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Sell as many tags as possible (REVENUE), even multiple tags to one person (MORE REVENUE) until the quota is met. This will help the elk numbers and people will want to hunt elk in MT again without being so frustrated (EVEN MORE REVENUE!). Funny how that works hu?!?
If we can't meet quota then obviously we should allow more than one tag, perhaps with a recipe for cooking them. Most people I know don't hunt them because they don't know what to do with them. I was thinking of tying flies with the fur, Royal Wolf, Grey Wolf, etc. I'm glad we *can* hunt them, but the way people talk you would think they are the only thing killing elk and livestock out there. They just found that mountain lions and bears were taking more of the Bitterroot herd than wolves (but that could change over the winter). Grizzly bear numbers are way up. And hunters (including me) have been killing cow elk down here for some time. Last year was a disgusting elk slaughter by a mob of slob hunters, yet cows can still be harvested with OTC tags. Again, I'm glad we *can* hunt them, and I'm really glad we've moved onto a new chapter in management, but there are many factors in lower elk numbers.rg