LopeHunter
Well-known member
Many layers to this onion. Technology adds complexity and points of failure. Just because a rifle will shoot 1000 yards does not mean the shooter will hit anywhere near where thinks will hit at 1000 yards. Open sights are reliable for most shooters out to 100 or so yards yet never fail to pair with a mobile phone or have a battery fail or a gasket seal leak. I have been on a lot of hunts and my shots beyond 300 yards are a very, very small portion of shots I took and yet filled a lot of those tags. Maybe shooting out to 1000 yards I could have filled the tag an hour or so sooner or a day sooner or actually filled a tag on a hunt I had tag soup. That extra hour or day or days also became part of the adventure so having a 1000 yard rifle might have short-changed me.
Now, if a position is needed on technology then I support no attached electronics to your weapon. Put the GoPro on your hat. Put your range finder in your hand. Put your ballistics calculator in your hand. I also would prohibit motorized decoys. I would prohibit electronic calls for game animals. I would prohibit baiting and feeding of game animals. I would prohibit hunting behind high fences. If you draw blood then your tag is punched.
Of course, if I got power to do all this then point systems would also be eliminated. I would eliminate any tags that were not part of the draw system other than one lottery tag where are limited to one entry and one auction tag per species per year per state. Non-residents would get 20% of all tags and pay no more than 5x what the resident pays for any license, tag or fee. No landowner tags, no outfitter tags, and no tags for any subgroup. Put the tags in the draw. You get one choice per species in the initial draw then one choice in the leftover draw. If you draw a tag in the initial draw then the total applicants for that tag divided by the number of tags is the number of years you wait to apply again for that species. No wait period for a tag drawn in the leftover draw.
Now, if a position is needed on technology then I support no attached electronics to your weapon. Put the GoPro on your hat. Put your range finder in your hand. Put your ballistics calculator in your hand. I also would prohibit motorized decoys. I would prohibit electronic calls for game animals. I would prohibit baiting and feeding of game animals. I would prohibit hunting behind high fences. If you draw blood then your tag is punched.
Of course, if I got power to do all this then point systems would also be eliminated. I would eliminate any tags that were not part of the draw system other than one lottery tag where are limited to one entry and one auction tag per species per year per state. Non-residents would get 20% of all tags and pay no more than 5x what the resident pays for any license, tag or fee. No landowner tags, no outfitter tags, and no tags for any subgroup. Put the tags in the draw. You get one choice per species in the initial draw then one choice in the leftover draw. If you draw a tag in the initial draw then the total applicants for that tag divided by the number of tags is the number of years you wait to apply again for that species. No wait period for a tag drawn in the leftover draw.