The Sawtooth zone is just a decent OTC hunt that is way overhyped. It needs to stay OTC so the residents who have hunted it for years and it is truly their go-to area every year for their family and friends, may continue to have a solid chance to hunt it annually. The only way OTC units can remain good units, is if there are a lot of them. The more areas that go to controlled the more pressure it puts on the OTC units remaining, decreasing hunt quality across the state. It is a slippery slope until the only thing left are a few overcrowded, and very poor quality OTC hunts. Take notice of Oregon and Utah where you have to wait 20+ years for a great hunt or take a mediocre quality hunt every 2 or 3 years. 90% of hunters are going to want the opportunity for a decent hunt every year rather than a chance every 20 years for a nice bull with no guarantees.
Now for NR, I am all for making everything a draw. I hunt out of state sometimes and that's the way it is for me
everywhere else. However, I think that it is fair to cater to giving RESIDENTS of each and every state the priority when it comes to opportunity.
-Trevor