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MT Elk Regulations Should Change!
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<blockquote data-quote="Prairie Sasquatch" data-source="post: 2937358" data-attributes="member: 124243"><p>I'll give my thought process after I went on the MT archery hunt last September. </p><p></p><p>"Wow. I hunted as hard as I ever have and basically had no opportunity to kill an elk after 6 days of hunting. I just blew at least $1000 on tag fees and points to get this tag. Not to mention the vacation. Travel etc etc. If I ever do this again I'm going to pay for access."</p><p></p><p>I've hunted different states for big game and killed animals on public and private and I don't feel bad if I don't get an animal but when I realistically can't even get access to hunt them that's a different deal. I don't want it to be easy but approaching impossible isn't good either. </p><p></p><p>In the future if I pay for private access I'm actually making the overall problem worse for everyone else. The cost just goes up and up and more land gets tied up. </p><p></p><p>I can afford to pay for access fees but I don't like doing it because I used to be a young guy who could barely afford to hunt. I don't want to discourage young people from hunting because it's so cost prohibitive. I don't see that scenario playing out very well for the future of hunting. </p><p></p><p>It's a real conundrum. I'd rather hunt less and have a better experience but that's just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prairie Sasquatch, post: 2937358, member: 124243"] I’ll give my thought process after I went on the MT archery hunt last September. “Wow. I hunted as hard as I ever have and basically had no opportunity to kill an elk after 6 days of hunting. I just blew at least $1000 on tag fees and points to get this tag. Not to mention the vacation. Travel etc etc. If I ever do this again I’m going to pay for access.” I’ve hunted different states for big game and killed animals on public and private and I don’t feel bad if I don’t get an animal but when I realistically can’t even get access to hunt them that’s a different deal. I don’t want it to be easy but approaching impossible isn’t good either. In the future if I pay for private access I’m actually making the overall problem worse for everyone else. The cost just goes up and up and more land gets tied up. I can afford to pay for access fees but I don’t like doing it because I used to be a young guy who could barely afford to hunt. I don’t want to discourage young people from hunting because it’s so cost prohibitive. I don’t see that scenario playing out very well for the future of hunting. It’s a real conundrum. I’d rather hunt less and have a better experience but that’s just me. [/QUOTE]
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