I don't know, Burns hated Wildland firefighters, Martz hired nothing but drunks, and Rheberg couldn't drive a boat with a snoot full...
They all did a great job shooting themselves in the foot.
One of the county commissioners called me last Friday night to talk about this, there's a lot more to the story and a lot to unpack with this.
I hope to meet with the commissioner and the landowners out there to see what we can do.
I get your point about the gate keeping. I don't mind new people, in particular youth hunters getting into the sport.
I think where most long-time hunters balk are with the bro hunters who treat hunting like more of a hobby or something they do because it's the new "cool" fad. For people with...
When I physically can't do it anymore is about when I'll stop. I can't come up with a valid reason to not hunt elk.
Elk hunting will never be better for me than right now. I don't really care to personally support the beef industry and a big part of the reason I hunt elk is for quality meat...