RE: When will it end?
It will never end as long as politicians can be paid to think and vote.
Blame government, big money ,special intrest lobby groups,and Non- res vs res. competion foraccessas well asevery TV dude or Group that tells you your big buck or bull is around the corner.
Look at the record.
non- res. Tag prices shooting up. prefrence point RAPE!,wilderness areas closed to hunters without guides,land locked Federal properties withlucartive grazing, water, andmineral rights. WE Pay for federal land programs, management and use by private individuals, yet WE the public in particular the hunting public get less and less for our money.
Don't tell me a wyoming increase on a moose prefrence point from $7.50 to $75.00 per year was not a money motivated decision for the well to do,I want my last 8 years worth of points back! a res deer tag does not cost that much!
I can as a non- res.walk in a wilderness area without a gun and get lost as well as anyres. without a compass. Why does a non-res with a gun need a guide? You won't get a stat from Wy showing more lost non-res hunters than res hunters.Trust me Ive called.This is discrimination in any form. Protectionism in another and anti- hunter on another front. yet it exists.
Huntingaccess is a issue and state gov's manipulating law around federal lands to keep us out for whatever reason is wrong, to protect a few guide businesses is even worse.
There would be hell to pay if the anti's tried to pass a bill saying we can't hunt federal lands. Yet it goes on in our own ranks.
All need to find out the skinny on federal land use BLM, Wilderness areas and the benefits to some industries, grazing, mineral, water, and other things our taxes pay for and see how federal land is manipulated to keep you out of prime hunting locations. This is why a forty acer ranch in colorado with jack on it can sell for a million bucks, because of the access it denies you. It affects land ownership. Take a look at a plat map and see who is owning our west and where the intrests lies.
Too bad that less and less of us will be going west while herd sizes explode and get larger and larger beyond their rightfull carring capcities.
I am sure there will be a federal program proposedto pay to help reduce the herd and help the poor people affected by it.
I hold much of this in contempt of our rights as hunters, tax payers and individuals.