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yanceytaos
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I most recently heard of antelope being slaughtered by guide and outfitter Neil Trujillo in March while in Cimmaron New Mexico.I could not believe what I had heard.I spoke to the game and fish and they knew of the incident. I spoke also to a G&F Officer that also confirmed the 39 antelope were shoot by Trujillo.( UNOFFICIAL THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER )What you hear next may trouble most New Mexico Sportsman. The antelope were shot with shotguns , chased by an ATV into a single wire fence that took some antelopes by the head with such force it ripped the horns off the skull. The problem one would ask is why can an outfitter/guide the profits from the sale of landowner tags have the right to hide behind the state and do this legally. According to the Department of game and fish responce on Channel 4 news Tuesday night they used all resourses they had before allowing this to happen. Well as a antelope depredation tag owner me and my son ( 13) 2 tags I really think the depredation office and officers should be put to trial on job performance. The antelope would have been humaney shoot processed and consumed by a paying New Mexico sportsman and his son. The money I would have spent to by food,lodging,processing fee would put money into the state.The units 41,42,44-49,53-58 have a total of 300 tags for a three day hunt. The total killed from Trujillo are over 12% of the total rifle hunt. The G & F have called me back to explain but they just us the same old excuse that it was an isolated incident.I would just like to see things done correctly and I am not an angry one time person because I dont draw tags either I just by landowner permits when i have to. I just dont like the fact of this landowner using his property to draw in animals to hunt to make him a lot of money oneday and then say the animals are not welcome now so I will just break every rule of hunter ethics and kill them the next day. Please eveyone if we let this go the G&F will know that they can continue to make huge mistakes along they way as we pay for them.Each tag from residents provides yet another fee for $3.00 page 5 to permanently develop solutions to chronic wildlife nuisance problems in the state. The money sure has been spent wisely to keep all depredation tag money in the purse strings 61.00 per and then not user the money's made for the Depredation Damage Stamp 3.00 per resident 10.00 for non residents.But dont get me started on the ratio of tags given to out of state hunters.Let your voice be heard. Lea Halm Raton 445-2311 Depredation Oficer Jerry Ratcliff 751-1533
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Concerned Sportsman
Yancey Ranspot
Taos,New Mexico
Thanks
Concerned Sportsman
Yancey Ranspot
Taos,New Mexico