It is almost like cheating. Great for the 2,000 hunters who have the tags, but sucks to be the rest of us who have to hunt the spooked left overs! The opener is kind of like hunting the second weekend of the open hunt. My son has a Northern tag, and I am trying to decide if it is worth going as the area we hunt has already seen a lot of deer hunters.
I would prefer that the combo tags hunt the general deer hunt dates and be able to shoot elk as well. That way everybody gets the same odds.