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I agree - to an extent. Because the tags are so comically cheap - i think theres a sizable population that buys them and doesnt hunt much or at all. A fishing lic is 31 dollars or 16.50 for people older than 62 or younger than 17. A sportsman without bear is 64.50 and 32.25 . Its basically 30 more dollars to "just have it" for someone who goes fishing.
I've seen this mentioned a few times, but alas, it's not true from a constitutional law perspective. They could have any number of reasons to decline to take up the case.
If that were the case, there would be less complaining from Rs about any potential increase in cost because they could simply not buy one if they aren't planning to hunt it.
You would be surprised at the amount of people that buy a tag "just in case". Not everyone is a hunter. And those are the ones that would complain about a cost increase the most. mtmuley
That is the case, i know several people like that.
For like a week right? Versus a R might hunt for 10 weeks.
I doubt many residents hunt 10 weeks. I know quite a few that don't hunt 10 minutes. mtmuley
Anyone who wants to allocate that much time and money isnt going to spend it hunting here.
I understand there are people that do that. As a resident, I did that for Turkey- bought a permit every year and never hunted turkey. But it isn't material. As Irrelevant points out, NR had 184k hunter days (6.8 per hunter), Rs had almost 1,016k (which is 8.7) NRs commit to the tag. If there are as many R as you guys want us to believe, they are skewing the harvest stats (which everyone thinks are wrong, so we don't really get anywhere).
Maybe, and they shouldn't be listened to. The fact still remains, the cheap tags are part of the problem. Make R pay and commit to the privilege they hold so highly. Having a permit in the visor incase a deer crosses the road isn't justification for the cheap tags. Simple Math. Increase the R price and decrease the number of NR tags. (easier to type than to accomplish, LOL)
I have never and you will never hear me complain about a resident tag increase in Montana. I understand the issues. mtmuley
Guilty but the pack out was to easy
You are the problem.
mtmuleyI think that is the case for most MT Rs on HT. You get it. You just can't fix it.
Yep. You nailed it. And too many residents here don't hold the same values about mule deer in Montana like this bunch. mtmuley
