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Post by bigjohn on Mar 20, 2023 12:17:23 GMT -6
Cable restraint season on coyotes goes out end of Feb ,meaning it wasn't/isn't a approved method to take coyotes during the extended season lasting until Apr 15th. A proposal sent to the MDC by the MTA's rules and regulation committee addresses this and asked for approval for cable restraints to be used along with the request to allow live sale of coyotes using them until the Apr.15th date.
I will keep you all updated on this as soon as I can.
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Post by krank on Mar 20, 2023 13:09:03 GMT -6
Looks like an oversight from extending the season. I am sure they will go for it if they are really after predators. That business of live coyotes doesnt interest me. The practice has resulted in coyotes in all 48 states where they used to be only West of the Mississippi
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Post by bigjohn on Mar 20, 2023 13:17:25 GMT -6
Agreed krank but if it would provide some use of the resource instead of just throwing in a ditch I think it should be done.
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Post by krank on Mar 20, 2023 14:24:23 GMT -6
My CR instructor was an older man named Terry Smith ( ?) 99% of his coyote trapping was live sale to dog runners. He told a tale of people shooting his catches if he trapped too close to the road. Lost $.
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Post by bigjohn on Mar 20, 2023 15:59:04 GMT -6
A buddy of mine brought up buyers licenses at the spring meeting and was directed to write his proposal up and give to rules and regulations. His stance was since the MDC decided to wage war on furbearers by extending those seasons that fur wasn't any good that maybe now was the time to do away with the buyers license since they don't have anyway to know what's killed.
He came up with that after attending the Colorado sale and talking to folks at the Idaho sale. There, craft buyers drove up prices on many species , as one doesn't need a license to buy there. To sale bobcat to an individual without a buyers or taxidermy license, one must jump through some hops or do so under the table to do so. His thoughts were this would also help draw more individuals to our fur sale. We'll see how this shakes out.
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Post by krank on Mar 21, 2023 7:04:28 GMT -6
Well good. A lot of people dabble with the idea of buying others fur but the buyers license kills it. Will the State part with that revenue?
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Post by bigbob on Mar 21, 2023 9:50:47 GMT -6
How much could it be?
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Post by bigjohn on Mar 21, 2023 10:20:36 GMT -6
The MDC on several occasions claim license are a very little part of their income. The buyers have to keep records which helps with animal surveys. Since they now don't seem to care by extending the seasons on these furbearers, it doesn't make sense to continue the buyer's license. They are the ones that create this.
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Post by krank on Mar 21, 2023 11:31:40 GMT -6
I guess they are not losing much if there are only a few buyers left. Maybe they can conduct an email survey like they do everything else.
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