That blocks off a big chunk of the southern Medicine Bow, at least on foot.
I found it slightly humorous that one private parcels along that road is owned by a Richard and Karen.
Thank you for digging in- I saw estimates of 20-50% in my quick research so I went with 50% to be safe.
Your data would suggest that as many as 85% of Montana benificiaries are not hunters. That is very important context when we discuss things of this nature.
Balkanization of hunting presents...
Why not? I believe it would work as well if not better than Block Management (which is not without its own significant issues and cost).
The edge definitely goes to NM unit-wide system when it comes to opening decent private land to the public in my opinion.
*I appreciate your perspective and...
I wonder if that is still true? I don’t know exactly what percentage of Montana residents hunt, but I’d imagine it’s quite high- let’s say 50%, but likely dropping.
The non-hunters in Montana are beneficiaries, too- they would be way better off with NM’s system.
Full support of what you guys put together- but as I said earlier, I think the biggest hurdle you face is reconciling this with FWP’s CWD vision. (Legacy public opinion being neck-and-neck).
The recent trend of deleting profiles seems to have a bit of a performative element to it.
I get that people get busy, but if that’s all it is then just stop posting for a while. @Sytes mentioned it- a bit or protesting or something is my guess, who knows?
For OIL, it’s tough to give up because between the draws and raffles that’s kind of it. Low-odds game no matter how you slice it. But yeah, there is a point where it just becomes stupid.
For the “regular” species, I am beginning to see things the same way you do in some instances- that money is...