Wireless is right that PR is a federal program but the dollars are allocated back to the state from funds generated by resident sporting good purchases. Spyro is rich and I think that is great. Now how do you know your AZ elk tag will be $2400 since the legislature is still in the middle of approving the new caps and no one knows what the first year increase will be? As for all the work done locally to build the herds and what a state's taxpayers have a right to it is all rhetoric for now. Both sides of this issue are passionate and have their points. I will be attending another meeting next week to try to prevent outfitters and ranchers from getting welfare landowner tags here. If you think your trophy bull tags are expensive now just wait if that happens. The Indians are in on the push also and they understand that Spyro is more than happy to pay $15000 for a trophy tag and they want to have them on their state lease lands and private property as well.

This issue is out of control and someone will end up unhappy. I am afraid that the average hunter on both sides is close to getting shut out of ever having the chance for a trophy bull again. Not a huge problem as I will be poaching the finest lands in the state and just might sneak that big bull out before anyone else. After we all give up because the non residents and USO get all the tags there will be no one left to build trickle tanks, cut juniper and haul water so there will be no elk and muleys left to chase. Extreme example but it could happen.