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Weird. Almost like exercising private property rights.Reading their site, it sounds a little like that harvest opportunity will go away once they have grizz and wolves on the reserve.
I've got no opinion of it either way, just commenting on the verbiage.Weird. Almost like exercising private property rights.
BINGO!!! That's exactly what the MT and WY tags are....it's really not a hunt....No worse than drawing a WY tag and spending days watching the bison never leave the park. At least they’re accessible on the APR.
Good point. I'll bet APR could provide the numbers to do the math. I'm just not certain the previous hunting draws were structured as this one.Thanks, I understood the underlying math. I just thought maybe they had had a past draw for context or some of our MT insiders had a sense of current response.
Right now they look to be managing the age classes of bulls as their herd grows, with a goal of 10k head they have a ways to go before worrying about anything else like predation really.I don't know if that's their true intention or not, but the grizz and wolves in YNP aren't cutting enough bison out of the herd. Biologically, wolves and grizz won't kill enough bison to completely replace human harvest.
I have no interest in high fence hunting, but my guess is these guys range in the course of a given hunting season as much as the average pronghorn - who seem to keep coming back to the same spot each day in the fall. I haven't seen the APR so don't know how much they are "herded" and used to humans. Could be cool or could be fish in a barrel, will be interesting to hear the experiences of the few who draw. Currently my tenuous hopes are placed with the WY supertag (that I will never draw).
I think this is the most they’ve given to date. I don’t know the out of state numbers but there were about 1500 Montana residents apply and 500 from the local counties apply in 2019.Good point. I'll bet APR could provide the numbers to do the math. I'm just not certain the previous hunting draws were structured as this one.
2019 was the first year they started the draw, before that it was the auction tags. I bet the numbers increase this year.I think this is the most they’ve given to date. I don’t know the out of state numbers but there were about 1500 Montana residents apply and 500 from the local counties apply in 2019.
No worse than drawing a WY tag and spending days watching the bison never leave the park. At least they’re accessible on the APR.
I’m not disagreeing with you, but why put in for the draw then? You can roll down to Uncle Ted’s and shoot one out of the hay field for less money than Wyoming will charge you for the tag.
I have no interest in high fence hunting, but my guess is these guys range in the course of a given hunting season as much as the average pronghorn - who seem to keep coming back to the same spot each day in the fall. I haven't seen the APR so don't know how much they are "herded" and used to humans. Could be cool or could be fish in a barrel, will be interesting to hear the experiences of the few who draw. Currently my tenuous hopes are placed with the WY supertag (that I will never draw).
I'd disagree, I had a friend pull his bull tag several years ago. Took his pack train into the wilderness and had, by all accounts, an awesome hunt. You do hear the horror stories of fish in a barrel on the refuge but I'd say that's a personal decision...BINGO!!! That's exactly what the MT and WY tags are....it's really not a hunt....