Idaho seems to be the only western state that allows non-residents to compete equally with residents when applying for controlled hunt tags. While I admit to not really enjoying bumping into non-residents in the field, they support Idaho businesses and for the most part are easy on the game populations. Fat cat hunters on the other hand allowed to purchase Auction tag are reducing the number of tags available to everyone else and for the most part take trophy breeding animals out of the populations. There are game managers that will argue whether this is bad for a species or not but one has to realize the outfit they work for receives the proceeds of those auctions and can then build new very expensive HQ buildings and buy more pickups for them to drive around in . Idaho hunters have said they favor the system as is and are suspect of game managers seeking to increase revenues that do not directly benefit game and fish. We need to strongly oppose the politicians pretending to be game biologists ( i.e.: Virgil our F&G Director) and leave the system the way it is.
Good Hunting
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10% of tags to non-residents in controlled hunt units is competing equally?
