NR hunters don't hurt the deer population much if any. Most of us (yea, I'm NR) mostly go to hunt MO because of family and touching base with home. I don't really care if I kill a deer or not, and I "self-limit" myself to one deer a year. The arguments heard on MWT and other websites often forget that, or the greedy, grasping, and selfish resident goobs just want to keep "their" deer to themselves.
Same old story, same old whining.
MO's deer numbers the past few years have dropped some. Not so much where I hunt, that's been pretty steady, but in other areas CWD and EHD HAVE eaten up some numbers. It happens every few years, though the past few years have been worse.
I hunt the CWD zone, but I'm not seeing a die-off where I hunt, it's been pretty good.
Aren't you from Kentucky? Kentucky non-resident fees have always been considerably higher than Missouri. Missouri is way late on increasing their non-resident fees to fall closer in line with other states. Quit yer whining and pay up or stay home - simple.
