Find papers discussed in completed episodes here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EytbWQ1NieajqUTuBUjhaEe_AOzTzaJ7?usp=sharing

Current Events:

-          Join the Florida Chapters of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and American Daughters of Conservation for small game hunt at Upper Hillsborough WMA on February 16th. More details and RSVPs can be found at: https://www.backcountryhunters.org/small_game_hunt_with_fl_bha_upper_hillsborough_wma

-          Submit your public comment about the potential Florida Bear Hunt by emailing: BEARCOMMENTS@myFWC.com

-          Join Mark and the rest of the Florida Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers board at the Tallahassee Pint Night at Proof Brewing at the Student Union location on February 26th. This pint night occurs after day 1 of the FWC Commission Meeting hosted in the same building: LINK COMIN SOON

In this episode, we dive deep into wildlife science on the Colorado’s Mountain Lion populations. This is a controversial and timely topic as Proposition 127 was NOT PASSED, which attempted to take wildlife managing power away from Colorado Parks and Wildlife by creating a legislative ban. Anti-hunting environmentalists have not taken this loss with grace as they continue to attempt to ban big cat hunting with targeted and misleading propaganda. In light of this misleading information, it is important to remember that wildlife management should depend on science, now emotion, so here is a deep dive into some science! This paper “Effects of hunting on a Puma population in Colorado” published in Wildlife Monographs by Kenneth Logan and Jonathan Runge in 2020, was able to implement a 5 year hiatus on hunting in the Uncompahgre Plateau unit to assess how hunting pressure impacts population dynamics, age structure, and distribution of Puma concolor (mountain lions).

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