>LAST EDITED ON Mar-01-12
>AT 09:19?AM (MST)
>
>Big Fin is absolutely right, Montana
>needs to consider, and should,
>implement trapping as well as
>multiple tags. The open quota
>will never fly for all
>kinds of biological, social, and
>political reasons.
>
>I also agree that many in
>Montana who howled the loudest...pun
>there...about the wolves didnt even
>bother to buy a wolf
>tag. Know a few that
>would have filled those tags
>if they had purchased one.
>
>
>Another thing Montana may want to
>consider is reducing the price
>of NR wolf tags. I
>think a tag of $100-$150
>may get more NR's buying
>wolf tags. At $300, many
>arent willing to pony up
>for the outside chance of
>seeing one of the 630
>wolves living in Montana.
>
>I didnt buy a wolf tag
>this year as I drew
>an elk tag in an
>area of MT with basically
>no wolves. I also had
>a busy season with tags
>in 4 states and was
>spread pretty thin on time.
>
>
>I'm making it a point this
>year to hunt wolves in
>Montana when I'm up there
>being a "game hog" with
>my drastically reduced price NR
>elk and deer tags...may as
>well throw a wolf on
>top of the pile for
>the trip home to Wyoming.
>With the money I save
>on the elk and deer
>tags, I can buy a
>wolf tag and still spend
>less than I have the
>last 11 years just hunting
>elk and deer.
>
>I also wonder how much Wyomings
>wolf population increased this year,
>I bet by more than
>15% considering WY wolves are
>still enjoying full federal protection.
>
Buzz you should spend less time worrying about the price of a tag in MT and a whole lot more time concerning yourself with your own state,the one that hasnt pulled its head far enough out of its ass to start a wolf hunt and Fd up the whole wolf hunting proposal for several states with their ridiculous demands, holding up the start of the wolf hunts by SEVERAL YEARS.How many wolves would have been killed in those years if WY had got its sh!t together and proposed a wolf hunt the feds would agree to.We are years behind in this battle thanks to your state,I wouldnt be crying about the cost of a wolf tag in another.
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great envy!