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dkoch
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This post was included in the "Don't know anything about units drawn?" post. However, I think it is an interesting enough topic to highlight on it's own:
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The great thing about America is that we hold firm to the idea that mankind has the inalieanable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
As for the occasional hunter who applies for tags in areas they have no knowledge of (or perhaps they have never even hunted before) is not something that should upset the "experienced" hunter. The day we turn the socialistic drawing process for controlled hunts we currently have into one that involves some mathematical formula to determine a hunters "worthiness", or involves a bidding system, is the day many average-Joe hunters will stop hunting.
This is a very interesting topic with many valid arguments.
For example, from a truly capitalistic point of view, what if we let the free market dictate who could hunt in controlled hunt units. In other words, why not initiate a bidding process for tags? For example, if the state of Idaho had a bidding process, a quality unit such as Unit 45 would yield the state an average of $4,000/tag (perhaps much more) * 50 tags = $200,000. The current drawing system only yields the State of Idaho $987.50.
A bidding system would generate considerably more revenue for Idaho than the current draw system. Avid hunters who live pay check to pay check (your typical construction employee for example) would probably be forced into bidding on only less productive units, or settle for general season hunts.
My point here is that those of us who are not capable of affording high tag prices should feel extremely fortunate to have the socialistic draw system currently employed by the State of Idaho and most other states for controlled hunts.
And to those hunters who just randomly apply to units for which they have no knowledge of I say ... "who cares?". More power to them.
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The great thing about America is that we hold firm to the idea that mankind has the inalieanable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
As for the occasional hunter who applies for tags in areas they have no knowledge of (or perhaps they have never even hunted before) is not something that should upset the "experienced" hunter. The day we turn the socialistic drawing process for controlled hunts we currently have into one that involves some mathematical formula to determine a hunters "worthiness", or involves a bidding system, is the day many average-Joe hunters will stop hunting.
This is a very interesting topic with many valid arguments.
For example, from a truly capitalistic point of view, what if we let the free market dictate who could hunt in controlled hunt units. In other words, why not initiate a bidding process for tags? For example, if the state of Idaho had a bidding process, a quality unit such as Unit 45 would yield the state an average of $4,000/tag (perhaps much more) * 50 tags = $200,000. The current drawing system only yields the State of Idaho $987.50.
A bidding system would generate considerably more revenue for Idaho than the current draw system. Avid hunters who live pay check to pay check (your typical construction employee for example) would probably be forced into bidding on only less productive units, or settle for general season hunts.
My point here is that those of us who are not capable of affording high tag prices should feel extremely fortunate to have the socialistic draw system currently employed by the State of Idaho and most other states for controlled hunts.
And to those hunters who just randomly apply to units for which they have no knowledge of I say ... "who cares?". More power to them.
