Troy I blame Karl Malone, he was the one that publically started talking about how much he would pay to hunt the deer out there. Since you want the credit, fine, you can have it. It is a horrible idea. You grew up hunting there? Did you pay $55,000 to do so? Why not? For some reason you think it is a good idea now, why wasn't it then? Was the biologist you talked to talking about a crash the same one who thinks there are 400 deer out there? If thats his number, there might be carrying capacity problems, but since he is over by 100-150 we are probably safe. Besides if that is the reason for hunting deer out there, why didn't you push for more draw tags? When you hunting out there all the time with your dad, did you guys buy your tag at the auction? I bet your azz you carried your own gun. And yes, if your a man, you carry your own gun, it ain't golf. I am either in a maroon s-10 blazer or a white crew cab chev, so whenever you see me out there lets go for a hike, I'll bring my 7yr old. No I am not a sheep hunter, your right. But I do frequent the island, and your the first guy to try and make the point that it is a grueling sheep hunt. Since this abortion was your idea, why do such fine hunters as Denny Austad need a 5 day head start? Why does he need to hunt the rut? Why isn't there a antelope hunt out there? Not enough money for SFW to lobby for it? Troy, I did custom homes for 20 years, I loved the interest only loans, the funky finacing that went on, it produced about a decade of non stop work(money) for me. But I was honest, I never tried to say the people playing the game were all great men, deserving of our respect and graditude. I saw them for what they were, fools with money. It is extremely disingenuous for you to try to make these guys great saviors of wildlife. The guy bought an easy tag, knowing he had a very small ammount of acreage to cover, and bought himself a caddy. He is a fool with money, I know you'll never compromise your buisness saying so, but please spare us the "greatness" of this guy or guys like him. He could have hunted sheep everywhere for $55k, he wanted the closest thing to a high fence hunt he could find. Good luck this season with your buisness.
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"