Years and Years ago children we on the Manti had our elk unit changed from open to spike. The dream was to create a trophy unit on the Manti. For years there weren't spikes or bigger bulls, but the waiting would be worth it, just wait. We did, and they were right, those herds exploded. Joy was felt througout the land, big bulls everywhere, elk everywhere. THEN, the idea came to our lovely and caring DWR friends that they could sell more tags on the Manti because it had become a magic tree where trophy bulls sprung out magically. More and more tags were sold. As usuall with the sells came all the "conservation" groups with there hands out, "give us some welfare tags and we will make the magic tree everywhere", so they were granted their beans to make the elk beanstalk reappear elsewhere.
A tag for bobby, a tag for sam, a tag in July, a tag in December, here a tag, there a tag, everywhere a tag tag. Kill them all, bulls, cows, calfs, the magic tree will continue to spew it. BUTTTTTT,
That damb tree broke, and the magic stopped. The manti is the most tagged out, killed off unit in the state. The age objectives are lowered, the quality is way down. In short the golden eggs done broke.
So our fairy god mothers decided to head south, the Fishlake, the fishlake they say has the magic now, ... a tag for you, a tag for me, everyone gets a tag....POOOFFFFF, the fishlake is gone.
Sounds like the magic tree was spotted to the noth of Manti now??
Why is the SFW making deals with the DWR? WHo the hell gave them any power to do anything? I don't remember electing them. I remember paying them, but I was hoping that was to sit in the corner and shut up.
Second, how many elk can die in 3 years? If they only fly it every three years, then ANY changes should be on 3 year intervals. And to be honest, it may be time to require a non DWR employee to "fly along". There are a ton of us that would like to volutnteer.
Good luck to my Wasatch friends, fight hard, otherwise your the next Manti.
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"