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Had I known about this meeting, I would have attended to give my input.
I caught the second half of this meetings live broadcast on YouTube.
I understand the value and necessity of these tags and the funding for these projects but I also understand the growth of these conservation tags. We need to be careful about the number of tags auctioned because we have a huge line of hunters waiting a lot of years to draw one.
To consider the fact that approx 330 prized tags along with 200 expo convention tags both get taken out of the state draw, that's a lot of opportunity lost for those who patiently wait. Add the fact of new comers to the sport and there's a back log of regular Joes and Janes who lose out on opportunity. I often think of how the North American Model comes into play in all this.
We auction off more tags than all other western states combined yet our wildlife populations and herds aren't any better.
Many hunters, along with myself, would gladly pay more for our general season tag to help offset some of the revenue lost to put some of these prized tags back in the state public draw to slow down point creep.
Jon Bair doesn't want to waste his time auctioning 20 cow tags because they aren't expensive enough for his time.
Does a 20-25 year wait (and growing) for a Henry mountains deer tag justify the average joes argument for their time?
There?s a clause in the amended rule that says UP TO yet they still always go with the max allowed. I say it's time to yield back.
Just my thought.
"Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak. So
we must and we will."
Theadore Roosevelt
