First, please just make new replies and use the edit button to fix typos and the like... when you use the edit button to add new content, raise new points or ask new questions, I miss most of them...

As for the little man... you don't think that increased revenues from non-resident hunters helps the resident little man? You don't think that increased out-of-state opportunity doesn't help the non-resident little man?

You seem to think that the only little man that exists resides in these Rocky Mt. states.

To be 100% honest, the cop in Georgia that wants to take his 2 boys elk hunting is just as important to me as the resident of Wyoming...

Why should the resident of Wyoming be at the top of my list? They certainly don't have the corner of the market when in comes to the "little man". The Rocky Mt states are definitely not population centers so just by the population, they have less "little men".

You don't think that the little man benifits from being able to apply him and his 2 boys for $100 non-resident elk tags? Yea, it won't be a trophy unit but they will get to atleast experience it. Heck, there currently isn't a state that you can get a single non-resident elk tag for $300... Instead of spending $1500 on tags, he could take himself and his kids on an elk hunt and have it cost him a total of $1500.

I remember reading Jack O'Conner as a little boy and dreaming about sheep hunting... how many people can afford a sheep hunt as a non-resident in this day and age?

In the lower 48, tags are expensive as heck and are impossible to draw.

In Alaska and Canada, they require guided hunts and tons of $$$.

In Mexico, you need to have more dollars than sense because it will run you $50K to shoot a sheep.

Will Elk become the next generations sheep?

It already has for the non-resident little guy! Tag prices are outgrageously expensive... States are making concessions to outfitters funnelling off regular non-resident permits into outfitter & guide pools.

SA