t-Rex season

but you would have to have a pretty high treestand and no archery season

Passenger pigeon would I think have best probability for success, especially if there are that many specimens with viable DNA. That would provide a good gene pool to work with. I would also like to see them bring back the St. John's dog, the ancestor of the labrador retriever. The last pair died in 1982 as I recall.

Because the pigeon migrated over such large areas, I think they could fairly easily adapt to current changes in environment. Frankly, it is hard for me to believe any species of the dove/pigeon family couldn't adapt to just about anything. The heath hen would be a tougher sell. Loss of habitat pretty much did them in. The Labrador Duck might be a good candidate since it never was very clear what exactly caused their demise.

Defiantly the easiest would be Passenger Pigeons. The coolest that could be brought back would be Wooly Mammoths. But honestly why bring something back when we haven't fixed the habitat problems that contributed to its extinction in the first place?

Irish elk and the eastern elk

My vote is the Passenger Pigeon.I was given Charles Watermans book, Hunting In America for Christmas many years ago.It was one of the best gifts (pretty worn, but still with me) I've ever received, and he wrote quite a bit about the Passenger Pigeon. My 14 year old mind could not grasp how it was allowed to be wiped out. Sadly, I see now, but I sure would like it if my kids could view them someday. I never thought they were that large until this photo. I also hope that the wild bobwhite and the black duck won't join that terrible list.

They already did this movie, it was called Jurassic Park, and it illustrated why it isn't always a good idea to revive extinct species.

I know that the biggest advocacy would come for large carnivores. There is already a serious group of (no I'm not pulling your leg) scientists who believe sabre toothed tigers and dire wolves would restore the ecosystems of the Western US.

They are called Rewilders.

Jurassic Park for real, Just do not create raptors.

Speaking of Jurassic Park Jeff Goldblum's character poses a very important question when he says that your scientists were so preoccupied with if they could they never asked if they should. America is a very different place than it was when the passenger pigeon existed. Before we rush head long into this we need to ask certain questions for example: To accommodate the reintroduction of this species would vast tracts of public and private land be closed to hunting, logging or agriculture? Or with a looming financial crisis on the horizon who's going to write the check for this project? This technology could be used to do good things but we need to proceed wisely. Good intentions are not good enough.

Tasmanian Tiger would be cool... As we sit here, scientists are combing Siberia for a male mammoth frozen well enough to preserve viable DNA that they can spice into a living lady elephant to produce an offspring.

IMO, what's gone is gone. Like said above we should be more worried about the wildlife that are still around but are in dwindling numbers.

I believe that only species that extinction was caused directly by human contact should be brought back such as the great auk, passenger pigeon, the moa, and dodo mostly meat hunted to extinction. But i would also love the shoot that eight foot turkey.

Lab, I back Gerg on this. We do not have ospreys in my area but the Bald Eagle has made its come back. We have breeding pairs in our area now. I have never seen a wild Bald Eagle until last year on a early morning fishing trip on the local river. Now I see them all the time on the river and a lake I fish that is next to the river. I know of 2 breeding pairs in my city. One pair on the north end and one on the south end and both pair are right on the edge of the city! This isn't just a local observation there have been other breeding pairs located just outside of Dayton Ohio.

My post was to mock the way this site refuses to recognize the improvement in the environment over the last forty years. There are more articles like this one on bringing back saber-toothed tigers than on the recovery that has actually happened. The improvements in water quality that I cited have happened and the quantity of uncontaminated prey exist. I'm glad that you guys, at least, have noticed.

How about a President that has papers and does not lie.

Carolina Parakeet, Blue Walleye, and Silver Trout

Sorry...I'd like to see the Spam filter go extinct

Woolly mammoth,woolly mammoth,woolly mammoth! I just want to see one on a trail camera before I die. Come on science set me up!