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Cooney's Corner<br />
Some Get It<br />
Some state agencies get it, but others adopt laws designed to protect<br />
non-game species while leaving hunters high and dry.<br />
lucid Cooney<br />
W<br />
olves are tie-finitely<br />
the poster critter<br />
for some really<br />
weinl folks, atxl if >xxi don't<br />
believe nx-. go to tlx- Web<br />
sites and check out tlxcomnx-nts.<br />
I*>tb gtxxl and<br />
hod. on ldiho's first legal<br />
wolf hunting season. Ixx>k<br />
especially at those directed at<br />
Robert Milage, tlx- klalx><br />
hunter who took tlx- first wolf<br />
on this hunt—scxix- really<br />
out-of-touch-with-reality comments<br />
made by yo-yo's olxiously<br />
a few Ixxks slxxt of a<br />
full load. Makes it a Ixt easier<br />
to understand w hy we're luving<br />
inxilik-s in vkk-<br />
for the- confidential*)' of<br />
certain game aixl fish records<br />
aixl to ixohibii tlx- Itaraxv<br />
nx-nt. intmikbiKwi, and threats<br />
to tlx- lawful taking and control<br />
of fish and w ildlife. At<br />
pa-sent it kxiks like there is<br />
link- resistance among klaho<br />
legislators lo passing this bill.<br />
Obviously kLilxi is one of tlxstates<br />
that seem to get it.<br />
Then there's California, ilxland<br />
of fruits and nuts, and<br />
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lllustraiion by Chris Armstrong<br />
not all of them growing on<br />
trees and bushes.<br />
California's Litest venture<br />
inio tlx- wotkl of anti-fem Ls<br />
trying close a huge chunk of<br />
tlx- Mojave Natkxul Preserve<br />
to hunting atxl slxxXing in<br />
tlx- guise of protecting<br />
California's official state reptile.<br />
tlx- desert tortoise. The<br />
Center for llkikigical Diversity<br />
(CUD), in concert witli tlx-<br />
Sk-na Club aixl a Ixw ol'<br />
otlx-r anti-hunting groups. is<br />
using a kit of pseudo-science<br />
mumlx>-jumlx> to try aixl<br />
stop small ganx- aixl varmint<br />
hunting altogether and<br />
severely restrict game Ixid,<br />
deer, atxl Ixghorn sheep<br />
hunting, suiting that hunters<br />
are a major reason for tlxdecline<br />
in tortoise popublions.<br />
Ilx- 20->ear studies
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