There are jobs out there where a person has no choice but to go to college, mine was one of those.
In fairness, when I went to College I paid out of pocket for the whole thing, and could do it pretty easily working 5-6 month seasons in the field I wanted to pursue and with the agency I wanted...
Florida says, hold my beer, we want to give youth all kinds of opportunities...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5213592-florida-child-labor-law-changes/
Gerald, 12 weeks, don't forget the muzzleloader hunt...oh, and the youth deer season.
Also, bears and lions have increased significantly in regions 1 and 2, thanks to the whining houndsmen.
about 20k in 1985, the first year I killed an elk with a bow in Montana, in 2021 60K...a 3 fold increase in less than 40 years.
The numbers went from 29kish in the mid-90's to 60k in 2021, with the steepest increase between about 1999-present. Just purely by chance, and mere coincidence, a...
So it's your contention that more elk were killed in 1984 by archery hunters than killed in 2024?
Yeah....sure.
Archery hunters probably shot and lost more elk in 2024 than were killed by archery hunters in 1984.
Go back and look at archery pressure in 1984...compare it to 2024.
The change in archery technology and drastic increase in archery hunters happened fast...
So wolves don't kill elk in the valleys?
They must stay up high eating berries and grazing on grass...
Of course to ice the cake, we all know that archery pressure has steadily declined all through the 80's-2025...:rolleyes:
Odds increase if you're not a cheapskate.
Personally I buy my Montana OTC native deer/elk tag every year and a general elk in Wyoming if I don't draw something better.
Already have the MT tags in hand.
Upcoming recession fears and complete dog chit economy might help odds some. I predict next...
I've thought about the bull hunting portion as well. In a lot areas in NW Montana, there are so few bull elk, hardly anyone is hunting them now. I mean pretty tough to hunt what's not there. Plus, hunting bulls that time of year is a way different deal than hunting cows. The bulls are usually...