Well comes as no real suprise, they been crying uncle up there last couple yrs, trying to get people to hunt more, they opened it up to non-resident houndsmen last yr, as a over the counter, instead of the usuall draw, they have doubled the lion quota in a few areas up there, even opting to kill 2 on one tag, problem is where there having the trouble and need help is in the Lolo, Selway, and Middlefork zones, 10-1, 10-2, 12-1, 12-2, 16a 19, 20, 17, 17-1, 20a, 26, 27.......almost all this region is wilderness area, extremely remote and unaccesible, basically what I call no mans land, most areas theres no roads what so ever, only trailheads, I would say 95% of the houndsmen in the state don;t have the means or ability to hunt some of these areas, if they can't get people to hunt it, I geuss they have to do the managment themselves, They sent me a application for the permit last winter, I throwed it in the trash, down around here where I hunt I always say everytime you kill one that means there one less you can chase the next day, I'm all for conservation but in that country I would'nt get out of bed to try and attempt to hunt it, they can have at it.
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GatoMan
