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Well, the head and antlers are usually left attached in the process of caping out an elk. These parts may hold religious significance for a tribal member as well. It's a non issue from my front porch. I have never trophy hunted in my life but I always took the head and antlers. I used the antlers for making knife handles and all sorts of other stuff.
Indians have the right to hunt on their own lands whenever they want-unlike say every other American. Poaching wildlife off the res that belongs to all Americans is wrong and illegal-at least in the state of Wyoming. Our laws should apply to all Americans, not exempt some due to their race.
On some of the reservations, Indians "sport killing" and lack of management has largely eliminated wildlife.
Can anyone explain how this case lines up with the concept of " equal treatment under the law " ?
OR are some people MORE equal than others ? Just askin...
I buy a license I can hunt. You don't, you can't. You pay for the permission to hunt. (Let's ignore for a moment whether it should be that way, it is)
The Tribe gave up their land and in return they kept the right to freely hunt on the land. You have land to cede to the government for the right to hunt?
One thing the Indians did with their game they took was use most EVERYTHING. Tendons, sinew, antlers, guts and brains. I can't find any fault in that.
They don’t now. There are countless articles on wasting animals during the annual bison hunt at Yellowstone. Personally I have seen quite a number of wasted cases on Ft. Peck Indian reservation. Non- natives can hunt upland birds and waterfowl but not big game. I cover a lot of ground on foot with my dogs and I can’t count how mule deer my dogs have found that maybe only back loins were removed, or just the hams, sometimes lying whole but shot, some with just the heads removed.
Thinking they always used ‘everything’ is a conjured fantasy of the past.
Oh and back then? They routinely burned the prairie to force a stampede towards places called Buffalo Jumps- cliffs where the majority of the herd plunged to their deaths. Maybe multiple hundreds or more.
No. In Wyoming, rabbits are game animals and can 0only be hunted during the proper season, with a rabbit license.
However, in Montana they are varmints and can be hunted anytime (with permission of the landowner if on private property), just like gophers.
Be careful about hunting gophers, though. Do not mistake a prairie dog for a gopher. Prairie dogs are a protected species, because they are food for black footed ferrets, which are also a protected species.
Another thought, I find it very interesting that the hunter in question packed out the head and antlers from one of the elk. Antlers make very poor soup for a "subsistence hunter"!
In Montana, Prairie Dogs are classified as a non-game species and agricultural pest. They can be hunted any time.
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In Montana, Prairie Dogs are classified as a non-game species and agricultural pest. They can be hunted any time.
A quick google search says that isnt true.
They seem to be on a middle ground. You cant hunt them on public land, and you can only "manage" them on private lands as they are indeed protected, you can not point blank just go hunting for them. You basically have to submit a form saying they are a problem on your land for what ever reason, and then you can "manage" them however you see fit. you can only use Montana certified poisons to "manage" them as well. This happened in September of 2002
Don't laugh. It's an issue in most states. From overshooting the bag limits to hunting out of season to hunting without a license.
Here in Maryland you hear about it more for things like oysters and rockfish than land animals, although there are still a few guys who night gun for waterfowl and deer.
Okay! Well, I learned something.
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The problem with this "I was hunting to feed my family" claim was that it could be later used by any hunter as an excuse. How you address that is difficult.
Well, maybe he should kill smaller game that wouldn’t draw attention.
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