ORIGINAL: gleninAZ
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?
That is rich coming a guy with a Scotsdale address.
Do I make a good living? of course
Is my cost of living astronomical? of course, the average 1500 sq ft house around here is now at $650K.
As for the tag prices in Arizona, it has been the topic of conversation for a while... I have heard different number figures tossed around, I believe that I got those numbers from Garth Carter's magazine. $1200 for north of the grand canyon deer tags (strip & kaibab) and $2400 for Bugle Gun hunts. Believe that sheep and buffalo were both set and $5000.
As for the $25K that I'll have in tag drawings, it comes out of savings and then goes right back into savings after the drawings.
ORIGINAL: gleninAZ
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.
Sorry charlie, the most that any indian res has gotten from me is $800 on the San Carlos for a Fall Bear Tag.
Btw, personally, I hope you are successful in stopping arizona for issuing landowner tags. Keep us apraised of the situation.
ORIGINAL: gleninAZ
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.
They already have... for the average joe to realistically hunting trophy bulls 2 times a decade... He needs to have $10,000 liquid come tag time so he can apply to every state and accumilate points.
ORIGINAL: gleninAZ
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.
Threats of Poaching... nice...
As for your extreme case, what makes you think that they outfitters could careless about the wildlife?
Even if they don't and are completely driven by money, they'll want to improve the herd.