The ultimate in the big brother attitude. Let's face it, the NR wilderness ban has absolutely nothing to do with NR rescues. If that were a major issue theWYF&G could just add a wilderness rescue fee on there apps like some states do. People get rescued by the authorities every day for one reason or another. I bet about 1% of these involve wilderness public land situations. That is a weak excuse at best.

This is all about putting money in the pockets of the outfitters and we all know that, residents and NR alike. As Ditka says...........Who ya crappin? If you are seriously going to defend that stance there's no need to continue this thread because anyone reading this is going to have you pegged.

I cannot tell you how many residents in the states I have hunted I have personallymake poor decisions. This year in Nevada I met three locals who held the same once-in-a-lifetime elk tag I did. They were admiring my 350" bull on my way down.Got to talking and turns out none of them had one bugle call! They did have onehoochie momma cow call. I politely taught them how to use my bugle tube and diaghram and left it with them. Then I told them where to go and how to hunt the area to take a bull in the4 days they had left. These folks had been hunting starting 3 days before I even got there, without a bugle call. Bulls were responding like crazy in this area. They were hunting an area where rockscovered 90% of the terrain. Stalking was near impossible. For archery you needed to scout out and hunt theremaining 10% and concentrate in these areas. I lined them up and marked my map up for them.......because they didn't even have a map! No kidding. I hope they got one.

Every year I go out there I meet some folks like this in the limited areas. They are mostly non-serious resident hunters whodraw a good tag and think the game will walk into their camps.These are not the majority. I'm talking only 10% of them. The nonresidents I have met generally greatly value their tags and prepare accordingly, and areall serious. They have to be because they paid so much and waited so long for the tag. This probably applies to my hunts more as I mostly archery hunt, andin the top units.

These things are not limited to nonresidents by a longshot. What I've experienced is that for most nonresidents a trip out there is a big deal and they take time to preparewell in advance.