Recently my wife and I attended a documentary on the disturbing amount of food waste in our country and the world, titled, “Just Eat It.” I didn’t see a connection with hunting ethics until I was in a discussion at our recent annual meeting of the Boone and Crockett Club in Nashville. Many members were lamenting the bad press that hunters get, i.e., “Cecil the lion,” and the fact that study after…

What if the hunter success rate increases to 30 percent? The population can only sustain 10 elk harvested, but if there is 30 percent success, that means 30 elk are harvested from that popula- tion with 100 hunters out.

A complete collection of articles about conservation, hunting, and wildlife research by John Organ, Director Emeritus of the USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units, and current B&C professional member. 

SCIENCE BLASTS

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SCIENCE BLASTS

By John F.

SCIENCE BLASTS

By John F. Organ, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from Fall 2015 issue of Fair Chase

Aldo Leopold wrote “One of the anomalies of modern ecology is the creation of two groups, each of which seems barely aware of the existence of the other.

SCIENCE BLASTS

By John F. Organ, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from Winter 2015 issue of Fair Chase

The state of Iowa has had a pivotal role in the origins and evolution of wildlife conservation in North America.

SCIENCE BLASTS

By John F. Organ, B&C Professional Member Excerpt from Summer 2016 issue of Fair Chase

Occasionally I go to my bookcase and pick an issue from the first volume of the Journal of Wildlife Management, published in 1937, and peruse it.

SCIENCE BLASTS

By John F.

SCIENCE BLASTS

By John F.