Not sure what is going on around here but someone needs to get caught. This one would be hard to say they thought it was a black bear as this is a full month before season opened. I worry that people will want this area closed to bear hunting all together as people are not able to tell the two...
If we are trying to recruit I would think you would pick something with an higher success rate. This is why you start kids out pan fishing instead of muskies.
I think a better focus would be something that can be done over a weekend or a evening/morning. Taking someone out west for a week long...
I am in the same boat but bear season opens up in two weeks. If they can't get anything out I will go back to onx. The are going to loose a lot of business if they keep waiting.
Not only are they wanting more tags, in some units they want to be able to have more NR than what is now allowed. So the new rule for this year they don't want to have to fallow it either
If you say OTC tag for unit 55, you would have a South Hills zone tag would guess A tag. you can hunt elk with any weapon in unit 46 but it has to be within 1 mile of private ag land.
Making background checks for private sales is a good idea and if you want to do it that is fine. Making it a law is just unenforceable unless you have a gun registry as how do you know if a sale has taken place?
I only differ from your thought on a few.
5. NO, without #6 there is no way to enforce this
18. NO, It is smart to keep everything locked up but do not see away to enforce this without having someone come into the house and check
23. NO, It is the lower that is the 80% and what do we do with...