CO if the draws WERE "50/50" I don't think anyone would be complaining and hauling eachother into court. The problem is that most states issue WAAAAAAAAAY fewer non-res tags than a 50/50 mixture. Argue the good and bad all you want, but the bottom line is if you are in the guide/outfitting business you better pray on your knees for the "rich hunter" as they are the ones that put food on your table or at least make your company profitable. How many "clock punchin Joes" can afford to take a week off work and flyout west for a hunt that costs anywhere from $5k too "skys the limit"? Very few, the majority of hunters who take trips out west aren't "Bill Gates" but certainly have the disposable income to enjoy such frivolities. Some might call em rich, I would call most of them "comfortable".

IMHO, the bottom line is that if ANY game department recieves Federal dollars in their departments for ANYTHING then they have a responsibility too ALL of us as citizens in the U.S.A. to try and accomodate the non-resident hunter with better odds on tags, allotments or quotas.

Now where did I put my Nomex?
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