I have a great idea
Wouldn?t it be great if Wyoming changed the way they allocate tags? Just think they could start with more archery only tags. Then add muzzy only tags. Then possibly crossbow only tags. Then we could argue about which weapon should get to go first. Then about what order the rest of the seasons should be in. Then we could argue about how long the vertical archery season should be, and how long the horizontal archery season should be, and the muzzy season and the rifle season. We could argue about which one of us wounds more game. Then we could argue about if any of the seasons should be before the rut, during the rut or after the rut. Which weapon should be during the rut? Which weapon should be after the rut? We could argue about how long into the winter we should hunt animals.
When we get tired of arguing amongst ourselves or we didn't get a 30? buck, a 400? bull or an 84? antelope buck we could turn our frustrations towards the Game and Fish. We could say they are corrupt, stupid, over educated, lazy, incompetent, greedy, spend too much time behind a desk, not enough time in the field, they don't know how to count, they over estimate or they under estimate. Just to name a few of the things we could say. We could complain that they don't do enough to stop illegal use of ATV?s. Or that they are driving kids away from the sport. Hey that gives me another idea for a special season. We could request that the state develops a Wildlife Board and a RAC (what ever that is). That would give me two more groups to blame for not getting to hunt red desert every year or not getting Wyoming Peak all to myself or not killing the Spider Bulls brother. The added benefit of all these extra groups and tag allocations would be that it would draw money away from managing game and divert it to managing the happiness of hunters. But then the state could just increase tag fees, that would also give us one more thing to complain about. It's a win-win.
After complaining about people we could move the argument over to animals. We could argue that the State is not doing enough to kill predators. We could come up with the idea to re-introduce DDT, or 1080(whatever that is) or breed Parvo infected coyotes and introduce them into the wild population. This is an actual idea presented in the Mule Deer forum.
Before you know it we will have all the problems sorted out and we will be just like Utah. That would be great because no one seems to have any complaints about how Utah manages game or hunting. Just think each individual group would have its own special allocation of tags and season dates. Even though each of these groups can already hunt the state and even non-residents can draw a tag every year if they put some thought into it. That's not the important part. The important part is I want what is best for me at this given moment.
The point of my long winded, full of sarcasm, rant is be careful what we wish for. Wyoming is an excellent hunting state. The G&F does a good job of managing game. They want the same things all hunters want. That is because they are made up of us. Hunters and fishermen that want the animals to thrive and for the great hunting in Wyoming to continue into the future. We need to make sure they are not using their limited resources to manage hunter happiness but rather using it to manage the game we all love to hunt.
Wouldn?t it be great if Wyoming changed the way they allocate tags? Just think they could start with more archery only tags. Then add muzzy only tags. Then possibly crossbow only tags. Then we could argue about which weapon should get to go first. Then about what order the rest of the seasons should be in. Then we could argue about how long the vertical archery season should be, and how long the horizontal archery season should be, and the muzzy season and the rifle season. We could argue about which one of us wounds more game. Then we could argue about if any of the seasons should be before the rut, during the rut or after the rut. Which weapon should be during the rut? Which weapon should be after the rut? We could argue about how long into the winter we should hunt animals.
When we get tired of arguing amongst ourselves or we didn't get a 30? buck, a 400? bull or an 84? antelope buck we could turn our frustrations towards the Game and Fish. We could say they are corrupt, stupid, over educated, lazy, incompetent, greedy, spend too much time behind a desk, not enough time in the field, they don't know how to count, they over estimate or they under estimate. Just to name a few of the things we could say. We could complain that they don't do enough to stop illegal use of ATV?s. Or that they are driving kids away from the sport. Hey that gives me another idea for a special season. We could request that the state develops a Wildlife Board and a RAC (what ever that is). That would give me two more groups to blame for not getting to hunt red desert every year or not getting Wyoming Peak all to myself or not killing the Spider Bulls brother. The added benefit of all these extra groups and tag allocations would be that it would draw money away from managing game and divert it to managing the happiness of hunters. But then the state could just increase tag fees, that would also give us one more thing to complain about. It's a win-win.
After complaining about people we could move the argument over to animals. We could argue that the State is not doing enough to kill predators. We could come up with the idea to re-introduce DDT, or 1080(whatever that is) or breed Parvo infected coyotes and introduce them into the wild population. This is an actual idea presented in the Mule Deer forum.
Before you know it we will have all the problems sorted out and we will be just like Utah. That would be great because no one seems to have any complaints about how Utah manages game or hunting. Just think each individual group would have its own special allocation of tags and season dates. Even though each of these groups can already hunt the state and even non-residents can draw a tag every year if they put some thought into it. That's not the important part. The important part is I want what is best for me at this given moment.
The point of my long winded, full of sarcasm, rant is be careful what we wish for. Wyoming is an excellent hunting state. The G&F does a good job of managing game. They want the same things all hunters want. That is because they are made up of us. Hunters and fishermen that want the animals to thrive and for the great hunting in Wyoming to continue into the future. We need to make sure they are not using their limited resources to manage hunter happiness but rather using it to manage the game we all love to hunt.
