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Bald Eagles are being poisoned.

One of our ADF&G wildlife Biologists here on the Island. Tried to tell me it only takes four years for A Sitka Blacktail Buck to reach Boone and Crocket class! I don't know about Whitetails, but it takes a lot longer than four years for a Sitka Blacktail to mature into a Booner!
 
Kodiak Cowboy said:
In my opinion. The Biologist's at the ADF&G. Are like Biologists in every other state I'm assuming. Some are college educated idiots. While some actually know something. Hard saying?
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We have great wildlife biologists at the Missouri Dept. of Conservation. We have no rules other than in a few specific CAs ( conservation areas) regarding lead shot. Other than the nation-wide ban on lead shot for waterfowl hunting.

I think lead does have serious effects on small animals. It's effect on humans I think has been grossly exaggerated. Not because lead poisoning isn't a thing, but because the quantities ingested by humans is minimal. Regardless of what the TV tells you, not many kids actually eat paint chips.

If we were using intelligence ( or lack of it) as a barometer then instead of Missouri being ( until very recently) the leadbelt of the US, it would be Arkansas. :ROFLMAO:

Relax Razorbacks, it was a joke.
 
Kodiak Cowboy said:
One of our ADF&G wildlife Biologists here on the Island. Tried to tell me it only takes four years for A Sitka Blacktail Buck to reach Boone and Crocket class! I don't know about Whitetails, but it takes a lot longer than four years for a Sitka Blacktail to mature into a Booner!
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Depending on conditions, 4 to 6 years for a Whitetail. They reach their prime at 8-9 years.
 
Whitetail get 170 inches in four years? Wow! I didn't know that. Then again I don't know whitetail. Sitka Blacktail also reach maximum prime at eight to nine. Never seen a Booner younger than six.
 
Kodiak Cowboy said:
Whitetail get 170 inches in four years? Wow! I didn't know that. Then again I don't know whitetail. Sitka Blacktail also reach maximum prime at eight to nine. Never seen a Booner younger than six.
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Oh I don't know about how many inches, they reach their full potential, depending on nutritional conditions, generally in 6 years. I couldn't tell you anything about B&C numbers. I do not eat antlers so I do not hunt for antlers. I've killed some big bucks with an unscoped revolver and a bow, but I let them walk on by if I have a rifle. In fact I let most of them walk on by with a bow or a pistol as well. Mean as it sounds, I prefer 2-3 year old does or yearlings ( if there are 2).
 
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