If you have the age structure and hunting quality I think the revenue will take care of itself. Look at wyoming and they don't even have "that great" of mule deer hunting. Just an observation from a nobody NR.
How many NR deer tags does WY issue?
Off the top of my head is it 15% ? I don't remember. Age structure doesn't give a shit about your license plate what matters is total tag numbers and pressure. It does however matter if you get shot at for 8 weeks straight, including the heart of the rut. This really isn't as complicated as some make it out to be. You can't please everyone, the sooner you care about the resource and less about the morons the better it'll get. They're gonna buy the tag regardless.
I agree. Season length is a real problem.
Tbh I'm not sure what's worse season length or season dates. But I'd leave that up to someone with more experience living there.
That hurts a propped up, protectionist, subsidized business enterprise.
The NR allocation for LQ areas is 20%. NR regions are not set as a percentage but rather a number which can vary year to year depending on population trends.
Not if you set it off harvest stats. I realize you are trying to protect your region.
I am just not following you on this post.
The great thing about region caps is they can be adjusted as needed. To many hunters cut tags back not enough add them in it may be a learning curve the first few years but it will work it self out.
The wrench in that however is the statutory required number of nr tags so all you can do is move them between regions. When you make cuts to one region you would need to add those to a different region. I think that’s where Montanas system is hosed up compared to other states that do sonething similar like that such as Idaho.
I could also see FWP setting the caps high, so that the caps for all 7 regions added up to more than the current number set in statute.
You dont have the confidence for them to do addition and subtraction?
If theres a regional cap - you cant sell your sizzlin forky hunt to every NR. Only the ones in your unit. A lot like LE of ANY kind.
