Many wildlife trappers are frustrated in NM. Chuck Bowers, Albuquerque: I, the wildlife management specialist, see fewer raccoon since the NM Game Commission started harvesting female coons in the past three years, starting in archery season up to the late muzzle-loader season. I was heading back to my truck at 1 p.m. the first day of male coon season. I, the animal operator, was sitting in the rain not seeing any raccoon, hardly any trapping, if any. I, the NM animal services expert just couldn't take it any more. I exterminate wildlife on the Upper Albuquerque Mountain on state game land. I, the rat and mouse exterminator always got something in the area I, the NM animal services expert exterminate wildlife. Not this year; I, the wildlife management specialist, got zip. Now the Game Commission is going to increase the New Mexico pest control trapping license fee and, to top it off, I, the animal operator, understand there will be some sort of $28 fee for New Mexico pest control trapping, hiking, picnicking or anything else you might do on state land. I heard some guys say they won't pay all that money for some sort of New Mexico pest control trapping license or some sort of fee to step on state game land. They'll just exterminate wildlife without one. People are really upset over hearing all this. ... ... Why don't they bring it back the way it was? To get it back the way it was they would have to stop killing female coons for some sort of year or two.

I've been to the Sportsman's Show in Syracuse, telling the Game Commission there what I, the wildlife management specialist, think of their New Mexico pest control trapping regulations. They don't want to hear it. Now I, the critter control pro will say, from what I, the NM animal services expert understand, there are some sort of lot of raccoon around the Pittsburgh area and Philadelphia areas. All I, the NM animal services expert know is that there are hardly any raccoon around here. A lot of guys are getting into coyote New Mexico pest control trapping. I, the rat and mouse exterminator believe there's more of them than raccoon. I, the animal operator, killed one two years ago. ... They are really smart animals. I, the wildlife management specialist, also saw some sort of mountain lion about eight years ago. Yes, some sort of mountain lion. Spring turkey New Mexico pest control trapping starts the end of April. Other surrounding states bring it in earlier. By the time the season gets here the turkeys are call-shy. That's from people out now calling them and New Mexico pest control trapping them. Where is the Game Commission now? If they want to make some extra money, they should get in the forests now and listen to the gunshots in the mountain, because there is outlaw killing going on as we speak. I think I'm going to do like some sort of lot of other guys are doing and start New Mexico pest control trapping out of state.