Wildlife regulation ruling flawed

... In a surprisingly broad decision, the court ruled in a 2-1 vote that DNR has no authority to regulate captive-raised whitetail deer and further asserted that the DNR does not have authority over any wild animal that is privately owned...

Good. If it's privately owned, it's no longer "wild" in my book.

I manage private ponds. If purchased fish were treated as "wild" and the fishing regulations were applied to ponds, managing them would be impossible, and I'd have to find a new line of work.

If there is a paper trail on the animal, and it is owned, then it's not a wild animal and should be treated like cattle or other livestock.

OTOH, I think any antlers from captive "not wild" deer should be permanently marked as such and not able to be entered into any record books, etc.