I've seen 35k for utah elk hunts...

anytime you can buy a landowner tag for a unit/area that is highly prized and draws are very difficult...ie public land etc...where 400" roam tags get costly.

if they both were hunting....so that's 9500....would make sense that it's a quality hunt, if its just him and his son is tagging along, then I'd say he booked one of those specialty type elk hunts...