Just while everyone is on this subject of an extra “X” percent due to illegal kills……There’s also an extra “X” percent that comes from folks legally gut shooting them……shooting their legs off…….back whacking them…….shooting them in the arse…….in the head……in the neck…….in the brisket……etc…etc…..and etc……. and never recovering them……
And that extra “X” percent is why you should leave trackers alone and just let them clean up what they can…..Deer salvaged by trackers cost the state a whole lot less $$$ than ones salvaged by game wardens catching poachers. It’s all accounting in the end….debits and credits…. If the powers that be would implement tags then everyone that a tracker salvages would be another tag wrapped around an antler instead just another wasted one fed to a coyote……poached or leg shot and fed to a coyote…..both equal minus one…..and that happens a LOT……How many guys game check 2-3 bucks but have to shoot 4-5 to get them?? Trust me, there’s a lot of lead being slung at ‘em.
At least just don’t do anything stupid to tie trackers hands behind their backs…..That’s the least of the problems in front of us.
Wow that's some self righteous justification there. Those salvaged by trackers are still dead deer and most would die anyway, whether found or not. Game wardens catching poachers saves hundreds of future deer that are......alive. Those are the important ones, the ones that remain alive at the end of the season and in future seasons. As far as extra kills not counted, how many are killed each year on the highways. I've probably seen close to 50 dead on the roadside, since the season opened, just on my way back and forth to the camp.
