duckhunt
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For anybody interested I just read an article about the park service wanting to reduce the numbers in the herd. Looks like there will be a draw for 25 tags may 3rd and 4th. That might be a good hunt for somebody.
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I believe they will take all the apps, pick the top 25 that meet all the requirements then pick 12 at random.The impression I got is that you're signing up to work for them 5 days and your job is to kill and pack bison for those 5 days, and maybe they will let you keep up to one bison at the end. Not 1 and done, the objective is to kill 200 bison. I was thinking they must mean 12 shooters per 5 day period, otherwise it seems pointless to involve the public, they could do that with staff.
So the volunteer gets up to 1/12 of one bison? Or up to 1/25 of one bison? The "team" is the 25 selected for the given mon-fri, correct? And that entire team will share one bison (or less).Carcass distribution will not exceed one bison per volunteer team
The FONSI lays it out in more detail, but the TLDR is you are not applying for a hunt, you are applying to work as a volunteer with the NPS, you might be compensated for your time with some meat.So the volunteer gets up to 1/12 of one bison? Or up to 1/25 of one bison? The "team" is the 25 selected for the given mon-fri, correct? And that entire team will share one bison (or less).
And the skilled shooters only "may share" bison with the 13 guys that weren't classified as skilled? (Probably the lowest 13 guys scoring on the shooting)
Sounds like I would be lucky to fill a 20 quart cooler with neck and rib meat I scavenged myself. While various tribes would be dining on backstrap they didn't carry?
And I paid over $4/round for the copper ammo for this privilege?
Seems like a job for @mtnprst and a film crew...I feel bad for the selection committee/unsuspecting recipient (victim) of the applications. This isn't a hunt and it won't be the type of fun that most people think of when they go hunting, even those of us who prefer type 2 fun. Now that gohunt has publicized it, as well as a bunch of other outlets, and I've gotten a text about it from everyone I know who even just overheard that I hunt, I bet this becomes a debacle.
This is not hunting, this is a slaughter, and while I applauded them for getting the public involved, I wish it were being done differently. One selected HUNTER (could be native, resident, non-resident, I don't care) at a time, escorted by park personnel, and hell get a volunteer guide and butchering crew on call as well to prevent any spoilage. Meat gets used. Hunter gets first right of refusal for anything they want. Park personnel keeps hunter from doing anything stupid.
I won't be applying because I want the bison to be more than a nuisance to be "removed."
Just so we are clear I read FONSI as this.The FONSI lays it out in more detail, but the TLDR is you are not applying for a hunt, you are applying to work as a volunteer with the NPS, you might be compensated for your time with some meat.
It is an interesting opportunity in the hunting space but it’s definitely not something people should apply for if they have any expectations of it being a hunt, as we are typically accustomed.
Seems like a job for @mtnprst and a film crew...
Just so we are clear I read FONSI as this.View attachment 182092
That is how South Dakota does it on the Custer national forest landI feel bad for the selection committee/unsuspecting recipient (victim) of the applications. This isn't a hunt and it won't be the type of fun that most people think of when they go hunting, even those of us who prefer type 2 fun. Now that gohunt has publicized it, as well as a bunch of other outlets, and I've gotten a text about it from everyone I know who even just overheard that I hunt, I bet this becomes a debacle.
This is not hunting, this is a slaughter, and while I applauded them for getting the public involved, I wish it were being done differently. One selected HUNTER (could be native, resident, non-resident, I don't care) at a time, escorted by park personnel, and hell get a volunteer guide and butchering crew on call as well to prevent any spoilage. Meat gets used. Hunter gets first right of refusal for anything they want. Park personnel keeps hunter from doing anything stupid.
I won't be applying because I want the bison to be more than a nuisance to be "removed."
Not quite. CSP is a well managed herd bordering on domestic operation, which I have no issue with because they call it what it is. You pay to shoot your meat there.That is how South Dakota does it on the Custer national forest land