Ballot Initiative to End NR Big Game Hunting?

[BenInMT]

I think MT voters would pass a ballot initiative to end all non resident big game hunting. After all of the shady legislative efforts I feel like this would be the ultimate F you to outfitters, absentee landowners and basically everyone who has tried to strip away what little we have left. Who up for some signature gathering? Any lawyers in the house?

This is the best idea I’ve had all day.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Nonstarter. I have lots of NR friends that I enjoy hunting with.

Not to mention the fact that NR’s fund @ 75% of FWP budget.

 

[BenInMT]

Nonstarter. I have lots of NR friends that I enjoy hunting with.

They’re welcome to move here and pay taxes like the rest of us

 

[RobertD]

LOL

 

[JLS]

They’re welcome to move here and pay taxes like the rest of us

You do realize FWP is not funded by state taxes, right?

 

[Gerald Martin]

They’re welcome to move here and pay taxes like the rest of us

I would prefer that NR’s come, spend their money and return to their own state. I wouldn’t mind if my friends moved here but the rest need to go back home.

 

[Nameless Range]

I'm not here, yet. That said, someone from New Mexico recently told me that only 10% of their tags go to a public draw. If that were the case, I would probably entertain the idea more. But then again, that itself wouldn't solve the problem. There are plenty of residents - more in Montana everyday - who have the scratch to price me and mine out of hunting, nonresidents aside.

We gotta keep up the good fight, and I don't think this would be a net-benefit the cause.

 

[Treeshark]

This is the best idea I’ve had all day.

 

[JLS]

I hope you’re either drunk or kidding. Or both.

Let’s see, I’ll cut off my thumb because it stinks after I scratch my ass.

What are you trying to accomplish? If you want to improve public land hunting, great. Focus on policy that does that. Punitive measures like this will just waste time and money, and leave you in the same spot you’re in now. Or worse because your credibility is now zero.

 

[BenInMT]

You do realize FWP is not funded by state taxes, right?

I am willing for them to close some boat check stations and tighten the belt in other areas.

 

[DFS]

As a Montana resident that likes to hunt other states it would be a no for me. I don’t dislike outfitters or nonresident hunters. A little management of wildlife would go a long way. Endless opportunity has led to no opportunity.

 

[Pucky Freak]

I think we all benefit from NR’s having a FAIR opportunity to hunt in each other’s states. Fair for residents in that they are the primary beneficiaries of the arrangement. We need conservation allies, and opportunities to build bridges, not each to their own.

 

[BenInMT]

I hope you’re either drunk or kidding. Or both.

Let’s see, I’ll cut off my thumb because it stinks after I scratch my ass.

What are you trying to accomplish? If you want to improve public land hunting, great. Focus on policy that does that. Punitive measures like this will just waste time and money, and leave you in the same spot you’re in now. Or worse because your credibility is now zero.

Trying to accomplish a lot of things and this kills a lot of birds with one stone. It’s not punitive. No one is in fact entitled to come to Montana and satisfy their blood thirst on our game.

 

[JLS]

Beat of luck. You’ll need it.

 

[marksjeep]

 

[antlerradar]

I do not for a second think this would pass. I 161 passed by less than ten points and nonresident picked up all of the cost associated with eliminating the outfitter sponsored licenses. The costs of eliminating nonresidents would be much greater and would be born by residents.

 

[D_Walt]

Sounds like you guys should build a big wall, a beautiful wall, the best wall…and get California to pay for it

 

[DFS]

Trying to accomplish a lot of things and this kills a lot of birds with one stone. It’s not punitive. No one is in fact entitled to come to Montana and satisfy their blood thirst on our game.

It’s a broken system montana residents would fill the void. The only management in Montana comes from private land. Mtfwp doesn’t manage wildlife they just provide tags.

 

[DFS]

Sounds like you guys should build a big wall, a beautiful wall, the best wall…and get California to pay for it

Now this I’m on board with!!

 

[Gerald Martin]

Crafting ballot initiatives that have no chance of passing is a waste of time and credibility for resident sportsmen.

If this is your best idea today either you just woke up or I really don’t want to know your worst ideas of the day.