Here’s another part of this I don’t understand…….How are the “interests” of wildlife, agriculture, and insurance supposed to function together??......In my mind I have some kind of organized and understood arrangement that gets negotiated and agreed upon kind of thing that should be happening where wildlife gets its fair cut of the deal……When instead it seems more like ag and/or insurance have hijacked the process and wildlife is getting bent over while the other interests reap as much benefit as possible……I’m just saying, it seems like a very unbalanced deal here where wildlife takes a back seat and is managed as low as misinformation and bullchit persuasion can manage it……Just keep shooting those does!!....Everyone is overrun!!!.....Right??.......Is this really the best way to manage this whole scenario over time??.....It seems like bad decisions for wildlife are just inevitable under this process…..The only question really is “how bad can you screw it up before people notice?”
I hunted in NE Missouri for 7 years. The first year you got an any deer tag and an antlerless tag with your license if I recall. You could purchase a bonus antlerless tag for $25 for the first and $75 for the second. Total of 4 deer. Only 1 of which could be a buck. Fast forward a few years and the insurance companies started raising cane about deer/vehicle collisions on the highway. The DNR went to a buck tag with your license and you could could buy unlimited antlerless tags for $7 a piece. You want to talk about a slaughter. You could kill all of them in one hunt. You’d see truck beds and trailers full waiting to check them in. I’m 2 years Missouri accomplishes what they wanted and raised the price and set a limit on antlerless deer again. It’s all about the $$$.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
