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What's killing Minnesota's moose?
Star Tribune ^ | February 9, 2010 | DOUG SMITH

Posted on 02/10/2010 4:47:54 AM PST by kingattax

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From what I’ve read Moose have a natural boom-and-bust population cycle. They have baby-boom years and birth dearth years. As waves of boomers die off the population drops until the next boom. This creates an echo effect with the timber wolf population. When there are a lot of old arthiritic moose around to prey upon they thrive. When there are few moose or they are all fast and young they struggle. They had written off the timber wolf as doomed and next thing you know they were showing up at strip malls in suburban Minneapolis.


41 posted on 02/10/2010 6:24:37 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: GranTorino

here in NY we have no limits on coyotes....I shoot them on sight as they are not in any way endangered or threatened and they do eat lots of whitetail fawns....


42 posted on 02/10/2010 6:29:34 AM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: Vaquero

We do the same in OH.
I am suprised you don’t hear Ashly Judd trying to save coyotes as well as wolves. She is such an expert on conservation. /s


43 posted on 02/10/2010 7:06:41 AM PST by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: kingattax

“’There’s more and more evidence suggesting it’s related to climate,’ Lenarz said.”

Moose manure!

Although MN DNR says the wolf population in the state is not growing, Hunters in the state say wolf mismanagement by DNR has allowed the population to ride to 7000 wolves. DNR claims the wolf population is less than 3,000.

I believe the hunters. Wolves are responsible for the decline in the elk population.

- JP


44 posted on 02/10/2010 7:12:12 AM PST by Josh Painter ("We cannot spare this woman. She fights" - David Karki, regarding Sarah Palin)
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To: ComputerGuy

LMAO, you saved me a few minutes searching for that very jpg.


45 posted on 02/10/2010 7:13:06 AM PST by Canedawg (FUBO! Just FUBO.)
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To: animal172

Its probably that darn sign on I35. (s)


46 posted on 02/10/2010 7:17:50 AM PST by beckysueb (Scott Brown is a start. Lets keep it going.)
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To: wita

The Twin Cities, the Duluth area and the Indian reservations are the liberals. The rest of Minnesota is mostly conservative and very patriotic.


47 posted on 02/10/2010 7:21:24 AM PST by beckysueb (Scott Brown is a start. Lets keep it going.)
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To: beckysueb

Don’t forget “da Range.”


48 posted on 02/10/2010 7:24:15 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: kingattax
"What's killing the Minnesota Moose?"

Boris and Natasha?

49 posted on 02/10/2010 7:29:54 AM PST by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: Charles Martel

Damn, beat me to it. You’re quick.


50 posted on 02/10/2010 7:30:42 AM PST by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: beckysueb

The Twin Cities, the Duluth area and the Indian reservations are the liberals. The rest of Minnesota is mostly conservative and very patriotic.

Sounds vaguely familiar.

However, since your flag is TN, I should ask how you know, considering the recent very close election, followed by the somewhat bogus appearing vote count that placed the “clown”, in the Senate.

I say familiar since I live “next door” in SD. Where Sioux Falls, and the Indian Reservations “enjoy” much the same liberal majority, while the rest of the state retains much of its sanity.


51 posted on 02/10/2010 8:06:57 AM PST by wita
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To: kingattax

Perhaps after decades of decadent pop-culture the moose have turned gay and stopped procreating as nature intended.


52 posted on 02/10/2010 10:21:55 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Vaquero

your right on with that one......for the dumb in government, wolves eat meat....moose goes a long way with a medium size pack..


53 posted on 02/10/2010 11:19:06 AM PST by goat granny
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To: From The Deer Stand
"There is getting to be way to many of them."
One is too many.
54 posted on 02/10/2010 1:47:45 PM PST by S.O.S121.500 (That Kenyan bastard is not my president. ENFORCE the Bill of Rights.)
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To: wita

I was born and raised in Midwestern Minnesota. My whole family still lives there. We go visit every summer. Minnesota is home.


55 posted on 02/10/2010 7:21:45 PM PST by beckysueb (Scott Brown is a start. Lets keep it going.)
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