HB1237 All Season NR Upland

[Reprobait]

This one does away with the 7 and 14 day non-resident small game/upland licenses and makes them good for all season.

Hell No! for me on this one. I could imagine dog trainers and other guys living out of campers and hanging around for months. The Southeast part of the state will get hit hard by Minnesotans every weekend. Access and habitat are declining, and they want to add more pressure?

 

[hoythunter]

I agree, NW ND was absolutely overrun with non resident hunters this year. Second weekend of season saw 4 groups of NR hunters walk a plots quarter in the 2 hrs I was in the area. This is in a mediocre pheasant area. Before this year we see 1 or 2 groups a season, one day this year we saw 18 out of state vehicles hunting pheasant.

 

[Kurtr]

I don’t even live there and it sounds like a horrible idea

 

[Stinger]

I agree, NW ND was absolutely overrun with non resident hunters this year. Second weekend of season saw 4 groups of NR hunters walk a plots quarter in the 2 hrs I was in the area. This is in a mediocre pheasant area. Before this year we see 1 or 2 groups a season, one day this year we saw 18 out of state vehicles hunting pheasant.

The apartment building I live in during the week for work out west had 2 apartments of non residents in it from Oct-Dec. New groups would come in every week. Groups usually ranged from 8-12 guys. All hunting pheasants in NW corner. Would usually see them cleaning birds at noon when I was back for lunch. Then they would be gone again till sun down. Seemed crazy to me!!!

 

[PrairieGhost]

The apartment building I live in during the week for work out west had 2 apartments of non residents in it from Oct-Dec. New groups would come in every week. Groups usually ranged from 8-12 guys. All hunting pheasants in NW corner. Would usually see them cleaning birds at noon when I was back for lunch. Then they would be gone again till sun down. Seemed crazy to me!!!

Sounds like they were going out fir a second limit.

 

[1lessdog]

This one does away with the 7 and 14 day non-resident small game/upland licenses and makes them good for all season.

Hell No! for me on this one. I could imagine dog trainers and other guys living out of campers and hanging around for months. The Southeast part of the state will get hit hard by Minnesotans every weekend. Access and habitat are declining, and they want to add more pressure?

I'm sure you do so much to boost the habitat and bird #'s that you don't want any competition. I'm a nonresident and purchased 3 upland license in 2024. Doesn't matter to me, I will just buy more license.

 

[Trip McNeely]

I'm sure you do so much to boost the habitat and bird #'s that you don't want any competition. I'm a nonresident and purchased 3 upland license in 2024. Doesn't matter to me, I will just buy more license.

Sounds like the system works the way it should then……..If habitat and access are what the new focus is( as it should be) this would not be a good idea.

 

[zoops]

 

[ktm450]

hard no for me as well

 

[v193]

Need to limit the number of nonresident hunters. We need to go to a draw system like other states. The NR's are not only hunting any open land there is, but pissing off the landowners to the point they are "over it" and don't let anyone hunt....

 

[johnr]

Most of these little podunk towns in the pheasant rich area would be in a pickle if these NR fellas didn't come to town and spend some cash in them.

Plenty of birds and opportunity for all.

Of course there are no, and I mean no birds in SW ND, so my statement is for the other areas of the state.

 

[Trip McNeely]

Most of these little podunk towns in the pheasant rich area would be in a pickle if these NR fellas didn't come to town and spend some cash in them.

Plenty of birds and opportunity for all.

Of course there are no, and I mean no birds in SW ND, so my statement is for the other areas of the state.

Yes without the influx of bird hunters pembina would fold for sure

 

[SDMF]

Most of these little podunk towns in the pheasant rich area would be in a pickle if these NR fellas didn't come to town and spend some cash in them.

Plenty of birds and opportunity for all.

Of course there are no, and I mean no birds in SW ND, so my statement is for the other areas of the state.

Nah, with farmers farming rather than CRP-ing there's a lot more $$ flowing through those little towns. Maybe not the guides, bars, or hotels, but, the other businesses have more $$ rolling through. Farming turns exponentially more $$ then hunting NR's do.

Put me down for a system like SD's waterfowl dealy-O.

 

[savage270]

Have a lottery to sell exactly as many 7 day licenses as there were resident small game licenses purchased the prior year. That way the more access residents have, the more non-resident customers can come into the state.

 

[johnr]

Yes without the influx of bird hunters pembina would fold for sure

AGree'd, you fellas are lucky to have all them NR's showing up

 

[Pheasant 54]

Who is sponsoring this bill . Good lord . Before the current law was passed there would be campers setting in the SW corner for weeks with out of state plates on them . The current law seemed to really alleviate that .

 

[Pheasant 54]

So its Tveit, Brandenberg, Fegley, Maki Nehring,and Wanzek

 

[scrotcaster]

is Tveit the one who pushed the electronic posting bill ?

 

[Pheasant 54]

Yes he was , along with Erbele, Bell, Patten, Damschen ,Dobervich

 

[Obi-Wan]

Most of these little podunk towns in the pheasant rich area would be in a pickle if these NR fellas didn't come to town and spend some cash in them.

Plenty of birds and opportunity for all.

Of course there are no, and I mean no birds in SW ND, so my statement is for the other areas of the state.

Are you sure there is opportunity for all in " pheasant rich area " or just for those with a fat wallet ?