Marklaroif
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Just curious what everybody else seen as far as if the restriction was successful or not here in the Northwest Corner? I was in favor of the closure as shed hunting has gotten completely out of hand here in the Northwest Corner of Colorado. Sadly I am not sure i am in favor of it anymore if they can't or will not put forth the effort to enforce it in the future. I agree they need to protect the wintering wildlife from a lot of the people that seem to have no respect to the harm they do to them by pushing them early in the year but at what cost?
From what i seen the closure seemed to have little to no impact on keeping people from going out. Everybody I talked too said they seen boot tracks and off road vehicle sign everywhere. Sadly the restrictions were not enforced and the law abiding people got the shaft. I have yet to hear of anybody who was issued a ticket for going out early or anybody who even seen a DOW Officer patrolling any of these areas either. It was a pretty well known fact that people were out making stash piles and were marking them with flags in the sand wash basin in unit 2. There were also several campers that were parked in Maybell Colorado that were sneaking antlers in at night during the closure. As far as i know they were never issued any citations even after being reported by people. I first hand reported some land owners that were shed hunting on BLM land in unit 10 during the closure and were driving anywhctly where the group was parked and staying. Again I never heard back from anybody and no citations were given to my knowledge. I am curious to see what other people think of the situation or what they seen first hand here this spring?
From what i seen the closure seemed to have little to no impact on keeping people from going out. Everybody I talked too said they seen boot tracks and off road vehicle sign everywhere. Sadly the restrictions were not enforced and the law abiding people got the shaft. I have yet to hear of anybody who was issued a ticket for going out early or anybody who even seen a DOW Officer patrolling any of these areas either. It was a pretty well known fact that people were out making stash piles and were marking them with flags in the sand wash basin in unit 2. There were also several campers that were parked in Maybell Colorado that were sneaking antlers in at night during the closure. As far as i know they were never issued any citations even after being reported by people. I first hand reported some land owners that were shed hunting on BLM land in unit 10 during the closure and were driving anywhctly where the group was parked and staying. Again I never heard back from anybody and no citations were given to my knowledge. I am curious to see what other people think of the situation or what they seen first hand here this spring?