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<blockquote data-quote="MtPockets" data-source="post: 2934750" data-attributes="member: 39651"><p>I don't know that the non-res are as much an issue as lack of access to private ground and increased number of hunters in general.</p><p>The last few years have seen a vast turnover in the ranch community and many of those ranches went from either Block Management or just plain open to hunting to now they are trophy ranches where the new owners don't allow anyone on, and very likely don't hunt themselves either.</p><p>The animals figure this out pretty quickly and congregate in those safe havens.</p><p>The wolf problem, too, exasperates the problem. Fewer elk equals fewer opportunities for the hunter.</p><p>As a resident, I don't ever hunt opening weekend. Period. I hate crowds and those first few weeks of the season the animals are not in any way in a normal r or utine- they are simply running from one area to another trying to avoid gunfire.</p><p>I'd rather hunt them in a more normal state, which does somewhat return as the season progresses and hunter numbers dwindle.</p><p>Anyway, long winded way to say that yes hunting pressure sucks but I don't think blaming non-res is the answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MtPockets, post: 2934750, member: 39651"] I don't know that the non-res are as much an issue as lack of access to private ground and increased number of hunters in general. The last few years have seen a vast turnover in the ranch community and many of those ranches went from either Block Management or just plain open to hunting to now they are trophy ranches where the new owners don't allow anyone on, and very likely don't hunt themselves either. The animals figure this out pretty quickly and congregate in those safe havens. The wolf problem, too, exasperates the problem. Fewer elk equals fewer opportunities for the hunter. As a resident, I don't ever hunt opening weekend. Period. I hate crowds and those first few weeks of the season the animals are not in any way in a normal r or utine- they are simply running from one area to another trying to avoid gunfire. I'd rather hunt them in a more normal state, which does somewhat return as the season progresses and hunter numbers dwindle. Anyway, long winded way to say that yes hunting pressure sucks but I don't think blaming non-res is the answer. [/QUOTE]
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