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rainydays, I suppose you will hate to hear me say this. I have been sending letters to our Game & Fish Commission and talking to the game wardens about the idea of putting a season on prairie dogs in Wyoming. 1) Shooting them too early in the spring is really putting a crimp on their reproduction. I am recommending June 1 in Wyoming. 2) License them as a small game animal. All non-residents would have to buy a license and conservation stamp as would all residents. Most residents already do that for other needs. It would bring in about $45.00 for each non-resident shooter.(Try shooting p-dogs in anyother state without haveing their non-resident license.) 3) With a later starting date, there would be many more p-dogs to shoot. Resident landowners could shoot them anytime on their own property to prevent damage. 4) It would show the Game & Fish is managing p-dogs, which would make it more difficult for some enviro groups to push for endangered species status.
I am not a no hunting type. I hunt everything it is legal to hunt. I am a conservationist and I think this would be a good move for the long term hunting of p-dogs.
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