In my opinion the reason we have more hunters has everything to do with the solid economy and only a little to do with guys like Randy. So many people have enough disposable income to do a western hunt that the numbers have skyrocketed. If the economy takes a downturn, you will see a drastic decrease in applications across the west. How many people now apply in multiple states? That was virtually unheard of years ago! That alone is a good source of application increases.

As far as Randy goes, I appreciate his public land advocacy a lot! He has put in countless hours of time on conservation as well. I agree with an earlier poster...he hunts the SAME spots year after year and has no trouble...that kind of shoots that theory down considerably. In no way do I think he is getting rich off of his platforms.

What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.