They have definitely gotten bold and taken their liberties with IFG. It probably won't get any better. Gov Little (not a huge fan) is probably the only thing keeping these new legislators at bay. If a new Governor is elected out of that bunch that is running the Idaho GOP right now, look out.
We’re headed in montanas direction for sure.
No ones ever happy
They want to be in it now because they see how much money they can make; politicians line their pockets with OUR money not only at the corrupt national level but at the corrupt state and local level as well. Leeches, almost every one of them.
I stand by my original thoughts. The legislature will take a simple recipe and overcomplicate it to appease special interest groups and the carveouts they desire.
But not the top tags…
These are OTC hunts. Sure there’s better units but none are THAT much better than the rest. I can hunt any OTC unit in the state and I gladly hunt whatever unit they can get. I would gladly have any of the tags we get each year over not being able to hunt at all. That being said the units they’ve gotten have all been in my 5 favorite. And we’ve gotten them online every year except this year. They drove to Idaho and got in line this year. I was online watching though and some of the tags I like were still available when we got to my turn for deer and elk.
all good. I get diamond creek and settle for only a few options that are sold out in 8-15 minutes.
Diamond Creek goes fast for sure. The outfit I guide for part time guides there so we don’t try to get that tag anyways.
A lot of the so called “top tags” aren’t even better than the unpopular tags. Look at sawtooth elk for example. Terrible winter range makes for very very few elk with large antlers and the units are under objective, yet folks think it’s one of the best tags in the state. I hunt it and it’s fine but not necessarily better than many other hunts in the central part of the state
the main outfit that guides there buys a PILE of tags on sale day Then sells the outfitter set aside they get for nothing. they have offered to sell me an outfitter tag for cost of a drop camp bit with no services. that is messed up.
There’s 2 outfits permitted to guide DC. That’s definitely not us. Depending on the year that could be the guy we bought it from.
Things I don’t like with the current system.
Are you thinking like a Montana system? Their system is similar Other than they do 3 points. If you do one point cap, at some point there could be (high likelihood) more people with one point than general tags available, everyone with one point won’t draw, so then you have to either increase the point cap or just realize that once you have 1 point your odds won’t be 100%. Right? Or am I missing something.
