well_known_rokslider
Lil-Rokslider
You haven't worn the shoe on the other foot yet apparently. And 1 tidbit of information you just shared doesn't amount to a hill of beans compared to the million nr's who invade the west during hunting seasons every year. Try putting the shoe on the other foot for a minute and be objective without the "it's federal land and my tax dollars mean I should be able to hunt" argument
Your argument is comically disjointed, but what the heck, I'll play along. New Mexico, which appears to be your current state of residence, sells what, appx 37,000 elk tags? 23,000ish of those going into the public draw. 15% combined of that going to non-residents giving a grand total of about 3,400 non-residents "invading" your state every year to hunt elk?? Sure Colorado OTC was a different story and something had to be done. But here's the tough pill to swallow: even if you're living "in the west", if you're hunting in another state, you're part of those "millions of nr" invaders.
Do you know how many deer tags Wisconsin sells? Nearly 3/4 of a million so forgive me if I find the complaint of less than 4000 nr elk hunters invading your state a bit laughable.