Public Help Sought to Protect Big Bucks During New Mexico Breeding Season

By Vanessa Torres

New Mexico -(Ammoland.com)- The Department of Game and Fish is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying poachers preying upon big bucks during the ongoing mule deer breeding season.

“Bucks in the rut are easy targets for opportunistic poachers,” said Bobby Griego, colonel of Field Operations for the department. “We’re asking the public to keep an eye out for our wildlife and report any suspicious activity.”
The mule deer breeding season in northern New Mexico is in full swing and deer can be found congregating in easily accessible areas where wildlife watchers, photographers and others can observe them. It is also the time of year that game wardens find many illegally slain bucks minus their heads and antlers — rotting by the roadside.

“They’re poaching some of our finest bucks,” Griego said.
The loss of these trophy bucks deprives deer herds of prime breeding stock for future generations and negatively impacts hunting for others.
Game wardens work overtime during the rut, patrolling wintering grounds where mule deer gather. Officers already are investigating numerous poaching cases, …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand