"One of my main concerns is related to new hunter recruitment. If young people don't get in on the ground floor of the PP system, they will get far behind in points. Not good for new hunter recruitment."
More of a fear statement then legitimate argument. This bill would do nothing to prevent young and new hunter recruitment. Its already written into the bill that a certain percentage of the tags will go random draw.
On top of that, there's more than enough opportunity with general license deer and elk areas throughout the state to attract any hunter. I would also think many decent antelope areas will turnover every two to three years not to mention there's a pile of left over doe tags and areas that can be drawn on a second choice.
If a new hunter isn't attracted to the sport unless they get a limited quota tag right from the get go, they were never going to be a hunter anyway.
This bill may not pass this year, but as demand continues to increase I think it will at some point...