I wonder what would actually happen if MT scrapped the bonus point thing. I wonder if the high point person's odds would actually go up after all of the crying and hand wringing over the terrible loss, and a bunch of people who feel invested said to hell with it.
The max point resident guys...
I think that anyone who has drawn 3 MT Goat tags should get a fourth one automatically, so they can hunt it before their legs quit on them. Maybe a sheep tag too but that might be asking too much, don't want to come off as entitled.
One thing that happened is the guy with 1 point now has 2. 2 squared is 4.
The guy with 20 points now has 21. 20 squared is 400. 21 squared is 441. This times thousands of applicants. The new guy went backwards depending on the number of high point applicants in the particular drawing.
But if...
I saw a cub last week a couple of miles from my house. I think that is the earliest I have ever seen a bear. Looked like a 25 pounder. It will probably show up on FB in a few weeks.
I am not questioning your numbers, just wondering if I missed something while loading for my H&H.
To your original question of why go heavy, I asked myself the same question many years ago and decided that I didn't care what everyone else did and proceeded to kill elk, deer, antelope, and goats...
@flyguyskt I am curious what brand of brass you are using. I could not get those speeds with a 300 H&H that I built. I ended up running a 300 rum reamer in it.
Maybe I should have been using different brass.
I don't see having a financial interest in wildlife to be a disqualifier. In my life I have seen people with a financial interest to be much more willing to defend wildlife than the general public. The average hunter will hunt a population to nothing and move on to the next best place, I have...
These old signs are getting pretty scarce around here but we used to see lots of them when I was a kid. Most of them are so faded that you can't read them today. I took this photo this fall while hunting grouse.
If you are not willing to move, the inflated value of your house is a bit of a negative because you now get to pay taxes based on its value. I eventually will have to move.