deerkiller
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Honest question. Yesterday I bought a fall turkey tag for my wife at sportsmans. When they handed me the tag, it was printed on your basic white card stock that you can buy at Walmart. When I asked the guy what happened to the older tag paper they’ve been printed on for years his reply was “that’s the new paper they are printing them with. They are trying to save on money so using a cheaper option is what they are going with now”. That stuff now will completely dissolve when it gets wet and will tear easily, creating potential disasters and complications for both hunters and officers in the future (that’s a topic for another day).
so I’m honestly curious, where are the tag, application, license fees, donations and conservation funds ending up if we can’t even afford to print tags on a piece of paper that is the best option for all involved? Our deer herds have gone to chit. Our elk herds have taken a considerable nose dive. The bison herds suck. As do the sheep. The pronghorn have always struggled. Mountain goats are trending down hill and let’s not even get started on the moose situation. About the only thing holding steady is the turkeys, bears and lions... but I’m sure their time is coming as well. The wild horses are thriving however, so that’s good news ? In central utah I see very little funding going to any projects worth while. just about every project I do see has a RMEF, DU, PF, NWTF or MDF logo on it saying they funded the project. So where is OUR money being spent? New trucks? New regional offices? Trying to save the june sucker? Raising farm pheasants for a state hunt? The online license application is still back in the year of 1998. You rarely see an officer out in the field these days. I’m just not seeing any efforts being made to spend our money appropriately where the animals benefit the most from it. Seems like they are taking the back seat to everything, when it’s themselves pulling in all the money to begin with.
so I’m honestly curious, where are the tag, application, license fees, donations and conservation funds ending up if we can’t even afford to print tags on a piece of paper that is the best option for all involved? Our deer herds have gone to chit. Our elk herds have taken a considerable nose dive. The bison herds suck. As do the sheep. The pronghorn have always struggled. Mountain goats are trending down hill and let’s not even get started on the moose situation. About the only thing holding steady is the turkeys, bears and lions... but I’m sure their time is coming as well. The wild horses are thriving however, so that’s good news ? In central utah I see very little funding going to any projects worth while. just about every project I do see has a RMEF, DU, PF, NWTF or MDF logo on it saying they funded the project. So where is OUR money being spent? New trucks? New regional offices? Trying to save the june sucker? Raising farm pheasants for a state hunt? The online license application is still back in the year of 1998. You rarely see an officer out in the field these days. I’m just not seeing any efforts being made to spend our money appropriately where the animals benefit the most from it. Seems like they are taking the back seat to everything, when it’s themselves pulling in all the money to begin with.