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<blockquote data-quote="KDM" data-source="post: 243153" data-attributes="member: 314"><p>IF this stupidity goes through, all I see is BAD things for hunting.&nbsp; If the no trespass stupidity AND the bait ban absurdity both go through, I see BAD things (squared) for hunting.&nbsp; My predictions are as follows:&nbsp; Young hunter recruitment will be negatively affected as the difficulty of both access to land and the probability of success decreases.&nbsp; I suspect hunter numbers as a whole will also probably go down for the same reasons.&nbsp; PLOTS land will be boot stomped into oblivion due to increased usage which could quite possibly result in a reduction in PLOTS participation by landowners.&nbsp; WPA and other public lands will probably see an increase in usage which for you Mulie lovers means more hunters going to the only large areas of public land available in ND to hunt deer ie.&nbsp; &quot;The Badlands&quot;.&nbsp; Revenue from sporting good sales as well as licences will probably drop as not only residents give up hunting, but non-residents will go elsewhere to hunt.&nbsp; Increased burdens on law enforcement during the hunting season are an almost certainty which, in turn, will aggravate both landowners and sportsmen alike.&nbsp; Hunting, as a deer management tool, could lose it's effectiveness causing deer herd numbers to exceed the habitat possibly causing increases in deer depredation complaints.&nbsp; Which brings up another point.&nbsp; Normally, deer depredation calls are fixed by allowing hunters onto the land.&nbsp; Will landowners be required to post their land open to hunting and how will hunters find out about open land?&nbsp; Early goose season will probably be a complete BUST as getting onto the fields where transient geese are feeding will be much more difficult, which completely nullifies the entire reason the season was implemented, which was to reduce goose depredation on soybeans and other crops.&nbsp; The list can go on, but that should suffice for now.&nbsp; Enjoy!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KDM, post: 243153, member: 314"] IF this stupidity goes through, all I see is BAD things for hunting. If the no trespass stupidity AND the bait ban absurdity both go through, I see BAD things (squared) for hunting. My predictions are as follows: Young hunter recruitment will be negatively affected as the difficulty of both access to land and the probability of success decreases. I suspect hunter numbers as a whole will also probably go down for the same reasons. PLOTS land will be boot stomped into oblivion due to increased usage which could quite possibly result in a reduction in PLOTS participation by landowners. WPA and other public lands will probably see an increase in usage which for you Mulie lovers means more hunters going to the only large areas of public land available in ND to hunt deer ie. "The Badlands". Revenue from sporting good sales as well as licences will probably drop as not only residents give up hunting, but non-residents will go elsewhere to hunt. Increased burdens on law enforcement during the hunting season are an almost certainty which, in turn, will aggravate both landowners and sportsmen alike. Hunting, as a deer management tool, could lose it's effectiveness causing deer herd numbers to exceed the habitat possibly causing increases in deer depredation complaints. Which brings up another point. Normally, deer depredation calls are fixed by allowing hunters onto the land. Will landowners be required to post their land open to hunting and how will hunters find out about open land? Early goose season will probably be a complete BUST as getting onto the fields where transient geese are feeding will be much more difficult, which completely nullifies the entire reason the season was implemented, which was to reduce goose depredation on soybeans and other crops. The list can go on, but that should suffice for now. Enjoy! [/QUOTE]

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