• happybadger [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    mainly because the extensive hunting for moose that was deregulated in the 1790s nearly drove it to extinction

    I'm glad Colorado makes this a lifetime license. You can apply for exactly one moose hunt. Whether you bag one or not, they'll never give you another. With elk and deer there is a need to intensively manage the herds, but moose are such rare and noble things to see- truly the least horny animal- that their depopulation in the Rockies would be tragic.