Their application strategy article would get a lot easier to write.If this passes is GoHunt gonna start lobbying for 10% of the NR tags to be reserved for Insider members?
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Their application strategy article would get a lot easier to write.If this passes is GoHunt gonna start lobbying for 10% of the NR tags to be reserved for Insider members?
When I hunted MT as NR the only thing I bought in MT was fuel and that was mostly to just drive to the area I was hunting. All the other supplies were hauled from home and I stayed in a wall tent I brought with me. I think this is pretty typical.I made the exact same comment...there is no way that $$ for NR diy hunters is correct.
Eric, I think its very disingenuous to hope for 8000 guaranteed tags but to ask for over 12000.
I have zero problem forcing a greater number of NR to use outfitters as long as the numbers are capped at current numbers or less. Anything more and the access situation just gets worse. Make no mistake my opinion on this isn't because I love the idea of outfitting but rather I do like the idea of lowering NR impact much more than it is currently.
I think we also need to look at lowering NR license accross the board wether one uses an outfitter or not. This isnt the year 2000 anymore. Elk have mostly disappeared from certain traditional areas and exploded in others with little public access. Outfitting has swallowed up huge chunks of formerly open private and hunters are being forced onto ever decreasing lands that actually hold game.
I agree.At the end of the day, how much money a nonresident hunter spends in Montana should not be determinative of whether they should get a license.
Regardless, of all the banter back and forth, good points vs bad ones. For me it boils down to one simple thing. Montana voters, voted to do away with Outfitter sponsored tags. Bringing them back is pure Arrogance, it's a slap in the face to those that voted for I-161, and a piss stain on our democratic process, shame on those helping the Outfitters bringing this back.
I Edited this because I have no evidence that MOGA is the source. I was making assumptions.
Well, I have to disagree on that, I got a call two days ago asking if I’d have a few minutes for the survey. I said sure, the guy asked if I hunted upland birds last season, I said no thinking he’s going to move on to deer & elk. He said thanks all were interested in now is upland birds!The state does a pretty decent job with post season surveys.
But your lobbying for a bill that would create more outfitters not less.Drake, there are to many outfitters in Montana. We've gone from 430-440 to about 380-390. If there were none it might be better.
Is that number just for hunting outfitters,,or does it include outfitters for fishing as well?Drake, there are to many outfitters in Montana. We've gone from 430-440 to about 380-390. If there were none it might be better.
+1. I agree...its good dialogue that Eric Albus offers up a different perspective. I appreciate the fact that he is willing to converse. May not necessarily agree with everything said, but I do like the fact that he's on here.Also, thank you for engaging, stating your side and considering other points of view.
Buzz, I already do that(pass off the over drawn hunters to other outfitters).