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Grand Canyon National Park will be issuing 200 bison tags in an attempt to reduce the population.

The herd was introduced into the 1900's by a rancher who tried to cross breed them with cattle. He bagged it as a bad idea and Arizona's Fish & Game have been monitoring it ever since.

While the initial population was around a hundred the herd numbers are up to around 600. They're hard on the habitat and they want to manage the population as they're predicted to double in the next couple of decades.

 

So if you can lob a safari round accurately down range, and carry all your crap with you, you might get lucky and be able to draw out a tag on AZ's lottery system. The majority of the meat and hides will go to local tribes but you'll be able to get one too if you don't mind packing it out.

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A colleague sent me this.   Sounds a good opportunity and I applaud the US authorities for using sportsman to achieve conservation goals. In the UK any such job would almost certainly be carried o

From Blaise' ongoing terrier work thread I am led to believe that the French Department responsible for rural affairs will ask the hunt clubs to aid in culling in a similar way, though for disease con

A mate of mine has put in for it. He's native which he's hoping will help his chances of drawing out. He want's to use his bow!

From Blaise' ongoing terrier work thread I am led to believe that the French Department responsible for rural affairs will ask the hunt clubs to aid in culling in a similar way, though for disease control reasons. Likewise the kiwi Department of Conservation use sportsman to control invasive species in their national parks in addition to their own more controversial efforts using 1080.

 

I really think it's great. Sportsman acting as free (and often financially contributing!) expertise in government conservation and management goals.

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A mate of mine has put in for it. He's native which he's hoping will help his chances of drawing out. He want's to use his bow!

I have a DVD where a guy takes one with a bow,it goes down very quickly,i would love to see one taken with an old sharps rifle.

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