The only aspect of wildlife management in Nevada that is under control is the intimidated, censored commission…Like the coyotes, bobcats and counted-managed mountain lions, the Department of Wildlife is out of control, via the shield of protection from public criticism provided by the conditioned commissioners.
We are now faced with a critical mule deer shortage (that called for three urgent symposiums) and the obvious disappearance of much of our wildlife, namely our once plentiful, uncountable past deer migrations and past harvestable Nevada sage grouse.
Before the implementation of the politically appointed commission policy that was designed for the benefit of the wildlife experts indoctrinated management policies, we had an effective seventeen member commission who were elected by the resident voters and sportsmen from their own counties, in control of the management and harvesting quotas and policies of the game populations with their county wildlife habitat. This authority superceded and controlled any recommendations of over-harvests by the department just before budget time. At the time of this effective elected seventeen man commission, we had no such problems (described above) and the records will show our deer herds and other wildlife species were at their harvestable peaks with the mountain lions obviously well under control, on top of the predator (unprotected) list due to the biological fact the lion’s natural diet in Nevada is 85 percent red deer meat, at a ratio of 80 to 100 (killed) required annually for any adult lion’s survival and reproduction purposes, while now competing with man, the coyotes, bobcats and poachers for the same meat! We have higher fees, less game and an overpopulation of uncontrolled predators that must prey on all wildlife species in order to survive!
From the Desk of
Jim Ornellas
Jim Ornellas has resided in Nevada for sixty years, held a guide license for many of those years and has hunted lions for fifty seven years.
