Don't be hateing!
The few tags in the NR pool are for the NR pool. Please, lets not move the goal posts! It's very difficult and expensive to outlast the other NR, only to have a disapointed local complain about your good luck. The F & G and the NR have no control of who or how many Res.hunters apply or choose another unit. High gas prices and lay offs may have limited the numbers of NR applications. The Hunting Fool or Eastman's may have printed a negitive thread on a given unit effecting the draw numbers. At age 56 with 5 elk points (years & dollars invested) the last thing I want is someone hateing on me when I finally draw! The system will never please everyone. We powerless NR fallow the rules layed down in your state and poney up the bucks with hopes for a
ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance at a quality hunt. If you draw a good tag I'd be happy for you! As for us folks that have the poor luck to be born, employed, and tied down to a state with no elk or mule deer. Not all of use are flush with cash or trust fund babies. I will behave myself when I finally visit your state, spend my money and tip your Girlfriends,wives, and daughters at the dinners and shops. The big bucks (fees) to the fish & game will hopefully help your game management and keep your fees low. My involvement with the RMEF and other organizations will help keep habitat and elk hunting going long after I'm gone. Just don't ask of me to feel like I stole someones tag when I finally get choosen.
Pick-a-spot
Bury-it-deep Griz
