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  1. idahohuntr

    Berger VLD reviews for elk

    I was a huge fan of Bergers early on because of their accuracy, BC etc. After 2 seasons and a few animals I wouldn't use them on any hunt for anything. I'm sure they work most of the time, and they did for me, until they didn't. I want a bullet I can be 100% confident in...not one where some...
  2. idahohuntr

    Retire early to hunt more?

    I think it is important to recognize physical ability/health/fitness is going to be a limiting factor in a lot of western hunting scenarios...so we have to consider that 'resource' just as much as time and money. I don't think I'm in a position of wanting to delay retirement to fit in more...
  3. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Doesn't seem odd at all. I imagine a lot of people dedicated to public service have a strong desire to maintain equity in the allocation of public resources. Dont confuse politicians (i.e., slimy ones that pull last minute back room deals) and their mismanagement with the millions of public...
  4. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    I do think there could have been some sort of compromise here if level heads had sat down together and mutually worked on a bill that had real benefits (like access and habitat programs) for DIY hunters in exchange for a small, modest set aside of tags for outfitters. That is not what happened...
  5. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    No, I am not an attorney. I agree, if the legislation did specify NR's from (insert state here) would be treated differently than NR's from (insert state here) there would be something to a legal challenge...but a blanket 'any NR who hires an outfitter' I'm just not seeing it. Either way, what...
  6. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    I hate the legislation too. My only point is I see zero chance of a legal challenge being successful. Nothing in the Montana or US Constitution I'm aware of that would give solid footing. Also, think of NRs who use come home to hunt and landowner licenses and college student licenses...
  7. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    I see no legal challenge being successful against this legislation and any attempt to do so would be a wasted effort that distracts from better avenues (initiative, elections, etc.). The state has wide discretion and outfitted vs. non-outfitted is not going to raise any equal protection or...
  8. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Is it just this year the NR hunters committed to an outfitter are allowed to buy a big game combo and in future years it will be a random draw, just the NR Outfitted hunters get to buy 2 pp? Or its an every year thing...any NR who commits to an outfitter will be granted a Big Game Combo...
  9. idahohuntr

    Non-resident outfitter license (MT) Bill is up for hearing 2/2/2021 (SB 143)

    Done. I simply can't believe this garbage.
  10. idahohuntr

    Lesson learn/glory tag episode

    I watched the Marcus/Michael lesson learned youtube video today and thought it was one of the best ones yet. The attitude piece is huge. When I watched the hunt series a few months ago I thought to myself if I ever find time to teach hunter education again I would show this series to...
  11. idahohuntr

    Outfitters, WHY do we (you) need 'Em?

    I think outfitters provide a valuable service. I personally struggle with whether I could enjoy a hunt if I was guided - but that doesn't mean I (or other DIY hunters) don't have respect for or see the value in such services and the people who provide them. The only time I find myself at...
  12. idahohuntr

    Montana D & E this week??

    Sweet. My group of 4 drew NR deer combo, 1 pt. Will be our first deer hunt in MT.
  13. idahohuntr

    Montana D & E this week??

    Any idea how long it takes for results now?
  14. idahohuntr

    Idaho considers giving more NR tags to outfitters

    Appears Idaho is contemplating taking more NR tags and putting them in the outfitter set a side pool, per a request from IOGA. https://idfg.idaho.gov/about/rules/potential-change-outfitter-set-aside-rule-general-hunt-elk-and-deer-tags
  15. idahohuntr

    Non-resident Hunting and the North American Model

    There is still plenty of public value for wildlife that is found on private land - enough that I do not see any merit to willingly abandoning the NA Model to try and 'negotiate' away the public trust. To use your analogy - I'm perfectly fine letting that cake sit in a locked safe where both the...
  16. idahohuntr

    Non-resident Hunting and the North American Model

    I hear ya...but I can't quite make the leap you do between NR participation in big game hunts and stopping transfer of federal lands. I think that misses just how much interest there is in federal/public lands from the resident hunters as well as the extraordinary number of non-resident...
  17. idahohuntr

    Non-resident Hunting and the North American Model

    This is an interesting topic, but I'm not inclined to believe the NA model is in a death spiral. I think it is largely alive and well and I don't see all the increases in NR prices (and/or decreases in quotas) as an attack on the model. As noted by the OP, resident tag prices remain at very...
  18. idahohuntr

    Arizona CC Hits

    This needs to be a tshirt or bumper sticker!
  19. idahohuntr

    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    It well could be much higher...I've seen 16b cited recently but have not dug into it. I'd guess whatever bpa has spent covers an overwhelming majority of the costs though...they (i.e., ratepayers) fund so many agencies, tribes, hatcheries, RME, etc. a lot of the $$ in any of their salmon...
  20. idahohuntr

    GOP congressman wants to remove 4 dams to save Idaho’s salmon

    I think you misunderstood my description. A 14% increase in survival would take a SAR of 1% to 1.14%...not 14%. The numbers I've heard on salmon recovery hover around 16 billion, over 30 years, for the entire Columbia Basin. Sorry, but spending more than double that figure on an action that...
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