>>2834953are all big game subject to this kind of lottery in the US? I know it varies by state, but overall it seems like a surprisingly fair system. or does it only apply to public land?
in Sweden the forestry companies own huge parts of the land, and landowners decide how the hunt is to be done. land votes. this understandably leads to a lot of tension since they have a majority or near-majority stake in most large hunting teams. this in turn leads to pressure to shoot cows rather than bulls, because the forest companies don't want any moose grazing on their trees
the riksdag had to stop the companies from buying up all land in the late 1800's because that would threaten "the will to defend the country" among the peasantry
