Wildlife & Related

[Irving]

I suppose now you're going to tell us they're bison not buffalo.

I could, but that seems more douchy know-it-all, as opposed to the fun fact vibe I was going for.

[Mtneer]

Also, mountain goats aren't goats.

They aren't native to CO either, another introduced species screwing up the place.

[Irving]

Like Rainbow Trout?

[buffalobo]

So what are the goats and trout screwing up?

[Irving]

I was using trout as an example of a non-native species that many people would assume is native, no weigh in on the other part. However, I can't think of a way that mountain goats are screwing anything up. Don't they have a pretty small population? Unless he means putting more resections on domestic grazing or something.

[buffalobo]

Been here 50+ yrs, much of it outside in "wilderness" settings. I don't remember anyone arguing against goats being here.

Not sure who the goats might be displacing or harming when they are 300 hundred feet up the canyon walls in Ladore Canyon.

[Irving]

Now that I think of it, when I'm thinking of conflicting with domestic grazing, that's with big Horn sheep. I'm also curious what conflicts mountain goats are causing.

[Gman]

Mountain goats can trigger rock falls. Those bastard not-goats.

[Irving]

You spend months hunting and not seeing anything. Only to go in someone's yard to have it full of bucks you wouldn't pass up on your first day of the season.

[TRnCO]

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