Us vs. Them
It’s a strange time to be a hunter. In California, anti-hunters would rather have tax-payer money go toward managing (killing) mountain lions than allow a hunting season. In most western states, point systems were implemented to manage the amount of hunters, but point creep will make hunts prohibitive if they aren’t already. I could put in for premium elk or sheep tags for the rest of my life and never draw because I am too far behind in the point system. The Alaska system is fair. Everyone gets the same chance in the draw, even if it’s miniscule.
In some states hunt outfitters are leveraging their pull with politicians to get favorable legislation passed. States are always considering tag allocation for certain groups of species and one state is considering a 90/10 split (90% to residents, 10% to nonresidents for certain species) though nonresident hunters supply an incredible amount of revenue to the state and local communities. You can’t have it both ways.
