idelkslayer
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At a minimum I hope that this case leads to enough interest to reform the LAP tag system in Idaho. As I understand it, the program started because landowners in controlled hunt units complained about not being able to hunt on their own land despite their land providing habitat for the animals. The current program has gone much farther than letting a farmer/rancher hunt his family property. Not long ago there was a movement among some large landowners to be able to sell the LAP tags to the highest bidder. That was not the purpose of the program. Some argued it was necessary to recuperate losses due to depredation but there is already a mechanism in place for that and a new $5 annual fee that all Idaho hunters have to pay that went towards augmenting the depredation reimbursements.
Here is my short list of changes I'd like to see to the program that would go a long way towards preventing this type of abuse.
1. LAP tags can only be used on the specific private property to which it is issued, not unit wide.
2. LAP tags are only transferrable to first degree kindred of the landowner.
If I had to choose just one, I'd pick number 2. That one alone would do the most to eliminate the problem of selling the tags or selling trespass fees in exchange for a tag.
Here is my short list of changes I'd like to see to the program that would go a long way towards preventing this type of abuse.
1. LAP tags can only be used on the specific private property to which it is issued, not unit wide.
2. LAP tags are only transferrable to first degree kindred of the landowner.
If I had to choose just one, I'd pick number 2. That one alone would do the most to eliminate the problem of selling the tags or selling trespass fees in exchange for a tag.