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    Fishery vs. wildlife

    I'm totally thinking out loud here, but is there any thought that the commissions deserve a significant role in this blame game? I don't mean that so much as an accusation to any particular commission or commission members, but more so as a long term side effect of a (or multiple)...
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    Fishery vs. wildlife

    Thank you for providing some context.
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    Fishery vs. wildlife

    That could be. The hunting getting worse could be attributed to a lot of things. I know the family friends we have in SE MT have spoken before about the change in leased acres and the inability to hunt land they've hunted historically because of it. And too me, that's what's caused one of the...
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    Fishery vs. wildlife

    May I ask what's gotten worse, outside of the politics? Not trying to play "got ya", just trying to understand your perspective and the metric you're using when you say "worse". Please, correct me if I'm wrong on any these long term population trends. Elk - overall numbers are up since 2000...
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    Bluewing Teal

    In ND we get to hunt these for the beginning portion of the waterfowl season, depending on weather. They are fantastic eating birds if you leave the fat on, its a tasty white fat. Not all of them have enough fat to be pick and sometimes they can be loaded with pin feathers. But a majority can...
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    Seeking info...school trust land fee states

    You really think that is sound reasoning? That 350 million people should be able go “build a house on it”, willy-nilly, and that is somehow the measurement of ownership at an individual level? My gut tells me you haven’t given this a lot of thought.
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    HB 536 A Step Back on CWD

    Carcasses or parts of the carcass of a possibly infected animal can go to the processor or taxidermist, contaminating along the way. What is the alternative? Idaho can and should work with taxidermists to get tests from animals that come in. That might actually be a net positive. Meat from...
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    FWP Fisheries Director Ousted?

    Speculation on my part, but I feel confident the reason is that a majority of smart, reasonable people who would make good leaders don’t want to subject themselves or their families to the vitriol, hatred, and attacks from the “other” side. And that goes for both sides. It prevents good...
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    Study: Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison

    I’m not trying to scare folks or be some sort of alarmist. I think at this point, with what we know, it is safe to say that CWD crossing to humans is a relatively low risk. Even if it does or has, it’s a very low number of people affected by it. But…. They said the same thing about Mad cow...
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    Boykin or cocker spaniel breeder around MT,ND,SD,WY

    I see some pop up in ND and SD on bismanonline from time to time. I think there was a litter in ND earlier this year, but it didn't look like they were real formal breeders. Other than that, I think it's JC boykins or something in SD is the only breeder I know of Nevermind they're out of Ohio...
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    Hunters For Access Raffle - 2024

    Does anyone else find it kind of comical that huntquietly/hunters4access has been really critical of Aron Snyder and Joe Rogan, and then a Kifaru fanny pack named after Joe Rogan ends up in their raffle. It’s not a big deal and I don’t mean that as a critique, but it made me chuckle. I wonder...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    The public trust, that's what this argument is about at its core. Make no mistake about it. Arguments about what a landowner wants for access is a distraction from the heart of the issue. Letting them have first swing at the elk tags is a backwards way of going about it. They are a...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    I have acknowledged almost all of that, mostly in my very first post. I think "eplus" can stay. But let New Mexican residents sit down and decide what split they want for the total number of elk tags. Not the split after the landowners take what they want, but the split on whats available...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    HAHA the question is so loaded and disingenuous it's mind boggling to even remotely think it serious. I should walk down the street and ask residents if they support 40% of their elk getting sold to the highest bidder for tens of millions of dollars with a tiny fraction of that money coming...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    Sure. But everything I can find says thats not where most of the elk are. And regardless of what land they're on, they belong to all the residents of New Mexico.
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    That's only primary zone. You're leaving out SMZ, which in 2023 appears to be 6,473 unless someone can correct me. The data from this report https://www.takebackyourelk.com/ is from 20-21. According to NM GF data, 38,024 total elk licenses were sold in 2023. So, 38,024 (total tags) - 22,783...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    You asked about control of state politics, not whether not this is different than other states. This isn't about market price. You stated there was a benefit to putting a dollar value on elk. I'm asking you to quantify that benefit? If you're only answer is that landowners are more...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    When New Mexican residents and local orgs voice their concern to commissioners and get commission members to talk about this very issue, they get kicked off the commission by the governor. Or the Gov. getting donations from landowners/outfitters that benefit from this system. That is using...
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    New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

    “Just last year, that generated more than $83-million worth of sales to private individuals that are selling a public resource,” Jesse Deubel, the Executive Director of the NM Wildlife Federation told KRQE." If I am not mistaken, Mr. Deubel has expounded on this since this article and stated...

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