Jimmy why would you be advocating driving the price of hunting up. I don't beleive for a minute that you beleive hunting should be only for the wealthy so why would you be suggesting things like this. You would actualy like to see people have to bid on tags,, my goodness man this surprises me that a hunter would even consider this.You would have a resident try and compete with an outfitter for the right to hunt game in his own province,, wow man just wow.
Let me ask you guys this.Does Sask have a healthy outfitter industry I think so. Does Sask allow non resident hunting of Mule deer or Elk no why not. It's to protect and leave the opportunities for their own residents. What wrong with that people respect that I know I do. It's high time Alberta starts taking this stance on some of our game as well.
Yes and no walleyes part of the reason we are at this point is the low cost of draws...Maybe it's hi time every draw is lotto...
Sask to the east?To close to Ontario for me to care...I am not interested in a place I can purches a drug addict deer dopped out of its mind in a pen.
Oh come on now Jimmy,, putting a few oats on a pile hardly constitutes a doped up deer. Sask is a lot closer to Alberta in every way than it is to Ontario.
I thought this as well until it was pointed out to me, checker out you can purches your next trophy in sask.
Would you rather drive the price up to the point the average or lower wage earner in this province can't afford to hunt in order to keep outfitters going. Is it more important to you to have outfitters going than to have residents hunting.
I would like for every res hunter of Alberta the same opportunity as non res hunters in allowing res hunters to purches hunts from outfitters if they choose so. I would like a increase in the price of the draw system yes, so guys start thinking about what they actually want to hunt. Maybe that would help do away with the mother in laws mule buck tag she gets even tho she wouldn't no what a mule deer was if it took a dump on her head.Other then that make a lotto out of everything.Money is = my 20$ is the same as yours it's just another way.
Still gives more opportunity to the non- res. What do you find disagreeable with the following statement "I don't think any tags that require a resident to be drawn should be available to non-res. That doesn't mean "keep the americans out". There are bear, whitetail, elk, sheep etc., general tags that are available to non-res.".You're views are leaning towards paid hunting. That's the last thing we need in Alberta. What's the name of your outfitting company?
Still didn't answer what was disagreeable with my statement.Also, your idea would price a lot of residents out of opportunity. Pretty obvious its all about the money with "you guys".
You still don't grasp it, the outfitter tags are not resident tags!Pricing albertans out of opportunity? You mean the opportunity they haven't had the chance to purchase yet?If an increase in draw costs of 10$ Per or so prices albertans out of hunting I suggest they go to work and get off social assistance or perhaps stop sticking that MIL in for draws.
There is a massive slob hunting issue in this province. I would suggest that it is even more out of control than the Native hunting issue. Give someone something for nothing, and it is sure as hell going to get abused. Make someone pay for something, and they tend to have more respect for it. I am all for raising draw fees in this province, as well as having the privilege of purchasing a guided hunt, as long as those increased fees go to where they are supposed to go, which is management and enforcement. R.
Funny you mention grasping....Who do you think would get those tags if they took them from non-residents?The amount that outfitters would charge residents for the tags if they were available to residents WOULD price some of the residents out.I do agree the applications for draw should be priced higher AND if drawn, automatically charged the price of a tag. Which also should be higher.Still haven't answered my question, speaking of grasping....
I gues we will have to agree to disagree as greed has taken over your common sense.
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