I think you bring up a very good point kshunter,

It is the little guys that would suffer because of rulings that supported Taulman and others.
Specifically, the little guys that live in areas under a high demand from "trophy" hunters. If these little guys had to wait to draw tags or pay higher prices (like non-residents), They would probably have to give up hunting (God forbid) or become illegal. Now I'm sure that little guys that lived in areas that were not in that high of a demand would probably be relatively unaffected. Hunting has always been a very personal thing for most and has generally been a local pursuit until this past generation. Its unfortunate that some now want to change the very structure that has made hunting so popular with the average joe. Average joe has probably hasn't even considerded, until recently, that it might one day be other hunters that push him out of his own backyard.