cantkillathing
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I wasn't going to bring this one up, but due to a response from horsehunter on the dedicated hunter program I decided to put up for discussion one of my major complaints.
First of all I want to tell you that I have family that also owns a 5000 acre farm, it also gets hammered by the deer and elk.
Now this is my complaint, the land owners don't want the deer or elk on their property because they cause damage, but they contradict themselves, do they allow anyone on there property to hunt during the seasons, no, do they want free tags, yes, do they want more tags, yes, if they don't get there tags they use threats, like I will shoot all the deer and elk on the property then, so the DWR gives in and gives 100 more doe tags. Now what on earth are we doing this for, the deer and elk were here first, if the landowner wont allow hunters on his property to help the cause, why are the DWR giving them tags. I think that the DWR needs to go to the legislature and get a law passed stating to all land owners, that if you want help to remove the wildlife from your property you have to allow any public hunter access to your property, then if the land owner doesn't want that then it is tough luck the deer and elk stay. I know they do this because, like I said my family has 5000 acres of farm, and my uncle who runs it does just that. I could bet that the DWR gives up to 500 to 1000 deperdation tags a year, that is a lot of deer. I also seen a land owner use his threats and shot 150 head of deer off his land, he should have been charged with poaching and his land should have been taken from him.
Now this might not be the answer but why are the DWR putting up with this, and why are we as hunters allowing this, I think that landowners shouldn't get what they want, its up to the DWR to manage. Start charging them with poaching, and tell them to quite there complaining about the deer and elk, they just want a bull tag or something they really aren't hurting and as long as we keep allowing it, it will continue to go on.
But what do you guys think?
Horsehunter, like I said I feel your pain about the sorry work the dedicated hunters performed on your farm, next time tell the DWR and let them know that it wasn't built good enough or the workers sucked. But dont complain about the program, because what have you done to help the wildlife, and don't say that you give enough by having them eat your hay. The deer eat my garden each year, I don't ask for tags,
First of all I want to tell you that I have family that also owns a 5000 acre farm, it also gets hammered by the deer and elk.
Now this is my complaint, the land owners don't want the deer or elk on their property because they cause damage, but they contradict themselves, do they allow anyone on there property to hunt during the seasons, no, do they want free tags, yes, do they want more tags, yes, if they don't get there tags they use threats, like I will shoot all the deer and elk on the property then, so the DWR gives in and gives 100 more doe tags. Now what on earth are we doing this for, the deer and elk were here first, if the landowner wont allow hunters on his property to help the cause, why are the DWR giving them tags. I think that the DWR needs to go to the legislature and get a law passed stating to all land owners, that if you want help to remove the wildlife from your property you have to allow any public hunter access to your property, then if the land owner doesn't want that then it is tough luck the deer and elk stay. I know they do this because, like I said my family has 5000 acres of farm, and my uncle who runs it does just that. I could bet that the DWR gives up to 500 to 1000 deperdation tags a year, that is a lot of deer. I also seen a land owner use his threats and shot 150 head of deer off his land, he should have been charged with poaching and his land should have been taken from him.
Now this might not be the answer but why are the DWR putting up with this, and why are we as hunters allowing this, I think that landowners shouldn't get what they want, its up to the DWR to manage. Start charging them with poaching, and tell them to quite there complaining about the deer and elk, they just want a bull tag or something they really aren't hurting and as long as we keep allowing it, it will continue to go on.
But what do you guys think?
Horsehunter, like I said I feel your pain about the sorry work the dedicated hunters performed on your farm, next time tell the DWR and let them know that it wasn't built good enough or the workers sucked. But dont complain about the program, because what have you done to help the wildlife, and don't say that you give enough by having them eat your hay. The deer eat my garden each year, I don't ask for tags,
