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Originally Posted by LongDraw
What are the alterior motives and what is really being sought in your opinion?
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Originally Posted by sheephunter
Not really sure I'd say there are alterior motives at work but there is no doubt in my mind that there are many sheep hunters that would like an opportunity to hunt bigger sheep and they look south to Montana and their draw system. I think F&W likes the idea of a draw as it's the easiest to manage and I think they are trying to sell the idea with their very optimistic tale of 1-2 year wait times. Make no mistake, this is an outright sales job by F&W and it seems some of the stakeholders are buying into it. Obviously outfitters would be the biggest benificary. Not sure they are driving it but I can sure see them supporting it.
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Look at the stakeholders.
I think SH has SRD correct, they seem to be on a drive to put ALL Big Game hunting on Draw.
APOS- That's obvious.
Parks and Rec. They want hunting out of the mountains and Wildlands. Y2Y is part of this picture.
The upcoming Public Land Public Access Plan in conjunction with the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan both desire to severely restrict access in many areas. A part of the technique is to limit hunting through limiting licences to Draw only.