They are just amazing, it was a lucky find off the beaten path.
The tags are installed by provincial conservation officers, a way to keep track of population since they seem to decline in other areas like the US(not there tho, healthy growing population), there were concern that they may become at risk after many were lost to a disease outbreak. They issue special lotteries for hunting tags in very limited numbers every year, it is a delicacy here but they have to wait until a certain age and the horns are a certain length. Inventory control and to help track their travel patterns. They tend to travel in herds so in National Park, some are outfitted with a tracking device.
They are just amazing, it was a lucky find off the beaten path.
The tags are installed by provincial conservation officers, a way to keep track of population since they seem to decline in other areas like the US(not there tho, healthy growing population), there were concern that they may become at risk after many were lost to a disease outbreak. They issue special lotteries for hunting tags in very limited numbers every year, it is a delicacy here but they have to wait until a certain age and the horns are a certain length. Inventory control and to help track their travel patterns. They tend to travel in herds so in National Park, some are outfitted with a tracking device.