antlerradar
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Actually the number of NR tags has increased. @Ben Lamb did a good job of itemizing those tags a few pages back, except that he left out the increase in doe tags that many NR buy.But yet the amount of non resident tags hasn't changed right? So were has the added pressure you speak about came from? Also with block management and other properties added to public access there is way more land accessible today than in the 90s. Maybe it's just the spot you frequent the areas I've been in honestly I see no difference in hunter numbers as when I first went in 1999.
Now the game population is a different story. It has gotten worse with every trip I feel like. I think Montana needs to address and face the fact that people have moved there daily to worship the outdoors and take advantage of these resident otc opportunities for years. Until that happens and season structures, tag numbers etc change nothing is getting any better for anyone unless you have large private holdings to manage outside the states control mostly. Sorry that is a little off topic on this bill thread but it needs addressed by the state in all due respect.