Then what does exactly?Where the WILD game reside means zero with respect to ownership.
Who owns the Trust and if its the state what gives them that authority?The animals are held in trust by the state, for the citizens of the state. Said state can discriminate against NR of that state per Court Ruling. Don't like the ruling, there's a course of action you can take.
If its animals on federal land and both the resident and I had equal opportunity to the tag, then yes, yes I do.Wildlife is owned and managed by the state. It doesn't matter if the animal is standing on private, federal or state land.
You have just as much opportunity to recreate and enjoy the land as any other citizen of the country. However, if you want to kill an animal that is owned by the state you must follow state rules and allocations.
What many eastern hunters seem unable to understand is that hunting opportunities in the west are more limited than in the east. Distributing tags equally to all U.S. citizens with no state residency preference would result in a lot of western state residents not getting a tag at all. It is already the case in some western states where all tags are allocated on a limited quota and not even all residents can get a tag every year.
Does your sense of entitlement to a tag go so far as to think that you should have a tag while a resident of that state does not?
Again why is it that minerals or fossil fuels taken from federal land is a federally owned resources but the wildlife on the same property is not? What about herds that migrate between different states, why does one state have the authority to claim ownership when they issue a tag?
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