On my land, I consider myself the top of the food chain and make all appropriate decisions.
I only hunt during appropriate seasons. However, if the deer population got out of hand, I would do what was necessary.
If I had chickens and a hawk was getting them, I wouldn't mess with a depradation permit.
Unless rattlesnakes are around the house or pond, I don't mess with them. Lot of my neighbors have trouble with my snake tolerance but, It's my land and I make the decisions.
Kelly, Muleshoe didn't even have 10,000 people passing through in a good month.