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[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

Every year, hunters and anglers quietly fund wildlife conservation in America through licenses, stamps, and equipment taxes.

Most people have no idea how much of the country’s conservation system exists because of them.

[Mark @markhalex]

@naturallight 3720 #NattyStash #Contest

[Voyageurs Wolf Project @VoyaWolfProject]

Absolutely incredible trail camera capture of a coyote attacking a beaver in Connecticut.

You might be wondering: “You study wolves in Minnesota, why are you posting this video from Connecticut?”

The reason is because this footage illustrates why beavers are important prey for wolves in many forested areas but not coyotes…even though coyotes inhabit many areas with quite a few beavers.

Why is that?

The coyote tries for several minutes to kill this beaver but the beaver ultimately escapes. Unfortunately, the video was not captured on video but the beaver with his bloodied tail is on the trail only an hour after being attacked.

Ultimately, this beaver is almost as large as the coyote and the coyote struggles to really move the beaver at will because of the beaver's size and strength.

The coyote bites the beaver's tail repeatedly but virtually never lands a blow to the beaver's muscular body.  Coyotes, unlike wolves, simply do not have the strength and size to routinely kill beavers, especially large adult beavers.

Wolves, on the other hand, not only have the strength to yank beavers around but they also have the bite strength to grab the beavers body and deliver crushing blows.

Killing beavers is harder than it seems because beavers have no obvious neck or easy place for a predator to latch one. They are just one large furry football-shaped hunk of muscle, which complicate the logistics of killing them with one’s mouth, especially for smaller predators like coyotes.

Of course, coyotes and other small predators do occasionally kill beavers, especially smaller beavers, but it is not a common occurrence, and there is little evidence that beavers constitute a large portion of coyote diets.

We want to extend our sincere thanks to the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy in Connecticut for reaching out to us and sharing this incredible footage they captured. And big thanks to them for letting us share the footage with everyone here. Capturing an encounter like this on video is one in a million!

[Senator John Boozman @JohnBoozman]

For generations, Ozark National Forest has been a place where Arkansans and visitors alike can experience the rugged beauty of The Natural State. On the anniversary of its establishment, we celebrate the landscapes that make Arkansas special.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Iran targets data center facilities operated by Microsoft in drone strikes: FT

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[Arkansas Game and Fish Commission @ARGameandFish]

AGFC is conducting a survey of proposed hunting, fishing and conservation regulations, and we'd like your input before the Commission votes on the proposals. Complete the survey by midnight March 6 to have your voice heard.
Survey ➤ https://t.co/NM850LlVC5

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

Two centuries of Colorado’s rich hunting and trapping history is under attack by pronoun animal rights extremists, a DC NGO, and all the out of state money that comes with those things. Please help me spread the word as the Commission meets tomorrow and this needs your public comment.

Pay attention to this, it’s what NGOs do to erode hunting and fishing access in states with friendly leadership, as Governor Polis has shown himself to be. Utah, Idaho, Montana, these same activists (and their shadowy networks of high net worth donors that include Swiss Billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, the Sandler Foundation, and others) are coming to stress test your wildlife institutions next and erode the traditional steward roles played by hunters and trappers that go back centuries.

Mountain men like Kit Carson and Jim Bridger made some of the first maps of CO’s passes, rivers, and trails while hunting and trapping. It’s part of what established the state and the broader intermountain West region. Trapping is a core part of our heritage and history.

Now, animal rights extremist Samantha Miller (she/her) of the Center for Biological Diversity, an NGO that exists to impose the will of DC, high net worth donors, and coastal elites on rural American communities seeks to destroy the ability of trappers to sell their pelts.

Trapping seasons of furbears, particularly in the Mountain West, are informed by extremely rigorous science data underpinning the season that includes population monitoring, harvest data, and so on. Trapping prevents over abundance that could lead to disease, habitat disturbance, or starvation. Trapping also diminishes human wildlife conflict, allowing people to live side by side with immense wildlife populations. These conflicts are resolved at almost no cost to taxpayers.

There’s absolutely zero data that the few pelts sold each year drive harvest levels of predators. There’s zero evidence that furbear populations are suffering because of the small trapping related sales of pelts.

Instead, this is a DC NGO seeing whether it’s possible to come in and dictate fish and wildlife policy in a state that it sees as malleable to the whims of its high net worth donors. The state fish and wildlife agency (CPW) is against the ban on fur sales, but the NGO and its parade of well connected donors activists have pushed this all the way through to the Commission, stacked with Jared Polis’ animal rights extremist pals, which will hear public comment on this issue tomorrow.

[Mark @markhalex]

@BuschBeer #BuschDashForCash #Sweepstakes

[Mark @markhalex]

@CaliforniaDFW 👍 How did you "capture" it? Foothold trap, cage trap, snare, tranquilizer gun, explosive net, details please!

[Krak @Krak]

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[Mark @markhalex]

@eastmans @BakerBLeavitt 🎯

[Mark @markhalex]

@MeatEaterTV "Wait til he stands up to pee then lets sneeze and take off running" 🤡

[Mark @markhalex]

@HunterNation

[Mark @markhalex]

Great info for northwest and west-central Arkansas deer hunters, a peek behind the scenes of what's been going on with CWD research.

[MeatEater @MeatEaterTV]

If you're not worried about Chronic Wasting Disease, you wouldn't think twice about indulging in a burger made from CWD-infected venison...right?

Check out today's podcast all about the current state of CWD and much more: https://t.co/Su8Vd6PP5j

[Mark @markhalex]

@USFWS Watched it for real roofing my barn one evening. Roadrunner spotted 2ft long snake from over 30yds, zeroed right in on it, snatched it, beat it against driveway rocks til dead, and ate it. South-central US.

[Mark @markhalex]

@eastmans Left cause I ain't waiting for the right to turn