Our Oregon Hunters Association lobbied for a ballot initiative many years ago to restrict non residents to I believe 5% of our big game tags. Seemed like overkill to me, but the public voted. We are not a non-resident friendly state, and if I did not live here, I'd certainly spend my hunting dollars here.
Sounds like your every day resident sportsmen need to form an association and start lobbying. That 40% allocation does sound a bit heavy handed indeed.
