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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gst" data-source="post: 83361" data-attributes="member: 373">Mr. Putz, the winner of the auction indeed has an "absolute opportunity" do they not? There are other "general draw" tags in other units that the public has an opportunity for in the deer lottery as well is there not? It seems some on here would like to see a Bernie Sanders type approach to hunting............- - - Updated - - -I have no problem with the G&F auctioning off a sheep tag and using the proceeds to better manage sheep. There is a value that comes back to us sportsmen as a result of that "absolute opportunity" in more funding to better manage these populations to provide more opportunity. In in the same manner, when land owners are allowed a $20 value gratis tag, there is a value that comes back to the sportsmen in increased deer numbers and opportunity for those that are willing to put the effort in and not just expect access or opportunity to be given. the G&F has no idea how many deer are in each unit. I have offered many times to have biologist come out and count deer as they came into our hay yard adn not once was the offer taken up. Even when wardens were sitting right in my yard, they seemed not to have the time to park their pickup for a couple hours, have a cup of coffee and count deer. That combined with an ariel survey (cause if they are in my hay yard there damn well is enough snow cover) to find other congregations to count (most of which are in ranchers yards in these hard winters) would give a pretty good idea of deer/square mile. But hey I am not a "trained" biologist so what the hell would I know. But then again I did know that 2 feet of snow that closed most roads was the cause of lower hunter success rate survey numbers than was lower deer numbers like Randy Kriel tried claiming a few years back as part of their "formula" to determine the next years tags.........</blockquote>

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