Great summary of Montana MD hunting. A rutted up dink MD couldn’t even survive 12 shots from an incompetent adult onset hunter and his zombie apocalypse rifle. Hard to watch, pretty bad display of sportsmanship and respect for the deer.
My trick for that is just invite one of my buddies over that has like 6 hunting trips planned for the year and ask him his plans for the fall while the wife is within earshot....A 6 pack and a couple hours is a lot cheaper than a shrink LOL.
My anecdotal observation is about a tag every 10-15 years...I have 4 good buddies I hunt with. We've pulled maybe 6 tags across 4 guys over 10 years of applying every year across a few states for a lot of tough tags.
The questionable math equations on the Montana MSG thread got me thinking, I'd be interested in knowing some real numbers. As Buzz likes to say, excel sheets lie...
POLL: How many OIL tags have you drawn in the last 10 years of applying.
Really simple rules:
1. I'd be nice if you have...
Trying to see if I understand the point your trying to make; as people apply and continue to apply year after year the total points cumulatively increases. If we look at total points from year 2000-now the denominator has increased significantly and exponentially at that, while the tags issued...