and friends. A tree hugging Toronto vegetarian?.....I think not. Just trying to differentiate between hunting and killing animals. Regards

 

[blasted_saber]

I think if you had added this to your original post it might have saved a few rants, guess were all a bit over reactive to any implied attack on what all love to do,including yourself. I can see your point about wishing there were more around I have always liked the linx as well ,I personaly feel the same way about wolverines,wish people didn't have to shoot them but dam they can be destructive to dam near anything in their path ! Always thought it was pretty cool that we as the so called ' animal killers" are the #1 conservationists as well.

[/I]

His second post does nothing to excuse the ignorance of chastising someone for killing a nuisance predator which is eating his chickens. His horse is high, apparently.

 

[CV32]

CV32......I was somewhat overstated and it was intentional. You are correct that when we take the responsibility of managing even one species of game it becomes encumbant on us to manage it all. I'm just tired of people who think wolves are such noble animals and we shouldn't shoot them, and yet those same people may take upwards of 100 ungulates in a lifetime. If every hunter in the Yukon adopted my attitude we still would hardly put a dent in the wolf population here, we just don't see that many as they are mostly nocturnal. I don't blame wolves for being wolves and doing what they do, but I really wish more people would shoot some as they are a real problem, at least up here. Anyone who thinks wolves are noble beasts, and we should have more around should check out the situation in Yellowstone Park since the reintroduction of wolves. The ungulate population has been decimated and they are moving out and killing livestock on the surrounding ranches, it's a completely out of control train wreck down there and the park and surrounding ranches are overrun with wolves..........no checks and balances.

I can appreciate that. People who believe we should ignore a variable like predators (like wolves) in the wildlife management equation shouldn't be surprised when the math doesn't work out at the end of that equation.

 

[jaydog]

Apparently you've never seena lynx before. Live trap? Good luck with that. its not going to go in your Canadian Tire live trap. If you did manage to actually live trap in something good luck releasing it without it clawing your face apart. This isnt a house cat, this is fairly large, very fast, very strong wild animal.

While not exactly easy, live trapping lynx isn't as hard as you think. Releasing them without looking like you jumped in a washing machine full of razor blades isn't too bad either. Done it to quite a few over the years and its a big part of my admiration for them as a creature. That admiration doesn't stop me from thinking the OP's mount is a good idea though.....

 

[Alberta Bigbore]

Nice mount!! Congrats!!

 

[jaydog]

We had a mounted lynx when I was a kid and the dog ate the leg off it one night. Had to wait until the next winter to trap a lynx to get the leg repaired. Amazingly you couldn't even tell after!