>>Jeez, stop crying about youth hunts.
>> It is about the
>>best thing NMGF does.
>>I don't have a youth in
>>the game anymore, but, I
>>completely encourage it.
>>If you dont like it, go
>>out there and mentor a
>>youth, help them apply and
>>help them hunt.
>>Way more fulfilling than a grown
>>man worrying that a kid
>>has a tag he wants.
>>
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>
>"Jealousy" is the lowest form of
>protest to this kind of
>thing. From my
>perspective, it has absolutely nothing
>to do with that.
> My opinion is that
>if they were going to
>move this hunt from October,
>to the peak of the
>rut, there is no way
>the tag numbers should remain
>the same.
>There is nothing more vulnerable than
>a Muley buck in peak
>rut. Offer tags, to
>the kids and hunt them...
>Awesome... But in the
>name of some kind of
>management, it's irresponsible to keep
>tag numbers exactly the same.
> The outcome in December
>is a far cry from
>the outcome in October.
>
>There's very, very few gems in
>NM that, in my Opinion,
>the NMGFD hasn't mismanaged to
>maintain some age class and
>sex ratios that are something
>to aspire to.
>
>About the only things they really
>manage well are the Elk
>(and they're pretty hard to
>abuse anyway) and the Sheep.
> Just my .02
>
I agree with most of that. Probably not for you, but, most of the anti youth hunts are motivated by jealousy. NMGF is not going to manage for age class or success rates even. Look what they do to the deer in 34 every year.
I do agree that the best hunts should continue to be youth hunts. I was very serious about aggressively getting younger kids applying for these hunts and then mentoring them. Way more benefit for everyone involved.
Very rare kids are shooting 180-200 inch bucks in NM. Very rare. It is a easy hunt, and most kill the first mature deer they see. I am all in to discuss management of NM deer population.
However, attacking youth hunts shows some peoples jealousy.