The moose hunt lottery was held recently and, again, some of us who have put in since the lottery started didn’t get picked.

What upsets me is the controlled moose hunt from Aug. 16 to Sept. 25 in Aroostook County.

I have no problem with landowners getting 55 percent of the permits, although I was always told they could shoot moose any time they caused crop damage. But the 44 percent going to guides (three permits each) leaves me out.

I can’t pay a guide for a hunt and I don’t have any guide friends, so it looks like “money talks.”

Why didn’t the state pick the people who have been putting in for a permit all these years?

The people going on that controlled hunt don’t lose any points and can get picked for the recreational hunt. So the points system doesn’t mean anything.

The state says it’s a controlled hunt, not recreational, because it’s not in areas where hunters would normally hunt. Yet they increased permits in those areas, and I haven’t heard of a hunter refusing a permit.

I’ve been saving for a while to get a new rifle but I’m not going to buy one in this state. Maine will not get my tax money.

This is all thanks to the advisory board for Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Maine Legislature and the IFW.

Our elected representatives need to be made aware of how people feel about the system.

Paul Cyr, Greene