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>andrew12gauge, no way in he!! will
>I ever move to Utah.
>Not for the hunting, but
>because NONE of my vehicles
>would be able to be
>licensed and because they won't
>get the HE!! out of
>the left lane. There must
>be a law that they
>only can make so many
>lane changes in their lifetime.
>And/or they drive side by
>side.
>I just want to try to
>keep Idaho from making the
>same mistakes that Utah has
>and still is. Utah still
>has some really liberal hunting
>seasons, just so everyone can
>hunt every year. That is
>ok if the population can
>sustain every year, but not
>ok if it cannot. The
>IDFG justifies hunting by the
>buck to doe ratio. You
>cannot determine the population by
>that.
>I don't care that much about
>200" bucks(even though I want
>one), I care more about
>200 bucks(Total population).
>I hope you don't have to
>bring up me moving again,
>but if you have to
>defend your right to harvest
>every year when the population
>clearly cannot sutain it, then
>I don't mind.
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>Is this a better signature for
>me?
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>If you tell me that you
>hunt for meat, then you
>had better tell me how
>good road kill is.
https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/species/roadkill
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I don't need to justify a harvest every year, what I want is the opportunity to hunt and potentially harvest every year. Last year was only the second deer I've taken since moving to Idaho in 2008,and I took it because the freezer was empty. It was a 2 pt that I took while combining corn in unit 38. I then took a bull out of unit 39. It was my first branch antler bull and only elk since moving to Idaho. My goal was a branch antlered bull and I let a spike walk moment before taking it. Only a 4 point but I was happy. This year my goal will be a 6 pt or better bull and a good mature buck(probably 160 or better) the freezer is looking a little better this year than last. I also have a 2nd tag for the refuge at lake Lowell so hopefully I'll help the farmers a little and add a nice tasty doe to my freezer. I guess what I am saying is just because Idaho doesn't have the "trophy potential" you feel it should don't limit my opportunity to fill my freezer and potentially take a trophy in my eyes any season. We only have so many years to enjoy gods creation and bounty and that trophy you seek could be anywhere in this great state in any given year why limit the opportunity to seek it every year