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Here is the Idaho Fish and Game website for research programs. I thought it might be of some interest to those who are actively involved in private game management programs, or who merely have an interest in how it is done elsewhere.

https://research.idfg.idaho.gov/wildlife...%20Reports.aspx

One of the facts that must be admitted impacts essentially all game management world over; human interaction produces the net result. Here in Idaho, we have some of the largest wildlands areas in the world, but nevertheless, even in our wilderness areas, human interaction has impacted wildlife and game.

So in effect, the differences between areas of the world are in degree only. Those who seek to manage for pre-human conditions are hard up against reality, that is, are up against impossibility. That said, every management plan is performed for a end result satisfactory to the users {hunters, viewers, even those who hold to a hands-and-boots-off philosophy}.

This is why in almost every case I simply cannot condemn anyone's plan. ALL plans alter game numbers, horn growth, gender ratios, habitat, etc. As regards hunting, some places produce "supermarket" experiences, others "big country" experiences. To each his own. All I ask is that the type of hunting be made known clearly to those who are intending to pay for it and full disclosure of the "hunt" or hunt is made to those who view the "trophy" or trophy.

If a fellow wants to fence off ten acres and shoot old worn-out, toothless movie studio or zoo lions or canned muntjak deer that were fawned last year in the manager's bedroom, I really personally don't mind. Fine on him. Make sure the harvest is clean and the animals are not brought up in a state of human-caused suffering and their end is short and sweet and my feelings are not offended. I personally have no interest in hunting such animals, but then, I have no particular interest in hunting game under quite a number of conditions that fellows here might think just fine. But I'm not going to condemn somebody for hunting a certain way unless he lies about it, and I am not going to call a hunter a liar unless I investigate and find out that he is.

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Edited by 9.3x57 (08/05/09 11:17 PM)

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