>The other side of the argument
>is those hunters who can't
>draw the premium units filter
>into the other units, thus
>creating difficulty in getting a
>license in those units, as
>well. I'm a NR and
>we come out every 2
>years, having hunted 3,4,11,12 and
>23. It's getting now that
>even with the 1 PP
>we get in our off
>year, drawing a deer license
>is iffy. There's no way
>anymore that you can draw
>a tag on a 2nd
>choice in order to get
>a PP with the 1st
>choice. And the reason for
>this is so those few
>hunters able to draw premium
>units can get a 180
>class deer instead of a
>150. And as was said,
>there are always a handful
>of trophies in every unit.
>Many of us are happy
>with 22-24 wide 4x4s with
>a slight chance at a
>bigger one. Even though I'd
>love to, I'll never get
>the chance to hunt a
>premium unit because of the
>high PP requirements.
Sorry but the handful of truly limited trophy units is not the cause of PP creep! The simple fact is there are more hunters than the resource can support thus, people will gain a PP! The biggest flaw with your argument is you fail to recognize the units you mentioned are way down in populations. Thus a tag reduction was implemented! One of the unit you mentioned had several hundred left over tags prior to 2007/2008. Sorry but Mother Nature is the reason you are not drawing tags! It has nothing to do with the few limited units managed for trophy and everything to do with supply and demand. There is a small supply of deer, with relatively high demand and as a result the cost to hunt has increased! Points cost!
I do not feel bad for anyone at all! You make a choice to hunt the unit and hunt you want. The odds are pretty straight forward, and a person can still chose what hunt they want! As a resident last year was the first year I shot a buck in almost a decade. I have been playing points as well and in that time I have had a hard time getting a second choice to work for me. My cost now has been 12 years of point and not hunting for deer at all for 8 years and hunting a marginal 2nd choice tag for 4 years! After all of that I do believe that I should draw a unit where a 180 class buck is very reasonable!