ATV off road big game retrieval permits for public lands
I would like to know how people feel about this.
Now before I continue, let me say; unless you hunt big game in Utah and know and factor successful harvest percentages, you really can't comprehend how little or no adverse environmental impact an idea like this has, infact in the end there could very well be a net benefit for the environment.
Unlike like in the past when it was feasible for a person to own and use a horse, it has become more difficult to retrieve game lawfully in an efficient manner. By far most successful hunters do not hunt off of atv's. They are successful because they get off the roads and beaten paths. That being said when successful the same hunters have to gamble lawfully to retrieve their game, risking criminal consequences to retrieve their game in a timely manner. My idea is that a hunter can purchase a game retrieval license prior to this season to retrieve their game off roads and approve trails. this permit only allows use in those conditions when a hunter is retrieving a big game animal carcass.
By having this it would eliminate unwanted destruction and spoiling of meat, give a lawful option to something that is already widely done anyway, and provide funds to the environment in the best way seen fit. if you actually research the number of successful hunters in an area compared to the number of actual Hunters with ATVs you can conclude the net environmental benefit is by far greater than any if any short term damage incurred. I feel there are many great benefits from this, the permit not only eliminates the law breaking but at the same time reduces the the threat of accident and injury where dangerous risks have been taken in the past to avoid getting caught.