Horsetrader, you didn't say that the first time.
The public owns the gophers and has decided that the farmer or anyone else can do as they please within reason. The public owns the deer and has decided on regulations. The public owns the suckers and has decided thus far that a person can do what they want with them.
My contention all along was: just because a person can do whatever they want with suckers doesn't necessarily mean they should, and is it good for the image and tradition of hunting/fishing to do so, and is it good for the environment to do so given the history of the bison, passenger pigeon, plains grizzly, hawks/falcons, bull trout, pike, etc.
Cheers buddy. I'm done!
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