Muzzy you are right. I guess you read the article closer than I.
GF Herald link above :
Hildebrand advocates the hunter pressure method, which predicts the number of hunters the land could handle based on the wetlands water index.
Based on this method, the state would issue only 22,000 nonresident licenses for this year's season.
At 22,000 almost everyone that plans ahead and really wants a license will likely get one. UNLESS:
Will the governor dedicate a good percentage of the NR licenses to outfitters and guides off the top. If they have a reservation system for licenses or if they let outiftters buy licenses and resell to clients. Nothing will change on the leasing front.
It will impact the people who are undecided, it will impact people that "tag" along at the last minute, it will impact outfitters that depend upon last minute visits.
May impact the ex-ND wanting to return home to hunt if Gov Hoven sells out to the outfitter lobby this week.
May also result in NR numbers of hunters even lower than 22,000 in ND this fall. Some wealthy hunters may buy a license this summer just in case they have the time to go. Many may end up hunting elsewhere.