Colorado steamrolling additional wolf imports 🐺

Welcome to 4th best day of the week besides Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

While we’re slowly inching back towards the weekend, let’s all take a minute to grab a coffee or whiskey (no judgement) and get into what this beautiful Tuesday has to offer.

Here's what's worth reading about so far this week:

• No brakes - Colorado hits the accelerator on wolf imports 🐺

• China’s pig problem - They’ve got a sh*tload of hogs and just as many headaches 🐗

• No land for you - Supreme Court smacks down Utah land grab suit 👋

• Unfortunate incident - 20-year-old duck hunter pleads guilty to accidentally killing his buddy 🙏

• Two bulls, one arrow - Watch as one bowhunter has a decision to make 🤨

NO BRAKES
COLORADO IS WASTING NO TIME IN IMPORTING WOLVES FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA

Despite being handed a hefty bill from a select few ranchers last week, Colorado officials continue to double down on wolves. After finding a new suitor and supplier of wolves, Colorado wildlife officers have already begun the process of capturing wolves north of the border and getting them ready for importation.

Following the denial of a petition and the ranchers demands for over $580,000 worth of damages, Colorado’s wildlife commission is planning on releasing their newfound wolves along the state’s Western Slope. The agreement that has since been solidified with the western Canadian province allows for the capture of up to 15 of British Columbia’s estimated 11,000-plus wolves.

Colorado livestock growers continue to grow weary of the state’s insatiable appetite for additional wolves, despite not being able to handle the ones previously released…

🐗 Turns out there’s one thing that we can agree with China on and that is that wild boars are a pain in the a*s. After adding wild boars to the country’s national protection list back in 2000, China officials are  suddenly regretting that decision.  With attacks on humans becoming more prevalent, property damage and hogs wreaking havoc in public areas such as busy streets and even hotels, the government is reviewing their options. When hogs were first placed under federal protection, there were 10,000-or-so boars in the wild. Since then, that number has ballooned to over 2 million and now the government is turning to bounty hunters to help keep them in check.

As part of a pilot program, a nationwide cull has since been announced, but because it’s China, there’s a catch. Hunters pursuing the wild pigs do so without guns or any poison - instead, they have to do it the old fashioned way - using a combination of thermal drones, dogs and spears to get the job done.

While we all believe some American ingenuity (read: high-powered projectiles) might just be the solution to the problem, it sounds as though the government might too be coming around to the idea. According to reports, China’s top forestry authority has said it is working to “optimize firearms and ammunition management” to “facilitate professional hunting.”

👊 U.S. Supreme Court denies Utah in potential public land grab suit. In what many labelled as a land grab lawsuit, the country’s highest court announced yesterday that it has denied to hear the case of Utah v. United States.

The statement is the result of a petition filed back in August for the court to hear a case that argued for the transfer of 18.5 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to state ownership. Referring to the chunk of land as "unappropriated", many believed the case had the potential to put all 640 million acres of public lands, National Forests and Parks at risk.

“TRCP joins hunters, anglers, and all Americans who enjoy our nation’s legacy of public lands in thanking the Supreme Court for refusing to hear this case,” said Joel Webster, Chief Conservation Officer for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. “There are challenges to managing millions of acres of federal public lands, and collaboration is the best way to resolve differences. We encourage lawmakers and others to roll up their sleeves and work together to ensure that public lands are managed for the benefit of all Americans.”

🙏 Duck hunter pleads guilty to unintentionally killing his friend on hunting trip. Wyoming duck hunter and college student Gaige Zook, 20, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a case surrounding an unfortunate incident that took place nearly a year ago.

Hunting with the victim and another friend in a duck blind along the shore of the North Platte River, Zook’s gun had a misfire and when he took it to inspect it, the gun went off and struck his hunting partner Maurizio Dadin, 19, and killed him. Zook was charged with Involuntary manslaughter, which can come with a 20-year prison sentence. But given the accidental nature of the incident, Zook’s plea agreement asks Goshen County District Court Judge Edward Buchanan to consider sentencing Zook under a 301 deferral. Under Wyoming law, a person who has never been convicted of a felony before can have a case “deferred.” Those sentenced under this provision will complete a term of probation; and if they’re successful with probation, can end up with no felony entered against them.

It’s a long shot, but one that Zook’s attorney has argued should be considered given that the shooting was a horrific, split-second accident and not the result of reckless conduct.

1. Human emotions all have value and you can learn from them. Except jealousy. That shit’s a waste of time.

2. Skip the whole process of setting goals. Instead, set sacrifices. What’s the pound of flesh you’re willing to give to get what you want?

3. The fish that gets away always looks bigger than it actually is.

4. There would be no verse in the Bible about being weary in well doing if there wasn’t a natural weariness in doing well. 🙏

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🏹 You’re on your first elk bow hunt and then this happens.  I know, I know, most of you are thinking about the bowhunter.

But what about the elk?

Imagine duking it out for the hand of the fairest cow in all the land and you’re just about to put your opponent on the ground and finally get some and some asshole sticks you with an arrow. Then, you bleed out on the ground and watch in agony as the dude you almost annihilated struts off with your girl…it’s a heartbreaking tale.

But seriously, this bowhunter is shook…

Oh, and one more thing…