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Originally Posted by Smalls
How do you think other states do it? I always hear about people buying tags for a particular Unit or county in other states for Elk.
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Right, if Louisiana hunters were willing to pay $34 for each and every resident deer tag like Colorado charges, then LDWF might have enough money to manage the herd with 20-50 zones. You can't have western style management schemes without comparable associated costs.
If you can convince LA hunters to trade what they have now for $34 deer tags that are only good in a single parish for a two week period, because the benefits of Smalls management schemes are so superior, then go for it.
But Louisiana is a Sportsman's Paradise in spite of some of the big government increasingly regulating outdoor activities, not because of it.
Maybe if LDWF spent less on Whooping Cranes, they'd have more money to improve management of the deer herd. But you can't have bigger government in every area of wildlife management without paying for it.
$34 deer tags ... Anyone ... Anyone .... Bueller .... Beuller