Reduction in number of NR deer licenses

NR would take a R hunting to improve R success rates. A bit like Wyoming’s Wilderness NR/R host rule in concept, but in reverse.
“And here is a forky but we call him a 4 point. Our friends in mizzeruh will be impressed because he looks kinda big compared to a white tail. Since he’s having his first rut, go ahead and step off the road and make it legal. He won’t run. At least not far.

Throw him in. We’ll skin him in Broadus next week. It’s 40. He’ll be fine.”
 
NR would take a R hunting to improve R success rates. A bit like Wyoming’s Wilderness NR/R host rule in concept, but in reverse.

Been over a decade since I’ve shot a buck in Montana. I could sure use one of you non residents for your expertise on finding a shooter. Prefer large neck roasts so keep that in mind.
 
I don't need help from a NR to fill my tag. I've just decided not to shoot a young Mule Deer buck for the past few years. I'm dragging the R percentages down. ;). I expect many Rs who've shot a few Mule Deer do the same. I have thought about switching to Whitetail though.

I'm not sure what increasing my prices does for the resource.
 
I don't need help from a NR to fill my tag. I've just decided not to shoot a young Mule Deer buck for the past few years. I'm dragging the R percentages down. ;). I expect many Rs who've shot a few Mule Deer do the same. I have thought about switching to Whitetail though.

I'm not sure what increasing my prices does for the resource.
None of us know what more money does for the resource including MTFWP. 🙄
 
None of us know what more money does for the resource including MTFWP. 🙄
This includes not knowing the maximum price to charge before tag sales start to decline due to price. Our resources are very valuable, just look at the passion in the crazy amount of threads on HT about Mule Deer alone. At some point that passion diminishes relative to price. Where is that line?
 
There are more and more residents I know of every year choosing to not fill their tags because of what’s left out there to hunt. Theres so much pressure on accessible land that it unfortunately makes little if any difference.
I grew up in Region 7 and most of the people I grew up around that are my age or older very rarely kill a deer anymore for the reasons you mentioned. I know NR harvest more MD in Region 6 and 7 than residents. It would be really interesting to see a breakdown of the resident harvest in R6 & 7….harvest from residents of those regions vs residents that come from other regions.
 
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