There were over 80 of us at the professional wildlife meeting in Bighorn Town. Since I opted to sit towards the front, it was hard to crane my head to get a good count, but based on my front room sample, probably about a third female. Looking at my notes, we had 11 female presenters, and 19 male.

An improving ratio, all the time. And a good sign of the times.

It's too late at night to go into the detail I should, 'cause there was a lot of neat research presented there. But I did want to make brief mention of one query from the audience, made to the gal summarizing the activities for the University's chapter for the past year.

Yes, they again volunteered for a float trip, looking for otter latrines (Really!). But we kinda expect that sort of thing in this profession. And they volunteered at W.O.L.F. (I suspect a couple of you know about that place).

They again held their annual "Beast Feast", where folks bring in their favorite wild game meat dishes and recipes.

And they adopted two miles of highway. Wife even noticed the sign on the Thanksgiving trip, and pointed it out to me. Their stretch looked clean to me.

But the question from the audience was...

"Do you have the 'Beast Feast' before or after the highway cleanup?"

Since more than one wildlifer has been known to survive off roadkill when times are tough, it was a perfectly valid question.