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Mule Deer, Desert Bighorn and Quail

Mule Deer, Desert Bighorn and Quail

Here are two videos which show the interaction and mutual dependence of wild species. In this case, large herbivores and desert quail. Many species of animals – big and small – are coming to water, alfalfa and salt. These include the deer and sheep shown in the videos… …and cattle, aoudad, burros,

Invasive Species Eradications: "The Rest of the Story"

"Invasion Biology"

Invasive Species Eradications: "The Rest of the Story"

If you have bought into Big Wildlife’s ‘invasive species crisis,’ and believe that eradicating and poisoning of ‘invasive’ species of plants and wild animals are based on science, or benefit ecosystems including wildlife and habitat, you need to hear “The Rest of the Story.” David I. Theodoropoulos directs the

Circle Ranch Game Cameras: May 2014

"Invasion Biology"

Circle Ranch Game Cameras: May 2014

“Competition” or Cooperation? Here are links to some great pictures of many species sharing water and habitat at the Circle Ranch. Several of the species photographed such as the aoudad and bighorn pictured above, are said by game ‘managers’ to be incompatible. ‘Exotics’, these ‘experts’ say, harm bighorn, deer, pronghorn,

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Circle Ranch Game Cameras: March 15, 2014

Here are links to some great pictures of many species sharing water and habitat at the Circle Ranch. Several, like aoudad and bighorn, are thought to be hostile to each other, and incompatible: That belief is wrong, as these photos show. Diablo Peak: Sheep Tank: Tres Papalotes: Bezos Fenceline: Oncie

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"Invasion Biology"

Bad News for Range and Wildlife Science: An “F” Grade for America’s Elite Colleges

American Council of Trustees and Alumni vice president of policy Michael Poliakoff on the state of the country’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges. NOTE: this originally appeared on WSJ Live Online on 1/28/2014 America’s Colleges Flunk Out If we wonder why our wildlife management practices have

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Mountain Wildlife - February 2014

The Circle Ranch contains the southeast corner of the Sierra Diablo Mountains. These rise 2,500-feet from the floor of the Chihuahuan Desert to an elevation of 6,500-feet. Here are photos of pronghorn, bighorn and mule deer in the high elevations. These were taken in February, 2014. A buck

Aoudad, The Bogus Boogeyman

"Invasion Biology"

Aoudad, The Bogus Boogeyman

Eradication Science or Eradication Snake Oil? This piece asks common sense questions about the increasing use of wild animal eradication as a primary conservation tool, and about the foundations on which these practices rest: Why have eradications become so prevalent? Do eradications advance conservation? Are eradications based on science or

Regarding Holechek and Briske, and Rebuttals by Teague, Gill & Savory

Animal Development

Regarding Holechek and Briske, and Rebuttals by Teague, Gill & Savory

Correcting Misconceptions about the Supposed Discrediting of Savory’s Approach By Seth J. Itzkan Planet-TECH Associates Somerville, MA. 02144 www.planet-tech.com seth.@planet-tech.com June 2011. Updated May, 2013 Abstract This paper investigates the grazing management assessment reports authored by Briske (2008), and Holechek (2000) in light of their

Circle Ranch - Cows and Bighorn Sheep

Cows And Desert Bighorn Sheep

The desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) is one of the four subspecies of desert bighorn sheep that occur in North America. The desert bighorn is named for the American naturalist, Edward William Nelson and is found in the desert Southwest and Northern Mexico. Experts today say that prior to

Texas Bighorn Society Funds Aerial Gunning of "Exotics" - Potentially Including Elk

Texas Bighorn Society Funds Aerial Gunning of "Exotics" - Potentially Including Elk

It is hard to believe that an organization committed to Fair Chase hunting, wide-scale habitat improvement and restoration of large game animal diversity would in any way associate itself with the eradication of elk, an indigenous game species. But that is the reality of the actions of the Texas Bighorn

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Mountain Lion in Red Mountain Pasture, June 20, 2010

“The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant, “What good is it?” If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something

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Big Bend Ranch Bighorn Releases: Science, Financial Responsibility, and Ethics

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West Texas Desert Bighorn, July 9, 2010

Three fine rams seen in Hospital Canyon.

Bighorns gathered. Pondering.

Bighorn

Bighorns gathered. Pondering.

Bighorn Family in West Texas

Bighorn Family Group

Bighorns all gathered in the high country.

Hunters in the high mountains of West Texas

Bighorn Hunters

Hunters in the high mountains.

Desert bighorn sheep in the mountains of West Texas

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Bighorn in the mountains.

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Circle Ranch has growing numbers of these native animals in combination with elk, pronghorn, mule deer and on occasion 1000 cattle which we use as a substitute for bison.

Richard Gill on Predator Control

Richard Gill on Predator Control

Richard Gill on Predator Control

Our youngest son Richard is in the real estate business in San Antonio. He is a Circle owner.

Chris Gill on Predator Removals

Chris Gill on Predator Removals

Dear Family and Friends, as Savory says, we almost always achieve our short-term goals but often at terrible unintended long-term cost.

Bighorn Ram in Two Section, July 2009

Bighorn Ram in Two Section, July 2009

Bighorn in the mountains.