Having a few days to think about this and read the comments I am left with a couple things.
1) How is this bill going to gain the state millions?? I have seen every person that is for thos bill say NOTHING will change for NR DIY guys they will still draw at the same rate and this is only guaranteed tags for clients the outfitters already have. So therefore the amount coming in won't change.
2) These outfitters aren't dumb. I have looked back at older posts when things like this had come up. Most notably in 2013, when the outfitters were looking for 1500 more wilderness tags. These guys (outfitters) I think can see the writing on the wall that they industry is a dying one so they are looking to the govt for help. Everyone I have seen trying to defend this bill say they would only be using 30-50% of the NR tags so why ask for 60% unless you are trying to protect your dying business. The response from the DIY community and resident MT community I think speaks volumes to this being true.
3) The very vast majority of people I have seen against this bill have no ill will against outfitters at all. We all would just like to be on a level playing field when it comes to drawing tags and want to be have a chance to hunt how we want.
4) Outfitters saying that this bill won't hurt resident hunters bc they (outfitters) won't be leasing up more private land thus further limiting resident opportunities is BS or their (outfitters) figures on how much an outfitter client spends while in MT. Let me explain my thought process and correct it if I am wrong. If someone is spending the $3500 mentioned in the video on this thread they aren't hunting in the backcountry. They are hunting private ground close to a town, thus allowing them to have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks in a town. So to support that clientele more private land would be needed.
I have nothing against outfitters at all even after watching Coltor bad mouth NR's. He is passionate about his job and career and that I can respect although I wouldve gone about differently and with a little more tact. A NR is a NR whether they hunt with an outfitter or not so they all should have the same odds of drawing a tag.
1) How is this bill going to gain the state millions?? I have seen every person that is for thos bill say NOTHING will change for NR DIY guys they will still draw at the same rate and this is only guaranteed tags for clients the outfitters already have. So therefore the amount coming in won't change.
2) These outfitters aren't dumb. I have looked back at older posts when things like this had come up. Most notably in 2013, when the outfitters were looking for 1500 more wilderness tags. These guys (outfitters) I think can see the writing on the wall that they industry is a dying one so they are looking to the govt for help. Everyone I have seen trying to defend this bill say they would only be using 30-50% of the NR tags so why ask for 60% unless you are trying to protect your dying business. The response from the DIY community and resident MT community I think speaks volumes to this being true.
3) The very vast majority of people I have seen against this bill have no ill will against outfitters at all. We all would just like to be on a level playing field when it comes to drawing tags and want to be have a chance to hunt how we want.
4) Outfitters saying that this bill won't hurt resident hunters bc they (outfitters) won't be leasing up more private land thus further limiting resident opportunities is BS or their (outfitters) figures on how much an outfitter client spends while in MT. Let me explain my thought process and correct it if I am wrong. If someone is spending the $3500 mentioned in the video on this thread they aren't hunting in the backcountry. They are hunting private ground close to a town, thus allowing them to have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks in a town. So to support that clientele more private land would be needed.
I have nothing against outfitters at all even after watching Coltor bad mouth NR's. He is passionate about his job and career and that I can respect although I wouldve gone about differently and with a little more tact. A NR is a NR whether they hunt with an outfitter or not so they all should have the same odds of drawing a tag.
whoops. Randy, don’t ban me for being “Honest” about your addiction.
