tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post3273285590863211211..comments2024-03-06T23:13:36.562-08:00Comments on Sense of Misplaced: Letters to....Colorado Parks & Wildlife Re: Predator ControlBug Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461221580583652638.post-88924080570144938322017-01-11T14:18:23.001-08:002017-01-11T14:18:23.001-08:00Eric... GREAT letter! one possible way to conside...Eric... GREAT letter! one possible way to consider building their financial coffers without the destruction of our predators, is to offer "birders or wildlife watchers" a tag to get into places that are closed during waterfowl season or other times of the year. They can limit numbers in the same way they limit hunting tags. They could even have restrictions such as opening areas with CPW accompaniment only on specific days or weekends. It could require that those holding tags stay behind blinds... I'm thinking about the piping plovers down here. Shores are closed during breeding season, but perhaps a blind could be put up, and birders converge on ONE day, and are accompanied to the blind. Ornithogists can determine the day of least impact (ie, post hatch) This could be a HUGE funding resource around the state. People would compete for the tags... but EVERYONE who wants a tag has a non-refundable small fee to pay. This idea should not be placed in your letter... it is great as is. OH, yes... there is the SIMPLE solution to increasing the deer herds... DON'T sell as many tags each year to hunters!! (but then watch the outcry!) Jill SmithAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08325293296929619295noreply@blogger.com