Originally Posted by
salukipv1
Would you still buy an elk tag if it went up to $50? $75? $100? for a bull elk tag?
You really think an increase is in the future for residents? I could see $19 going to $24 haha, but certainly not $40 or $50.
Make a resident bull elk tag $75, a non-res bull $750, res cow $20, non-res cow $100.
know how many non-res would buy a bonus cow tag if they were $100 or less? nowadays I bet almost no non-res buys a 2nd cow tag for like $300? ie for a meat tag? it would go from 0 to thousands, talk about increased income!
I think the tags are going to have to go up. You cannot raise NR tags in a down economy by the extent we did and see no reprecussions in sales. We are in a circle pattern right now waiting to see the markets reaction to the NR tag increase. Probably 1/3 of the NR sales will be to outfitters clients, looks like we will have to bail the state out again.