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    Balancing Opportunity and Age: The Impact of Buck Point Restrictions

    What you are proposing is effectively what naturally occurs with general season OTC hunts. 1.5 to 3.5 year old bucks are the majority of bucks harvested. In most Idaho general seasons 2-pts make up 40-60% of the harvest and 4-pts are 20-35%.
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    26 Idaho nonresident

    This is something I really don't understand. When IDFG went to NR quotas for each unit they also created a quota for each outfitter. Why do the outfitters need to participate in the December tag sale at all when they have a separate pool of tags for their clients? They never sell out their...
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    Jimmy John kills potential new state record sheep in NM

    Idaho Wild Sheep Foundation founded in 1985 First year Idaho offered an auction tag for Bighorn Sheep - 1988 Idaho Wild Sheep Population 1990 ~5,000; 203 Tags available; Overall drawing odds 1:6 Idaho Wild Sheep Population 2015 ~2,800; 89 Tags available; Overall drawing odds 1:27 Idaho Wild...
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    Idaho horse or llama packers question

    The only option you have is to hire the Outfitter that is licensed to operate in the area of your hunt. The Outfitter might not even offer such a service, in which case you are out of luck. Paying anyone else to pack game for you would be illegal in Idaho. https://idfg.idaho.gov/ifwis/ioglb/
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    Jimmy John kills potential new state record sheep in NM

    I quoted it before but I'll post it again from WSF CEO Gary Thornton. “The fact that a handful of individuals stepped up at these levels to put and keep more wild sheep on the mountain for everyone, and one day put more sheep permits into the public draws, is the definition of paying it...
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    Stuff overheard at the range or local gun shop

    They revel in other people thinking they are nuts. It feeds their superiority complex.
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    Jimmy John kills potential new state record sheep in NM

    I also don't get upset about it, I'm not even concerned about the "fairness" of it. I don't even think that it is an undemocratic method of allocating tags because, after all, it was a democratic process that decided to allocate tags in this way. I do think it was a mistake and it is possible...
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    Jimmy John kills potential new state record sheep in NM

    Why have raffle/lottery tags at all? If the auction consistently brings in more money, then just have 2 auction tags rather than 1 auction and 1 raffle. My perception is that the raffle tags exists to make the serfs feel as though they also have a chance at the opportunity normally afforded...
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    Jimmy John kills potential new state record sheep in NM

    It's a great ram and the guy played by the rules that exist at this time so I have nothing against him or his success. I disagree that we need these types of tags and this style of funding in order to continue efforts for sheep conservation. The money that is generated by these auction tags...
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    BLM Blind rules for Idaho Archery Pronghorn

    The sad fact of the matter is that the average hunter does not read rule books. They rely on word of mouth to get their information and they think "common sense" dictates that they can break any rule that is an inconvenience to them.
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    Creepy experiences in the backcountry

    Firing blindly into the bushes? I wouldn't trust him any further than I can throw a softball sized rock.
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    Youtubers ruin public hunting. Change my mind.

    Actually, that would make them one of the bad ones.
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    Do you actually use the safety in a bolt rifle? I don't.

    Do the empty chamber guys also hunt with an empty chamber when using a shotgun for upland birds?
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    Idaho mule deer management strategy

    Unfortunately I don't think most people understand that.
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    Idaho mule deer management strategy

    Oh how I wish for the gift of brevity, but I'm addicted to context. The only listed option that I think could have an impact is weapon restrictions. It is something that could potentially increase escapement, leading to buck survival. I'm not certain whether or not it would be a big enough...
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    We need to start lobbying for point system reform

    Good news! All Americans do have equal rights on federal lands. What you are failing to separate is rights to access and use of federal lands from access and rights to State-owned wildlife.
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    What to do with the meat foreign hunter in Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado. Need meat cutters and places to donate

    My only question is how much time has your friend set aside for all these hunts? Whoever pointed out that the meat situation is similar to how US hunters have to leave meat behind in Europe or Africa makes a great point. On those continents however, there is already a prescribed destination...
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    Idaho Regs...No Tag...Can I still go hike with a hunter

    To answer your second question I would say, it depends. I don't have any problem with a hunter having a nonhunting friend or two accompany him in the field, as long as they stay together. It becomes a problem when you post your non-tag holding friends on every ridge to glass and hunt for you...
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    Grizzly bear killed in Unit 6

    You mean like this? IDFG has had this warning in the regulation book for years.
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    Idaho Controlled Hunt Results 24

    I think we need to consider a deeper question. Until the results are posted, is an applicant both successful and unsuccessful? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s_cat

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