Research from BYU wildlife sciences professors finds that when hunting season starts, elk in Utah move off of public lands — where they can be hunted — and onto private lands — where they cannot be hunted. And then, when hunting season is over, they shift right back to public lands.
I know the system needs correction and it's not going to happen naturally as long humans live in area. I know a survival situation I could hunt but I've never purposely killed anything in my life so it's a question I've been wrestling with. My current solution is just to let my friend and neighbors hunny on my land. But they all want the big healthy bucks which is the opposite of what natural population control would do.
I have looked into getting the birth control darts that some areas use for population control but they don't seem to available to the general public.
I know the system needs correction and it's not going to happen naturally as long humans live in area. I know a survival situation I could hunt but I've never purposely killed anything in my life so it's a question I've been wrestling with. My current solution is just to let my friend and neighbors hunny on my land. But they all want the big healthy bucks which is the opposite of what natural population control would do.
I have looked into getting the birth control darts that some areas use for population control but they don't seem to available to the general public.