Non-resident hunting, the controversy

[Buster]

I'm glad it has stayed civil, and not deteriorated.

 

[Coyote Commander]

Simply put, the government is not a for-profit entity.

Ha!

Their spending habits are proof enough of that!

 

[Coyote Commander]

It simply boils down to supply and demand.

States that have hunting opportunities in high demand, charge more.

Iowa is able to do what it does in its management strategy and prices because EVERYBODY wants to go to IA and shoot a big whitetail.

Something else to think about........the problem with making something in demand to accessible and cheap, is you might ruin it completely.

 

[Coyote Commander]

Access to Federal lands are not equal as there seems to be quite a bit of it without access due to the neccesity to cross private property to get to the Federal land...but that is a whole different issue.

It is a whole different issue, one thats a pet peeve of mine.

Some states do a decent job, others make no effort. WY SUCKS in this department (amongst other things). MT isnt much better. However, my home state of ND does an EXCELLENT job of procuring and protecting easement access to public lands.

If we're talking "equal access" this issue violates that in SPADES.

 

[5MilesBack]

Public land fees, especially federal land, should be sufficient for management and no more. Legislating access via cost is a sad thing to see, whether it is in tag fees or river permits.

Again, we're talking about two different things here........land management, and game management. The state game management agencies manage the game for the state as a whole, regardless of whether the game or hunting is on private, state, or federal land. This is really what we're talking about here in this thread, not land management. Land management is managed by the entity that controls it........BLM, FS, State, private. Access to these lands is not just for hunting, that's just one of the activities that can take place there. So hunting management and the management of the game falls right back to the "state" game management agencies. Federal anything has nothing to do with it.........and we should REALLY want to keep it that way.

 

[T43]

It simply boils down to supply and demand.

States that have hunting opportunities in high demand, charge more.

Iowa is able to do what it does in its management strategy and prices because EVERYBODY wants to go to IA and shoot a big whitetail.

Something else to think about........the problem with making something in demand to accessible and cheap, is you might ruin it completely.

Except for the "EVERYBODY" comment I think you're spot on.