Doecowhunt
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Mr Cuervo, I'm glad you chimed in. The first thing that I did was run this idea past the Gambling Control Division of the Montana Department of Justice and got a total green light. Exact words: "We have no problem with this whatsoever".
Here's how the site works: Landowners register and enroll acres, species, and hunting district. Hunters then look to see how many acres (if any) are enrolled in their area. If there are enough acres to interest them then they purchase a listing with a profile page in the hunter database. Come fall the landowners are reminded to return to the website and begin inviting hunters. They will see names and hometowns. They click on a name and the profile page appears. He decides to invite or not based on that information. It's not chance, it's a decision. The website then e-mails the hunter telling him that he has been invited to hunt on a 5000 acre ranch in district 700 during date A to date B. The hunter then returns to the website and accepts the hunt or not. Upon acceptance the hunter sees the landowners name, phone# and e-mail address. The hunter then contacts the landowner and sets up the hunt.
The bottom line is this: we've got a game damage problem in Montana. Any program that tries to deal with it costs money. Block Management costs money. You pay for it on your license whether you use BMA's or not. Paying for fencing and control measures by FWP costs money. Setting up damage hunts costs money. Doecowhunt.com costs money too. Nothing is ever free. Having hunters pay a small fee to list in the database is the only way to make this work. Landowners surely aren't willing to pay for it.
I'm just trying to offer a solution to a real problem for farmers and ranchers in Montana. After all, they feed and provide habitat for the majority of wildlife in the state, the same wildlife that we want to hunt.
This isn't for everyone and isn't meant to be. But it will help landowners with their bottom line and help fill the freezers of a lot of Montana hunters during these hard times.
Thanks for your comments,
Carl
Here's how the site works: Landowners register and enroll acres, species, and hunting district. Hunters then look to see how many acres (if any) are enrolled in their area. If there are enough acres to interest them then they purchase a listing with a profile page in the hunter database. Come fall the landowners are reminded to return to the website and begin inviting hunters. They will see names and hometowns. They click on a name and the profile page appears. He decides to invite or not based on that information. It's not chance, it's a decision. The website then e-mails the hunter telling him that he has been invited to hunt on a 5000 acre ranch in district 700 during date A to date B. The hunter then returns to the website and accepts the hunt or not. Upon acceptance the hunter sees the landowners name, phone# and e-mail address. The hunter then contacts the landowner and sets up the hunt.
The bottom line is this: we've got a game damage problem in Montana. Any program that tries to deal with it costs money. Block Management costs money. You pay for it on your license whether you use BMA's or not. Paying for fencing and control measures by FWP costs money. Setting up damage hunts costs money. Doecowhunt.com costs money too. Nothing is ever free. Having hunters pay a small fee to list in the database is the only way to make this work. Landowners surely aren't willing to pay for it.
I'm just trying to offer a solution to a real problem for farmers and ranchers in Montana. After all, they feed and provide habitat for the majority of wildlife in the state, the same wildlife that we want to hunt.
This isn't for everyone and isn't meant to be. But it will help landowners with their bottom line and help fill the freezers of a lot of Montana hunters during these hard times.
Thanks for your comments,
Carl