>As with everything you need to
>look at the good and
>bad. Do I think
>the new system is good?
> Not really, but it
>is what it is.
>Do I think every rancher
>in the NE is going
>to wipe out antelope herds
>on their property? Hell
>No! Most of the
>ranchers I know will continue
>to manage "their" herds the
>way they currently do, quality
>animals are worth more money
>to them, and those ranches
>that manage as such are
>usually larger and have more
>animals. If the guy
>with 5K acres wants to
>let every swinging ##### on
>his place to kill antelope,
>that will effect his herd,
>but not the entire NE.
> I think that kind
>of rancher will be in
>the minority. What about
>the public land that will
>become available for hunters that
>wasn't before? Mainly south
>of I-40, think of all
>of the thousands of acres
>of public land that just
>opened up that you couldn't
>hunt before, because you were
>stuck on some shitty ranch,
>how was that fair?
>You can still access a
>lot of that public within
>private borders, just like you
>can when you sheep hunt.
> Are we crying because
>you cant shoot your antelope
>from the window of your
>truck anymore? If you
>don't want to corner jump
>for access then don't put
>in for that unit, its
>as simple as that.
>Why is no one bitching
>about the E-Plus system????
>That's the one that needs
>fixing. Unit wide tags
>need to be a thing
>of the past. Why
>not manage elk the same
>as antelope and deer on
>private land. If ranchers
>want their land to be
>private property then it should
>be just that, ranch only!
> Why should a guy
>get to sell an elk
>tag for 10K lol, if
>he doesn't even have elk
>on his 50 acres.
>Reward the ranchers that hunt
>their property, not ours.
I could do away with unit wide tags and throw those back into the draw sure, but not some of the other things I've heard.