406dn
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I moved out here in 81. It was about the most consequential decision in my life. It has played out better than I could have fairly asked. Two things that gobsmacked me when getting out here were that there was no sales tax and the general rifle big game season ran for 5 weeks.
Both of those are still true. One of them is badly outdated. If I was king of the state, there would still be no sales tax and the rifle and archery seasons would each be cut to three weeks, covering three weekends for each. There would be a few week gap between archery and rifle seasons
The rifle season would end the week end before Thanksgiving.
This will never happen, but it should. A lot has changed over forty years. If the big game herds really ever could sustain such long seasons, it is obvious to me that they no longer can.
Outfitters of course, would lobby very hard against that type of change, so would many residents.
Both of those are still true. One of them is badly outdated. If I was king of the state, there would still be no sales tax and the rifle and archery seasons would each be cut to three weeks, covering three weekends for each. There would be a few week gap between archery and rifle seasons
The rifle season would end the week end before Thanksgiving.
This will never happen, but it should. A lot has changed over forty years. If the big game herds really ever could sustain such long seasons, it is obvious to me that they no longer can.
Outfitters of course, would lobby very hard against that type of change, so would many residents.