D_Dubya
Active Member
There’s no shortage of people willing and able to pay; I’ll pay the higher price too. I might even benefit from this, I have a bucket list elk hunt booked in the Thorofare in 2025, with this scheme I won’t have to worry about drawing that tag. I can afford to keep hunting, but my means are not the point of my disagreement with the premise set by this change.As much as I agree with Dub, I'd gladly pay $800 extra to keep from sitting on the sidelines for 3-5 years.
I don't think it will work as a deterrent.
More than enough guys will just pay extra and keep going.
Many of us on this forum would be able to keep paying higher prices, to the point where demand truly dropped and the most well off would have great hunting all the time, the plebes would still be allowed to camp and fish some beaver ponds in the summer, maybe.
This disparity is on full display where I live in Texas, if you can afford a good lease (and you have to know someone to find a good lease in the first place) the hunting is fantastic. I would hate to see the great Western hunting tradition start trending that direction.