Good article Fabs, reminds me of another that I read a couple of years ago about pipeline techs being stalked by groups of wolves as well up in Alaska.
I also agree about the access of hunting property being the biggest threat to the hunting way of life for future generations. In Iliinois, public property is being closed off to hunters because the state DNR has been sold off by the beaurocrats in power and private property is being increasingly sold to either outfitters or land leases.
I have been privilidged to have had the opportunity to hunt on private property for the past several years and I have savored each and every hunt knowing full well that it could be my last on this land. Nothing lasts foever and when I am relegated to hunting public grounds once again, I will, reluctantly and with new tactics but will fondly recall the days of the quiet woods to myself.
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