![]() ![]() I’m going to work to provide good quality habitat which benefits both the predators and prey species, and trap and call to make sure the predators have a predator. Having just enough prey for only the predators to eat and me shifting to playing ping pong is not an option. The balance to me means there are plenty of prey (turkey and venison) for my family and the predators to eat. On my property, I will work to maintain a reasonable balance between predators and prey. We tend to actively manage the game species, but have shifted to a protection mindset for predators in some states. So my efforts to trap some predators will certainly not hurt the coyote or bobcat population in the county. There certainly aren’t many trappers in my neighborhood. There aren’t many predators of bobcats and coyotes where I live. ![]() I want there to be enough turkey and whitetails for me and the predators. I don’t wish for predators – bobcats, opossomus, fox, raccoons, coyotes – to remove most of the prey species -turkey poults, and whitetail fawns – at my farm. However, given that the habitat resources are becoming more and more limited, big swings in population levels don’t recover as easily. This has been documented time and time again in species like deer, rabbits, wolves, etc. Allowing either predator or prey species to build up too high always results in bad results. It is a fantasy that wildlife populations or habitat will remain balanced without man’s intervention. This is because the habitat and populations are always changing. ![]() “Balance” is a tough objective to achieve in most aspects of wildlife management. In simple terms, cockiness is a display of confidence that cannot be backed up with actions a Prey Mindset. Many would call him cocky, and while he may be self-confident, McGregor is not the former. I firmly believe it is the source of his success. Predator species have few predators in most areas. Many believe McGregor's confidence is the result his success. There is very little incentive for trappers, except for the love of the work, to remove predators. We all know the price of fuel, steel, etc., has increased dramatically. Now raccoons bring less than $10 in the same area and gas is $3.00 per gallon. When I was a younger boy (I’m 50 now), raccoon hides sold for $40+ in my neighborhood and gas was $0.70 per gallon. Just as importantly, I wish to attempt to balance the predator/prey relationship on my land so there are plenty of prey (turkey and venison) for my family, our guests, and for the remaining predators to eat. My family and I really like the pelts and we enjoy giving them as gifts. I enjoy the challenge of matching skills with a predator. I trap and call predators for many reasons. Given Wolverine’s extremely long life, and the Predators’ relentlessness (especially with the coveted adamantium at stake as the hunt continues), Percy decided to make this a ‘long hunt’, and as Wolverine progresses, so, too, must the Yautja.Bobcat that was trapped to help balance predator & prey species. This means that Wolverine is more than just the ultimate prey, but also a living treasure-trove, and the Yautja will do whatever it takes to take him down. It has been established that the Predators want Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton for themselves, both as the ultimate trophy and for practical reasons, to use in their weapons and armor. Because they study him, and covet him all the more. ![]() Their technology, but also their approach to the hunt. And the way in which the Yautja are also evolving. During the podcast episode, Percy discusses how Wolverine has grown as a character over the course of his long publication history, and how that played into Logan’s conflict with the Yautja - a conflict that begins in the early 20th century and continues through the Krakoan age.īenjamin Percy: The only way to do this is to make it a long hunt, and to show the Predator and (I don’t think I’m being too ‘spoiler-y’ here) occasional Predators after him. In episode 237 of AIPT Comics Podcast hosted by David Brooke and Nathan Simmons, the two spoke with Benjamin Percy, the writer of the upcoming crossover epic: Predator vs Wolverine. ![]()
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