Wytx, if the problem is that real and the ranchers are looking for a solution (and not money), why don't they simply let hunters take care of the concern for them? Or... is the problem being brought up and talked about like it is to help ranchers create a money making opportunity for themselves?
Wapitibob, I sure hope you're right. It sounds like it has the potential to impact general areas the same way montana's shoulder season has impacted the general hunts there. In the places I have hunted, it cut the numbers by about 1/4.
I took my 17 year old son on a backpack hunt. It was great but that's a thats a different deal than what you're asking. My son loves the outdoors and to hunt but I'm not sure he'd have been ready for the kind of backpack hunts I've typically done. I might have been able to scale back...
Elk hunt in WY. DIY, public land- buddy called in a 6x6 an hour into Day 1 and I arrowed it at 8 feet. While taking pics another bull bugled and I called it in and my buddy shot a 2nd 6x6. Then we had a pile of work in front of us!
Regarding who do you talk to... Posting something like this online is probably cathartic. However it's definitely no replacement for speaking to somebody who can lend an understanding ear. If you don't have somebody close to you who can serve that purpose I would recommend you talk with a...
There's no doubt being colorblind hinders glassing ability. People saying it doesn't impact them negatively have nothing to compare against, other than their buddies who spot less game than them (it's not like they were ever not colorblind, then became colorblind, so they can compare what it's...