Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Coronavirus Pandemic: Will you apply in draws or hunt out of state this year?

We get softer and more timid every generation-CL expresses the modern “I’m not safe OMG what is wrong with the world” attitude of our softer more progressive younger generation. I’m sure his grandfather would laugh at his panic & worry.

Thankfully between the cowardly (excuse me I mean cautious) group that are unsure of our medical system or financial well being and the group pissed off by the Colorado money grab I’m hoping to draw deer tags 2 years in a row.

Submitted my applications to MT earlier this week.

With the Montana draw nearing it's dead line... FW&P reports as of 3/25/20.... Non Resident Big Game combo license sales down 41 percent , Deer combo license down 35 percent , Elk combo license down 37 percent.

Interesting, couldn't find on FWP website. Can you link a source?

Yes - Wyoming antelope.

I am 62 years old. I will hunt this year in my normal hunting locations. Yes they are out of state for me. I will drive, not fly. I will use common sense and take precautions and follow all recommendations. Social distancing, gloves at the gas pump etc. I have N-95 mask's if needed. But I will not stop Hunting.

Timber runner., That info was sent to the outfitter I guide for by FWP. No link.

Well shiit, looks like I just wasted $50 for a preference point yesterday. Spent $1219.06 with mfwp yesterday

Im going to apply for everything I can hoping people are scared to apply and I draw something good (-:

That’s what I’m hoping too. 😂😂

OK. Thanks.

I totally get the sentiment that people are soft and stupid for panicking over this. However, there's also a rational side to it. A lot of people are struggling to make ends meet right now, and they'd probably be bad fathers/ husbands/ dads if hunting applications didn't get replaced at the top of their list by other things. Truly, good on them for keeping priorities straight.


That and it helps the odds for guys like me who have nobody who cares about them and spend money on outdoor equipment like Pittman-Robertson is their patron saint.

Gents and Ladies,

Heck, in February I was at the Western Hunt Expo and people were saying that this virus was a hoax or that the virus won't spread beyond the 15 or so cases in the U.S. that were under quarantine at the time.

As of Friday evening, the US has at least 100,013 known cases (highest of all the countries in the world- second only, if we believe that they are under-reporting to China) of coronavirus and 1,545 U.S. people (mothers, fathers, grandparents, even a few younger siblings) have died. We're only in March- Again, recall that in early February, we supposedly only had 15 cases and no deaths.

I know that for some of you it's, "not in my backyard, so FU", but I want to point out that the U.S. is all of our backyards, our country, our community. AND if it hasn't reached you yet, great, but it's deeply affecting our community and many others across the U.S.

Stay calm, follow CDC and WHO guidelines and your local Governor and County Health Officer. Help your fellow neighbor.

Best wishes.
CL

I put in for all kinds of hunts this draw.
Some or most, unrealistic odds, but someone has to draw !

Dude....

Did you not get the memo that no rationale posts are allowed in regards to COVID-19...I can resend the memo

True!

Yes...looking forward to it...and I`m over 50.

There is some serious stupidity and ignorance in this thread.

Just an update from Huntinfool:


Also, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is suspending the sale of nonresident spring turkey hunting permits in a proactive effort to prevent the potential for the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Other states are likely to follow as the 'shelter in place' order keeps getting extended. My plans for AK are trashed, so I will only hunt in-state at this point.