05-09-2007, 02:36 AM
What does everyone think about the new shed hunting rule? This topic has probably been brought up before but I would like to see what everyone has to say about it now that the season is open.
There have been several cases of people stashing antlers piles and hiding them, and there have been people who just ignore the rule too. It really sucks for the people that want to obey the law to got out on May 1 and not find anything. Recently I headed up to Blacksmith fork canyon to look for elk sheds I knew there would be elk sheds up there because the elk left Hardware ranch early and lost their antlers in the hills above the ranch. I found nothing, and later found out that someone had stashed a whole stew of elk antlers up in the same location that I had been.
May 1st is along time after the game shed their antlers. By that time most of the antlers are weathered and cracked.
I don't think that this new rule is going to work very well. After all they can't keep people out of the mountains at that time so the deer are going to be pushed around anyway. If someone is hiking around at that time and they see a huge shed what are they going to do? I know of several people that have been fined already for this new rule and personally I don't know how effective it is going to be.
Also, why is it only in the Northern region? Shed hunting works the same way everywhere.
What do you guys think????
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There have been several cases of people stashing antlers piles and hiding them, and there have been people who just ignore the rule too. It really sucks for the people that want to obey the law to got out on May 1 and not find anything. Recently I headed up to Blacksmith fork canyon to look for elk sheds I knew there would be elk sheds up there because the elk left Hardware ranch early and lost their antlers in the hills above the ranch. I found nothing, and later found out that someone had stashed a whole stew of elk antlers up in the same location that I had been.
May 1st is along time after the game shed their antlers. By that time most of the antlers are weathered and cracked.
I don't think that this new rule is going to work very well. After all they can't keep people out of the mountains at that time so the deer are going to be pushed around anyway. If someone is hiking around at that time and they see a huge shed what are they going to do? I know of several people that have been fined already for this new rule and personally I don't know how effective it is going to be.
Also, why is it only in the Northern region? Shed hunting works the same way everywhere.
What do you guys think????
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