Alaskabound
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Thanks for the link Alaskabound!
This was my thought as well in a lot of units, specifically 10 & 6, there were so many resident tags in those units. With the capability of rifles these days a lot of the Great Basin units are way over allocated in every state IMO.I would agree with the reduction in deer tags. Should’ve been done years ago
“Currently, about 90% of elk herds are at or below population objectives.”I really don't understand why they give out so few elk tags? The elk have taken over in alot of these units.
Too bad the politicians over there in Carson city won't listen to science. Instead they want to protect horses.Reading the recommendation sheets from the biologists was interesting. Declines due to competition with feral horses and habitat degradation caused by them is mentioned several times. The one that really caught my attention was the area 16 elk herd decline. Feral horses are contributing to this there. That herd was doing awesome and now its on the decline. Enough to make ya pretty mad.
Agreed. The Fed also has their hands tied with the wild horse and burro act. If we are gonna call these FERAL horses wild, time to repeal the act, turn over management to the state agency that manages wildlife, and untie their hands so they can get aggressive on managing them. I fear in a lot of areas of not only Nevada, but the west in general, we are too late.Too bad the politicians over there in Carson city won't listen to science. Instead they want to protect horses.
Setting quotas today it looks like on the YouTube recording of the meeting.Did they set tags yesterday or today. Just asking before I sort through yesterday's video.
Which county CAB are you on? Lander? Thank you for taking the time to get involved.I am on the county board and attend most of the state meetings. It sounds like many are as uninformed as I was before I got involved. The application and tag fees amount is such a small portion of the NDOW budget, I no longer believe it has anything to do with tag numbers. The tags numbers have much more, if not everything, to do with the overall health of the herds and hunt quality. Those two things are also connected to habit. We are, and have been, in tough times as far as habitat is concerned. Between the fires and the drought, the habitat is in poor shape. Probably the biggest issue facing the department is the feral horse issue. That problem is out of any state agencies hands. Even though the Wild Horse and Burro act has numbers specified in it, the State is not allowed to manage the feral horses to those numbers. It is because people who know very little, to nothing, have lobbied to tie the hands of those who are in charge of managing the feral horses. Lander County just declared a state of emergency concerning thebferal horses. Including their own health and the effects on the land, the wild life and the lands uses. The Lander CAB did not agree with the amount of tags that the biologist was asking for either. We also understand that letting the wildlife numbers grow like we all wish they could, would not be good for the overall health of the herd. That could be catastrophic.
Federal protections limit what the states can do. Takes a concerted effort to remove the feral horses and most folks don’t know a thing about how destructive they are to habitat.Too bad the politicians over there in Carson city won't listen to science. Instead they want to protect horses.
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