wind gypsy
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with the amount of opportunity that's out there, if a kid isn't into hunting without drawing a good unit, they're probably not going to be that into anyways, and there are few, if any, 12 year olds capable of appreciating it. I've seen this with the early youth muzzleloader season in Iowa where a 6 year old goes out and pounds a 150" whitetail off an ag field dad has scouted all summer. I think we're getting to the point on some of these youth hunts where it's less about youth participation and more about dad living vicariously through their kid (much like youth team sports.)
Exactly.
I don't get why people complain about the 380 odds. It's a desirable tag so demand far outweighs supply. If people want better odds they'll need to start giving something up in return. As it sits right now, hunters (especially residents with $2 bonus points) give up nothing for a chance at an elkhorns tag. The only way i can think of making odds better is to make the tag less desirable or make people give up something for the chance, whether that be money or other hunting opportunity that is available when you fail to draw the elkhorns.
Montana residents would have a lot better odds if people actually had to invest in the game they are applying for. If the guy/wife/sister/etc who doesn't even care about hunting had to pay more than the price of a coffee to apply for LE elk permits and Moose/Goat/Sheep tags maybe the folks who actually care about them would have a better chance.
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