BRAVO to THAT!!

I and my family put lots of work into our place here every year toward that end, improving game habitat and that is very satisfying work.

The American system has many grand sucesses, but some notable failures, too. All systems do I guess. I've heard the Norwegian system called a "rich man's" system while the American system is a "poor man's" system. One seems to favor the landowner, the other the "common man". Texas is a state that seems to be more like Norway in that regard I guess?

Our system in Idaho is designed in-general and according to state law to provide the most opportunity for every man. Thus, anyone who wants to may hunt and hunt on state, Federal or non-posted land {we have no allemannsrett here}. This means of course that the ability to kill game is severely restricted also. A maximum of two elk and two deer per person in Idaho, with all other game species strictly limited per licenseholder. No dogs allowed, no salt, no bait, etc for elk and deer.

A landowner has no right to be involved in the management process and may take the exact same number of animals that any other individual is alotted. No more, no less. A landowner may restrict access to his land by others, but may not take any more game no matter how many acres/hectares he owns.

"Game" is owned by "the people" and managed by the state {meaning of course that it is owned by the state...

}. Only under very limited circumstances may a landowner obtain additional kill tags for animals {as for mitigation of depradation damage to crops}, and even then the landowner is not allowed to keep the meat, and is rarely allowed to do the shooting themselves. For example, in order to protect some new fields I was issued permits to kill elk/wapiti outside of hunting season under a plan designed by the game department. I was required to shoot them, gut them, make them available for pickup by a state game officer and I was not allowed to keep any meat. The meat was required to be donated to the poor but I believe the game officer gave it to his brother-in-law.

I donate meat to various charities every year, so the donation aspect was fine by me, but after all that effort I will admit that while gutting I was shaky with the tollekniv when the blade neared a couple inside tenderloins...

By the way, what about hjort and roedeer? Do you have them on your place? What are the quotas there?