Typical Montana resident response I guess. mtmuley
Reduction in number of NR deer licenses
- Thread starter Hobbes
- Start date
Sure. School me. mtmuley
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.
Hilarious. I guess if I wanted a dink buck in Eastern Montana it would be an option. mtmuley
“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.”
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.
Yours?
.Cruising on Thanksgiving is highly successful. mtmuleyWith my 60 Silver Bullets and your truck, we’ll get you one for sure
Agreed! IMO- Raise R 25% and increase NR 50%.
Thanks jim. mtmuleyYours?
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 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.
huntin24/7
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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.
None of us know what more money does for the resource including MTFWP.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'm not sure what increasing my prices does for the resource.
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?None of us know what more money does for the resource including MTFWP.
Silver bullets? You think I’m rich or something? Keystone lite around hereWith my 60 Silver Bullets and your truck, we’ll get you one for sure
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. I’m not suggesting that residents from other regions are less deserving of killing a deer in 6 & 7, I just think it would be interesting to see that number.
antlerradar
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Just makes me think that any improvement gained buy getting rid of NR will be quickly squashed by R getting back in the game as soon a things improve.
huntin24/7
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It would be interesting. We get a lot of non resident, western MT resident, and local resident pressure. At this point, I’ll take any option that reduces pressure. I think non residents having to apply for region specific tags with quotas by region and the same for residents or residents pick one region otc would help mitigate some pressure.
