Missouri Survey on Non-Resident Hunting

[CottonwoodCanyon]

Not to sidetrack from the MO discussion, but I just heard the NE game commission is voting on going to 1 buck in the upcoming June meeting. A lot of states making some "big" changes recently... Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, etc...

 

[MN Slick]

Minnesota too. Now allowing rifle in most areas of the state and solidified crossbows during archery season, haha!!

 

[Hardwood11]

A friend sent this to me. I know they had a meeting Friday (?)… As a landowner I’m not affected as of now. I do appreciate that they made changes over time.

It is interesting, we will see what kind of cap they add in the future?

 

[Muskrat24]

A friend sent this to me. I know they had a meeting Friday (?)… As a landowner I’m not affected as of now. I do appreciate that they made changes over time.

It is interesting, we will see what kind of cap they add in the future?

That is the way I understand it also as a NRLO. Fees are going way up the way understand it for NR tags. I’m expecting NRLO to have to buy two tags which will significantly likely double the cost if in line with NR turkey licenses this spring.

 

[Bassattackr]

A friend sent this to me. I know they had a meeting Friday (?)… As a landowner I’m not affected as of now. I do appreciate that they made changes over time.

It is interesting, we will see what kind of cap they add in the future?

One tiny step in the right direction for MO. Now lets move rifle season out of the rut.

 

[deep woods goat hunter]

I might have missed this somewhere. Did they specify a number of NR tags they will allocate ?

The cap number ?

That is a hilarious comment. Wanting more deer killed has zero to do with these proposed changes. I have talked to MO MDC from local agents to the state biologist and every one stated that these changes that are proposed will likely reduce harvest numbers. But the access on public and hoping more bucks on landscape in those areas will increase. The stance on this discussion has been that NR don’t kill does so all the sudden these NR hunters getting one less tag will increase the harvest?? And NRLO will still be able to kill two bucks. I’d say these changes will help with public crowding some but limited otherwise. Potentially reduce income but I’d have to do more research on the number of NR that purchase archery and rifle licenses. Also be interesting to see how many NR shoot more than one buck now. PURE GUESS but I’d bet it is small percentage to total herd. I have recently talked to several people in MO impacted by the NR and NR outfitters and these changes will not make an impact. The guided hunts are typically NR hunting one season annually. Again, these changes have most chance to have an impact on public. Going to a draw will be interesting.

I agree with you that some change is good and using survey to do it is good.

What I think many need to consider is the residents that have quit deer hunting completely because of loss of access or overcrowding. If this is remedied you will have residents return to hunting deer and being stewards. I know more than a handful of guys that have thrown in the towel, bought a bass boat and/or started duck hunting. If access improves you will have more residents return to the deer woods, which will in turn be a net gain for deer hunter recruitment and retention among residents. When I was in high school i had 10-12 permission farms to hunt. Half of those are leased out to NR's today.
My .02