ORIGINAL: fellas2
I was just curious as to how many applications they actually recieve.I agree that the money should go to the management of that species.All that being said,is the money made from the applications the only reason they issue a small number of tags or or is it really necessary to harvest these animals.I know every year the PGC gets damage complaints from the elk but the number of animals harvested evry year by permit seems to be quite small and i'm sure they are all not the animals responsible for the crop damage.Just one of these subjects that make you say "hmmmmm" ????
Think about what you just asked Rodger. The job of the PGC is to manage all wildlife in the state. Both game and nongame species. Doesn't it makse sense that the PGC manageto expandhunting and trapping opportunities whenever possible?
BTW, I just readin yesterdays paper where the PGC is likely to include fishers, a subject of another thread here, as a harvestable furbearer species by 2010.
Lots of things arent perfect with the PGC but they seem to get criticized for just about everything by someone.