Interesting thought and replies SH.

So if we are talking about freedom to expand and the process of supply and demand, how would that effect your job as a trapper?

If I could convince the people of this state, that we would be better off with coyotes and fox and to just put a hunting season on them so we could sell licenses, and we woulkdn't need to hire trappers, would that bother you?

Or if the bunny huggers get the people to vote to quit using "paw hold" traps, would that bother you? Hey, you got to change with the times.

How about if we landowners could convince the rest of the voting public that we as landowners could do a better and cheaper job of managing the wildlife and we all voted out and abolished the GF&P, would that be a good thing?

We all need to change with the times, but most of us struggle to make that change.

I stated in another thread that I no longer have problems with deer eating my haystacks, by simply getting rid of the stacks. Do you think any other ranchers will change that way?

I didn't have much of a problem with the recent snow/rain because I have switched my system of ranching to cooperate with mother nature rather than a more antagonistic approach. Do you think all others will follow suit?

Just because something works or makes sense to me doesn't preclude the fact that others will see it another way and will continue to do as they always have and survive or go down in flames before they change and/or adapt.

Wolves don't bother me, but I think if I lived next to Yellowstone Park or wherever they have introduced them, I probably would have a different point of view.

Sorry ol' buddy, but you don't get to be the only one with a valid opinion.