Just returned from my second aborted mission. First time guy was stuck in his truck blocking the road. Couldn’t get him out so Gave him a ride to town. This time huge fir across road and I brought my dull electric saw. It went dead 😂 third times the charm going back Tuesday or Thursday with one...
What? Ha ha I never asked for anyones thoughts and I don’t live in Utah? I was just commenting on some pretty stiff poaching penalties I have read about recently
Poaching sentences have been weak. A positive is I have seen some pretty legit poaching penalties recently. Some states are starting to throw the book at poaching it seems. Just a few I recently read about but I agree that generally poaching had been way under prosecuted
I would way rather have them sold and hopefully raise some money to offset the tax burden we all pay for LE. It’s actually lowering prices for antler and fur sales by adding supply. Destroying wildlife parts would be a massive waste of resources I’m glad they sell them. It’s actually refreshing...
I have been driving around with bait in my truck for a week. Every time I get excited to go it snows. Like this morning woke up to new snow. me and my son will be going pretty steady. Will run baits but also some spot and stalk and probably just a few hound chases. Just to let my last hound...
👍 draw by region or unit makes sense. Going to a guide draw really makes sense but it scares the crap out of me ha ha. I feel like they would somehow reserve 90 percent of the tags for the guided draw. They do have a lot of lobbying power right now
I hear this all the time that people love that NM and ID didn’t implement a point system.
This is why I am definitely against getting rid of the zero points pool. Montana is giving nr a choice to not be in the point systems for a general tag. It was suggested it’s not working as intended...
I agree, 200-300 come home to hunt tags out of 59000(from the article) nr tags seems totally irrelevant.
Not sure why big fin chose to do away with come home to hunt tags as a major way to fix Montana draw systems. I think you are misunderstand the native license. It has nothing to do with...
Not to one up anyone but I have been saving this in the garage for decades. I knew it would have a purpose. Extreme backcountry hunt, way in, thought I might not make it when I had to unload all the quarters off my wheeler just to get back around the gate. Hammering Idaho style
I agree with bold. Why get rid of the choice to opt out of preference points? That was the suggestion was to get rid of the zero preference points pool. I disagree with that and it would increase point creep because everyone would be forced Into the points game. Right now you can say I don’t...
👍 why go after come home to hunt as a fix. I looked into getting it and there was 500 available with 300 leftover? That’s 200-300 nr tags total. I couldn’t read the article you posted but the headline sounds absurd. I just agree with the goal of come home to hunt. Just my 2 cents and that...
Unit specific nr tags is a good idea I think. I can’t imagine the confusion lol they get thousands of calls just on preference vs bonus points. Idaho did that last year and it really helped some areas out. Made no difference where I live because our main issue is new resident hunters locally. It...
I could take advantage as well but I don’t. I hunt with my son who was born and raised in Idaho so I pay the higher cost to apply together. It’s a hunt we do together and I don’t want to go without him so I pay full boat and deal with the odds. I still agree with the reasons for having them...
I know preference points are preference to the highest points holder. If you get rid of the choice for the zero po points pool you have no option to not participate in preference points. Right now you actually have a choice and that choice has been actually better odds. Currently pp are limited...
Good ideas for the most part. I don’t agree with getting rid of the 25 percent pool or the pp. Switching to pure bonus points would create the point creep everyone complains about in every other state. Montana is the only state ,I know , that gives you the choice of playing the points game and...