And we have a lot of outfitters pushing for change. In fact a couple of the biggest outfitters are PUSHING HARD for CHANGE. Who happen also to be LANDOWNERS. In fact all the landowners I know and deal with R’s 6&7) are all in for CHANGE.
It’s like the mindset of a NR I spoke to at the saloon in Hinsdale October 19(maybe not exact date, but was in the dead week, just before rifle opened) 2011. The NR had whitetail doe tags in hand, wondering where he could “fill them”. I told him just take and burn them, 97-99% of the whitetail...
When the local deer processor in Glasgow Mt tells about a group of “hunters” brining in 70-80 mulie does/fawns, paying processing bill(near 10k), and not taking ANY venison home….its thrill killing. Color me disgusted.
Do you work for the dept, by chance??
Winter of 10-11, winter kill in R 6, whitetail 50% plus, antelope 85%(maybe more), mule deer 85% plus. Numbers improved, 2021 mule deer were in good shape 670/630. December of 21 6-700 mule deer in greater bitter creek area. 4-500 Frenchman greater...
The “come home to hunt “ and other (stupid) special interest tags are actually pretty insignificant. But if we could do away with them all I’d be for it