Hunting exam 2 Flashcards
Animal Welfare vs Rights
W: Concerned with the ethical treatment of animals
R: Animals are on the same wavelength and humans should not hunt or use them at all
PETA & HSUS
Animal Rights Organizations
trophy hunting misconceptions
waste of meat, hunting extinct animals, rich elitists, hunting just to mount on a wall
what is trophy hunting?
hunting because an animal has a desirable characteristic
what is a trophy?
memento of the hunt, preserves animal beauty.
IUCN
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
chamois subspecies/species
11 including the American Mountain Goat
ibex species/subspecies
14
tur species/subspecies
Dagestan, Kuban, and mid Caucasian
3 species of markhor
Bukharan, Astor, Kashmir
GSCO
Grand slam club Ovis
species in the Capra world slam
chamois, tahr, ibex, tur, markhor. (goats)
species in the Ovis world slam
sheep
North American sheep
bighorn, snow sheep, argali, blue sheep, mouflon, urial and tur
does predator management always work?
not unless it is done intensively
4 conditions of effective predator management
4 basic needs of animals
food, water, habitat, and space
what percentage of north American animals are hunted?
11%
What makes a game animal a game animal?
they have desirable characteristics
R selected VS K selected. Can both be hunted?
R: Low survival w/ high reproduction
K: High survival w/low reproduction
extinct species due to regulated hunting?
laughing owl, passenger pigeon
what is carrying capacity?
the maximum size of a population that can be withstanded in an environment
what is a harvestable surplus? what mechanism produces it?
when a species produces more young than can survive to the following year.
why do animal populations not grow exponentially?
predation ensures that not every animal capable of reproducing will do so
what are the parameters of a population that decide whether it will increase or decrease?
predation, food, water sources
What is fish and wildlife management?
Application of scientific and technical
principles to fish/wildlife populations and habitats to obtain a desired outcome.
3 ways we actually MANAGE wildlife
Manage populations, manage habitat and manage humans
what is habitat management
providing animals with what they need, so they can use it effectively
compensatory VS additive harvest mortality
C: Harvesting ones that would have died anyway
A: Harvesting animals in addition to the ones that die from natural cause.
what is a non native species
a species living outside of its native distributional range
reasons we have non native species
usually for the benefit of humans. lots of food plants are not native to the US.
3 bad non native species
wild pigs, carp, fire ants, and cogongrass
3 good non native species
basically all food plants and honeybees
common problems of introducing non native species
habitat altercations, loss of biodiversity, disease, predation on native species and competition with native wildlife
how are translocations of animals used in wildlife management?
They can help manage populations as well as habitats
has there ever been a sustained population through the release of pen reared birds
yes there has, in a 1995 study in alabama
why would someone high fence?
to keep animals in, but keep others out
pros of high fencing?
closed population, which allows for better management of select animals
cons of high fencing?
not considered fair chase and cannot be entered into record books
what are some current issues with high fencing?
conflicts with trust doctrine, unethical, and gives hunting a bad rep to the public. Similar to hunting in a big petting zoo
who is Sean Finley?
hunting expert
Where does Sean work?
signature lodge
Why did Sean come talk to the class?
to describe how the pheasent hunting operation works
