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Originally Posted by claystone
So cow elk is opened up for non natives at suffield. If Natives went in and took cows as well, non natives would say natives have an unfair advantage. So they go in and take bulls and non natives say they have an unfair advantage. To me there seems to be a population problem that natives have been asked to help stem. One could say natives can't participate but then the elk problem would go on and on. So it should be asked do you want our help or not?  |
There is a very good reason that ESRD chose to only give out antlerless tags, that being that it will have the greatest effect in reducing the population. The bottom line is that people that are choosing to take the large trophy bulls instead of killing antlerless elk, aren't really all that interested in helping to reduce the population.
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I have also read about non-native members on here getting moose tags, elk tags and deer and possibly even antelope tags for their whole family in the same year. Husband gets one, wife gets one, a couple sons and a daughter get one, and they all shoot game......but that is ok???????
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Given that every draw tag is taken into account while managing the animal populations, then yes, it is okay. If that family draws three pronghorn tags in one year, then none of those three people is going to be drawing any more pronghorn tags for many years. On the other hand, a subsistence hunter could kill a pronghorn every year, which will have a great deal more effect on the population.