Wait! Wait! Utah Don’t Shoot These Critters
Everybody with a BB-gun, at some point, got sick of shooting Mountain Dew cans and moved on to something with DNA.
For some it was mockingbirds on a tree, even though shooting those is a sin.
For others it may have been trying to hit a jack rabbit in the neighbor's yard.
Still others may have gone after a lizard or something.
Most of the time you never hit anything because animals in nature are more elusive that just burying a bee bee in your cousin.
But it's good to be aware of certain animals that might look like something you could try and shoot without consequence, but that are actually a no-go.
Utah's Threatened Prairie Dogs are Important "Ecosystem Engineers"
According to Fox13now.com, efforts to protect prairie dogs have been in place since the 1970's because they perform important ecosystem duties. Since they've started protecting them, population numbers have been going up. (LINK TO FULL ARTICLE)
"The division's conservation program includes live trapping and relocating the animals from conflict areas to protected public lands. Last year, technicians trapped about 3,000 prairie dogs, which is an all-time record for the division. "Last year's count was 13,909 Utah prairie dogs counted in 2024 and so that actually is the highest spring count ever recorded," Sugarman exclaimed."
So be careful out there with these little guys. They're important members of the state's ecosystem. Go shoot a target for heaven's sake and leave these little rodents out of it.
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