The US Forest Service and the BLM are controlled in large part by the EnvironMental and Animal Rights Activists both within their agencies and more importantly by those outside of their agencies.
Here in AZ my family has come under attack by the Heber Wildhorse activists. They have decided that the feral horses that are actually trespass animals from our neighboring Indian Reservation are “Wild Horses”. My family has owned/managed a local ranch that utilizes National Forest land for over 80 years. My parents sold the ranch in 1982 but my brother has managed it the whole time. The activists have made him their enemy #1.
Anytime the Forest Service tries to manage these horses, the activists sue to stop the management. This is the same thing the Environmentalists have done to stop timber production and it is what is causing these massive Forest Fires.
I guess the fact that horses are an invasive species in the United States has totally escaped their notice?
It should be legal to hunt them at any time by any means that the hunter chooses. They should be designated as a nuisance animal.