Wow. I've been away from here awhile, but the last couple times I've checked in the attitude here has taken a noticeable downward spiral; and not just in this thread. Even on contentious subjects I would hope we could show a little more maturity and respect towards each other, guys.
Well, it's going to start hitting the states in the pocketbook soon. Montana could not sell out their NR tags for elk last year...the unreasonable price increase didn't help. I expect next year will be worse, my group has accounted for 2-3 tags each of the last 4 years and we have decided not to go back this year. Unless we hear better reports from our local friends, we may permanently switch our DIY hunts to other states. We really enjoyed out time there and those hunts, so it's pretty depressing for us.