Originally Posted by rather_be_huntin

I agree with your statement above but I have to side with the other end of the argument on this.

I don't think anyone is saying the government should have the right to tell you who you can and cannot let on your property but if public owned animals are being a nuisance then you should have to give some public hunters a chance to take that wildlife during normal hunting seasons. At that point you would qualify for a depredation hunt if so needed.

There are lots of meat/youth hunters that could benefit from that rather than just burying them in a hole as fast as you can kill them. That shouldn't mean you cannot screen those coming on your property, tell some "no", or even ****** them while they are there but wildlife is a public resource and if you own land then that's something you should have to accept along with the price of ownership.

If you don't want anyone on your property fine, but you'll have to spend the money in fencing or deterants to keep wildlife off. If you want a depredation hunt then you must allow a legitmate hunt to happen there first IMO.