dead river
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It wasn't until one of the recent comments in another thread that i even realized so many of the western states has disallowed them. Frankly, its ridiculous...why would you have a law that limits the use of a tool to ethically recover an animal once it has been shot, yet the has no way to provide advantage of any kind in providing the chance to shoot that animal. Sometimes i am shocked at how the micro-management of herd units in the west seems to have also promoted a hyper-sensitive mindset in the agencies and has led to some interesting minutia on petty stuff like this in the laws. Why not make it illegal to use a flashlight to follow a blood trail while you are at it...I generally try to refrain from negative post, so my apologies if this seems that way, but i dont see the logic in the law and it apparently existed for most of the mountain states.