Quote Originally Posted by RedSidedSPR View Post


And I doubt if Shannon (or Steve, or Richard, or god forbid Wayne) had posted this, if anyone would care. They'd just give 'em some advice, and wish 'em good luck.
Myself, Steve, Richard and Wayne would not post a thread like this because we already know how damaging removing a large number of specimens from the wild can be. You didn't know, you were caught up in the moment and you couldn't see the bigger picture. But now you know! No harm done. No one is ganging up on you, everyone just happens to already know better and is now trying to get you to join the ranks. If there are not a zillion tadpoles available, it's not really justifiable to take 100. Where I was, ONE scoop of a net could have easily netted 1,000+ tadpoles. Although, I didn't touch them at all.

In my recent thread, the number of toad-poles was so overwhelming... and yes it will be inevitable that babies will be stepped on. I go through it every year when I go to that place late summer. But at this lake there is an over-abundance. Not even enough predators to eat the toads. I think the yearling toads feast on the babies and that's the only thing that keeps them in check!