>I think they passed the law
>about 3rd party transactions just
>to run a few guys
>out of business and hurt
>a few others. I think
>there were a number of
>locals who got vouchers dirt
>cheap from neighbors for a
>while, then others started offering
>the landowners money for the
>vouchers and the locals lost
>them. So then they piled
>into CDOW meetings and wanted
>it to be against the
>law to sell them. I
>guess in hopes that they
>could then get the vouchers
>cheap again because landowners would
>have fewer resources for trying
>to find buyers. Of course
>by the time the law
>came about, many had lists
>of landowner names and we're
>still willing to pay money
>for the vouchers. In the
>end, they ran a few
>guys out of business, cut
>an income source from a
>few and made it a
>little more difficult for landowners
>to find buyers.
>Silly law to grease a squeaky
>wheel.
>
>Brian Latturner
>MonsterMuleys.com
>
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You obviously did not pay much attention to the issue and obviously have no idea why residents, and even no residents spoke up on the issue! For a little perspective, years ago the DOW decided that giving vouchers was a good trade off for landowners who deal with wildlife related issues! As such they were given vouchers to sale as they pleased! The idea was that the landowners could recoup income from the sale of vouchers. At first it worked well, but then there developed this entire 3rd party market, where the few select people would go in and but vouchers in bulk then mark them up and resale! The real issue is those vouchers are for animals owned by the people of COLORADO, they belong to all us. As such the vouchers were never intended to make money for anyone other than the rancher/landowner who received the voucher. Unlike your state the residents did not want to see all hunting slowly get turned into a game of who has the most money can hunt, while a few select that controlled the tags made significant income!
Sorry but the entire voucher system has ruined hunting in COLORADO. It has been a driving factor in point creep, it has been a driving factor in many places closing gates, locking out access, etc.
It was not just a few guys wanting to put someone out of business, it was more about holding the system responsible for what it promised, and when it started and got down a path that was never intended we wanted it fixed!
Sadly the damn asshats at the CPW decided to make everything worse. Including increased tags.
The other kicker is, when you read the law, it really is not the land owner or the voucher seller who gets the worse end of the stick... It is the hunter who buys the voucher!