Show FORESTERS ASK HUNTERS TO SHOOT porcupines porky porcupine stealthily working timber renegade is on the upgrade in many intermountain national forest areas populations are increasing in spite of reduction programs to decrease the porcupines the forest service is asking hunters in certain areas this year to shoot them on sight A letter ii being sent to those who will hunt in areas cherl porcupine damage to trees is severe asks the sportsman to help save the forest trees by coop draling in en intensive effort to destroy the porcupines they sc while hunting big girne gai no tte tie tt TI e forest service recognizes thai even though the qualified rodents are a natural pin of a furest forest habitat an overproduction can do dg serious damage to future amber supplies and de story recreational and scenic urs ups by stripping the bark ba rk from of young trees one of the rodents can ruin many young trees in a plantation it was stated contrary to folklore porcupines are not protected by game laws they should not be spared as possible food for people lost in the mountains because they dont cooperate that way when the snow gets deep they hide out in rocky dens these tips are for hunters who will h help IF in the campaign to reduce the e porcupine population aim for the head its usually the end farthest from the tree trunk use the same safety safely you would when shooting your game porcupines are often seen at sundown in or near mountain roads grassy meadows and stream banks I 1 the local areas overpopulated by porcupines are monticello ranger district |