I just got a press release from Parks & Wildlife alerting hunter who plan on elk hunting Unit 22 for Archery or M/L concerning disruptions by the BLM caused by a wildhorse roundup. The roundup starts Sept 14th.
"The BLM says they will focus on gathering 167 horses in West Douglas Horse Area first, but if they are unable to gather the required number of horses there, they may move operations east into GMU 22. The BLM estimates that the operations may run a week to ten days. The gather operations will include helicopters, support vehicles and personnel on the ground. Until the operations have concluded, the BLM is asking everyone to avoid the area. Hunters are advised to seek alternative hunting areas within the GMUs."
"We prefer that this take place at a time that does not effect hunters, but that is not our decision," said Northwest Regional Manager Ron Velarde of P & W. "All we can do is alert hunters that they need to take the horse gather into consideration when making plans."
This really crazy IMHO, as they have had all summer to do this operation. Sounds like someone at the BLM wants to cause hunters problems. Wonder if there is a little anti hunting sentiment there!
"The BLM says they will focus on gathering 167 horses in West Douglas Horse Area first, but if they are unable to gather the required number of horses there, they may move operations east into GMU 22. The BLM estimates that the operations may run a week to ten days. The gather operations will include helicopters, support vehicles and personnel on the ground. Until the operations have concluded, the BLM is asking everyone to avoid the area. Hunters are advised to seek alternative hunting areas within the GMUs."
"We prefer that this take place at a time that does not effect hunters, but that is not our decision," said Northwest Regional Manager Ron Velarde of P & W. "All we can do is alert hunters that they need to take the horse gather into consideration when making plans."
This really crazy IMHO, as they have had all summer to do this operation. Sounds like someone at the BLM wants to cause hunters problems. Wonder if there is a little anti hunting sentiment there!
