hawkbill
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Since the last thread was deleted I thought I would get this reposted and hopefully get a little help with the articles floating around on both subjects. Not only did the IFGD pay out a 1,200,000.00 on one depredation claim to one farmer in south central Idaho, it seems they spent half the summer and fall with their new Sharp Shooter team killing 206 Elk that we're eating crops. Mike McDonald is our new Magic Valley head biologist and boy has he taken the reins. I would really like to know what his big plans for our wildlife.Our mature deer are all but gone unless you consider a three and half year old deer old.Out of control over hunting, endless overlapping seasons and unlimited over the counter archery tags, depredation tags where shooting is happening around subdivisions and from state highways. At the last IFGD meeting Mike McDonald talked about corn and corn production for an hour. McDonald talked about the Elk Tags available, controlled hunt tags, over the counter tags, land owner tags,depredation tags, x tags, xx tags and theirs probably a few I missed but the last tags he mentioned were kill tags he said and that's where we kill them our self. Then he went on to say that the only law he has to enforce is to protect the private land owner. Really Sharp Shooters? How could they possibly manage our wildlife when all this time is spent in a few small areas. I love hunting and allways have is this the new Oppurtunity Hunting?