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LAST EDITED ON Apr-11-09
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>>You guys sure are putting alot
>>of stock in the almighty
>>"bonus point". I'll speak on
>>Nevada since it's really the
>>only one I'm intimately familiar
>>with. Point blank it guarantees
>>nothing. Particularly in the higher
>>profile hunts. Without a massive
>>stroke of luck you'll put
>>in for years and years
>>and more years before you
>>ever draw. As a non-res,
>>well basically just forget it.
>>unless you're really young. Idaho
>>needs to adopt it's own
>>system and not use anyone
>>as a model.
>>
>>You Colorado guys answer me this.How
>>long are the seasons you
>>participate in? my understanding is
>>short as hell, like 5-7
>>days. then comes the next
>>group for second season, and
>>the next for third.If thats
>>true, Screw that......I'd rather have
>>the status quo than be
>>limited that much.
>>
>>
>>BPK brings up an excellent point.
>>Since we're all obviously concerned...how
>>bout just don't shoot a
>>deer till you see a
>>big one? I personally have
>>not harvested a mule deer
>>in Idaho since '05 I
>>believe. Why enforce a bunch
>>of regulations when we all
>>have the power to manage
>>ourselves?
>>
>>I'll agree with you guys on
>>southeastern Idaho. A shame to
>>know it was once maybe
>>the best Mule Deer trophy
>>hotspot for years to what
>>it's been reduced to now.
>>Something needs to happen down
>>there. But I doubt curbing
>>hunting drastically will bring it
>>back to what it was.It'll
>>probably help but there are
>>too many other factors involved.
>>
>Your thinking agoes along with Most
>of Idaho's residents thinking on
>hunting. Give up nothing and
>hope for the best in
>return. Sorry but the days
>of healthy deer herds and
>Elk herds are gone.
>
>It's time for decisions to be
>made and it's too bad
>if everyone who's got to
>hunt every year for their
>whole lives doesn't like it.
>
>
>The Deer herds here are a
>joke. I don't know
>anyone who's seen much for
>quality or numbers tha last
>few years and it's getting
>worse fast.
>They have beem mismanaged for too
>long. Now throw in the
>Wolf that's been eating it's
>way across the state for
>over 14 years and we
>have real problems.
>
>Tags need to be cut. No
>more chasing deer and elk
>with a bow, later with
>a rifle then a bow
>again. That's jut too
>much pressure. The herds can't
>take it.
>
>We have to have some animals
>left for the wolves to
>eat.
>
>We need to go to controlled
>hunts for everything with reduced
>tags, Pick your weapons and
>shorter seasons.
>
>Bonus points would be nice. Idaho
>is so old school with
>the way the F&G is
>run. They are way behind
>the times. I would
>be happy if they would
>adopt a BP system like
>Nevada's. It's the Best
>one out there IMHO
>Maybe they should actually count the
>herds instead of modeling and
>X by 10 the amount
>of animals they see.
>Who believes there are still 115,000
>elk in the state?
>
>My 2cents
Alarmist horse #####. No offense to you personally but whatever. I do pretty well in Idaho and know others who do as well. go hunt somwhere else if it's so bad here.
Idaho hunters have already spoken on this issue.....Thanks but no thanks. So too bad for you.
Your pholosophy will conserve us right out of hunting someday.