Broadside_Shot
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So the trend shows that the number of Mature Bulls being harvested has slowly gone down over 10 years.
And the number of Spikes killed have more than doubled in 10 years.
And Cows are roughly the same and are still being killed and we are not at Herd objective.
I would think that the LE number are really close because of mandatory reporting but the spikes in theory could be 4 times higher.
The spike hunt has definitely increased opportunity which I like. but not to the detriment to the rest of the herd. I think they were forced to lower LE tags due to the spike hunt.
it seems like we can find the tipping point and maybe live slightly below it for a while. I think a Book Cliffs Elk hunt could try and regulate the number of spike tags issued some how and maybe cut the number of killed spikes in half, no cow tags until at objective. and still issue the same for LE and we may start to turn the other way over the next 10 years.
It becomes slippery and scary for the DWR to loose what yearly income they depend on every year. It would be hard to cut your pay in hopes to grow a Wild Herd. Would any of us do it?
I think money overrules at the time and we are so far down that road that they continue the same trend and over 50 years the ones making the rules now will no longer be around.
Sad but True when Public Wildlife became a Money Maker vs a need to Survive.
And the number of Spikes killed have more than doubled in 10 years.
And Cows are roughly the same and are still being killed and we are not at Herd objective.
I would think that the LE number are really close because of mandatory reporting but the spikes in theory could be 4 times higher.
The spike hunt has definitely increased opportunity which I like. but not to the detriment to the rest of the herd. I think they were forced to lower LE tags due to the spike hunt.
it seems like we can find the tipping point and maybe live slightly below it for a while. I think a Book Cliffs Elk hunt could try and regulate the number of spike tags issued some how and maybe cut the number of killed spikes in half, no cow tags until at objective. and still issue the same for LE and we may start to turn the other way over the next 10 years.
It becomes slippery and scary for the DWR to loose what yearly income they depend on every year. It would be hard to cut your pay in hopes to grow a Wild Herd. Would any of us do it?
I think money overrules at the time and we are so far down that road that they continue the same trend and over 50 years the ones making the rules now will no longer be around.
Sad but True when Public Wildlife became a Money Maker vs a need to Survive.