ORIGINAL: Montana Bob
The Wilderness is a rough area for city folks and even tough for residents who live there....
I think it's good insurance for a state to require a guide for the inexperianced out of state hunter instead of a deposit on a rescue.
Lmao, so if I live in a bungalow outside the University of Montana for 6 months... I am more adept for an experience in a Wilderness Area?
It is about expertise and skill, not about where you live
ORIGINAL: Montana Bob
The way I see the price of the Non-Resident tags... You are paying for a portion of the back state and local taxes as well as other expenses that I as a resident of the state have paid for years for management of the land and animals you wish to hunt in my state.
You think that state and local taxes fund the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks?
I would be shocked if that is the case.
The state bodies in charge of wildlife, in all of the states that I am familiar with, receive 100% of their funding from the sale of licenses and big game tags. Not from state or local taxes.
As for the public lands that they are on, the vast majority is national forest or blm...
As for private lands, the state subsidizes them with landowner permits that the user still pays the state for of course...
If a cattle rancher runs cattle on National Forest or BLM lands, he pays the feds for grazing rights... Since the states claim to own the wildlife, maybe the should pay the feds for grazing rights since other federal revenue producing activities are not pursued or limited because of the impact on the "state's wildlife".
Pay to Play...