"No fences here" is only relevant with high fences to the Eastman's. They love the fence and PL hunting.
I wish I still had the magazine from about 2005ish, when Guy shot two huge bucks on PL, and then got on his soap box about how hard it was to hunt those bucks. He said he didn't even know...
Those maps a bit misleading in the spring since they are % of normal for that week of you have normal snow and a cool spring you can have really big numbers this time of the year. Look at the snow depth comparison for the year.
I know an area where the success rate for NR will be 0% this coming year. :D
I really couldn't care less if NR get to hunt here or not. No body is living of sheep meat and if you look at some threads here recently, many hunters leave lots of meat in the field.
In 2016 the BOG instituted a ban...
I don't think the "goal" is to kill fewer sheep, there is only half as many sheep to go around. By eliminating NR, they are by default going to kill less sheep.
I'm not complaining about NR taking sheep, just pointing out that they take nearly half of them. If there isn't enough to go around...
I take all edible meat. Everything above the knee and hock, as well as rib meat, and neck meat. Neck roasts are one of my favorite. I've never had an issue with grinding shanks. I trim out the bigger tendons, though.
Really make everyone draw? Why? Plenty of states have OTC opps for residents and require NR to draw, in most states in the west for deer/elk. We have a draw for NR/Res tags already.
Its not about fairness, its about giving away our resources. Its not like resident success will really increase...