Originally Posted by
seoinage
Reecently saw a program on the outdoors channel where an older gentleman stated he had been trying to acquire a Dall sheep tag in Wyoming for 30 years. Which made me curious about how the license/tag system works because I'm a hunting novice. What are some of the most difficult and expensive tags to acquire and why?
Sheep, moose, and mountain goats are the most expensive and hardest tags to draw. It's simple supply and demand.
I'm not the guy you saw on the Outdoor Channel, but I'm 67 and I've been putting in every year as a resident for a Montana goat tag for 35 years, 30 yrs for a bighorn ram, and 25 years for a bull moose.
Every year when I put in for moose and goats, I wonder what I will do if I would actually draw one of those tags. I no longer have horses to pack a moose out and the mountains where the goats are get higher and steeper every year.