RE: Resident vs. Nonresident
HillBilly,
Why should your benifit for living there be cheaper tags and licenses?
Why shouldn't your reward be that you can utilize the outdoors more often?
Seriously, I don't understand the premise of your point...
Residents that live in Southern Utah aren't garanteed to hunt the Pansigant.
Residents in Northern Arizona aren't guaranteed to hunt the Arizona strip or Kaibab.
Residents in Western New Mexico aren't guaranteed to hunt the Gilas.
But residents of many of these states feel that they are entitled to "hunt in their backyards" which makes the deer herd on the Pansigant the most heavily poached herd in the country.
Which makes the elk on the Mongollon Rim in Az and the Gilas in NM, the most heavily poached elk herds in the country.
Yall are entitled to hunt in your yards right?
Here is my question... Is a resident of lets say Aspen entitled to cheaper lift tickets than a non-resident of Aspen. I mean they live there right?
Frankly, I don't believe that you moved to Montana for cheaper tag prices.
You moved to Montana so you can experience the outdoors more often.
Same reason I spend June, July and part of August back in Idaho. I fish the heck out of the Park, Henry's Fork, the Beaverhead, the Madison and etc.
Frankly, I decided my career path based upon my passion for the outdoors. I have breathed hunting and fishing since I was 6 years old.
The reason that I work for myself is so I can take off whenever I want.
Peace