Big game is subject to restrictions because if it weren’t, there wouldn’t be any to shoot.
I’ve elk hunted CO 6 times, Wyoming 4, and don’t find the process that onerous. A bunch of other state, Scotland and the UK as well.
Maybe 15 years ago I did get caught up in the hunter safety card having to be stored in Colorado in order to buy OTC tags.
It wasn’t hard to fix, I ended up paying them five dollars to keep my information in perpetuity,
Due to the necessity of draws, If you were going to build points to be able to hunt in a trophy managed area, rather than just stay random cull areas, you have to pay attention to it all year around.
Every state has different rules.
I am unlikely to attribute my own lack of preparation to someone else, and then drag them through the mud.
