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Thx for that link, Vanilla. I don't do IG so I can't interact with the data there but the BYU website has information up to last season. Will be interesting to watch over the years. And if my aging eyes are seeing the right color for 2023 then mortality is fairly close to average for the last decade.

And I'm pretty sure the sewer vent we walked over in Vegas was just a little more subtle than your SFW "praise" 🤣. The history books are going to have some fun stuff to say about this era of wildlife conservation partnerships, aren't they?

 

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I'd be willing to place a friendly wager that we will not have deer hunting shut down by the Division director under the emergency powers granted to the position by the legislature under Utah Code 23-14-8(4). If the director uses this power to shut down deer hunting statewide I'll drive down to Cedar City and take you out to dinner. If he doesn't, you're out nothing. That is how confident I am that won't happen.

I can't imagine anyone's pants are big enough to fit the cajones that would take. Not to mention most of these folks get degrees in wildlife management and pursue the careers they do out of passion for their field. I don't think that often includes a passion for eliminating hunts with such ease. I don't know Director Shirley but I'm guessing the recent decision wasn't made lightly nor would something as profound as closing the deer hunt in Utah.

If he does I hope he has a home on an island somewhere way off the grid