TerynItUp
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There is an awful thread going on in the General Forum right now with a discussion (argument really) centered around the expo and conservation tags that Utah has and whether or not those tags should be transferred back to the general draw pools. I didn't read nearly half of it but it got me thinking about the recent changes to the Valles Caldera tags.
It wasn't long ago that those tags were awarded by a raffle draw, with no limit to the number of tickets you could buy at $20/ea. I think (memory is fuzzy) they then reduced it so that each person could only buy one ticket to make it more fair for all those who couldn't afford to spend lots of money on tickets. Then they finally landed where we are now with the tags being allocated just like all the other tags are, with a hunt code, assigned number of tags and subject to the same draw process as all other tags.
I have a few questions:
1. Where did the money generated from the ticket sales go when it was unlimited? (I assume back to the preserve).
2. Once they reduced it to 1 ticket/hunter, what were the financial impacts?
3. Now that they are issued through the draw, who gets the revenue generated specifically from those hunts? If its not the preserve, how are they making up for the loss of revenue?
I really don't have a strong opinion on this, I am just curious how it all went down.
Hunt Hard. Shoot Straight. Kill Clean. Apologize to No One.
It wasn't long ago that those tags were awarded by a raffle draw, with no limit to the number of tickets you could buy at $20/ea. I think (memory is fuzzy) they then reduced it so that each person could only buy one ticket to make it more fair for all those who couldn't afford to spend lots of money on tickets. Then they finally landed where we are now with the tags being allocated just like all the other tags are, with a hunt code, assigned number of tags and subject to the same draw process as all other tags.
I have a few questions:
1. Where did the money generated from the ticket sales go when it was unlimited? (I assume back to the preserve).
2. Once they reduced it to 1 ticket/hunter, what were the financial impacts?
3. Now that they are issued through the draw, who gets the revenue generated specifically from those hunts? If its not the preserve, how are they making up for the loss of revenue?
I really don't have a strong opinion on this, I am just curious how it all went down.
Hunt Hard. Shoot Straight. Kill Clean. Apologize to No One.