The Colorado Division of Wildlife, Wildlife Commision members meet today to decide on regulation changes for the upcoming seasons of 2007. In the big game regulations there are red-lined changes to the landowner voucher program.
Specifically and briefly the regs state that third party brokering of vouchers is prohibited and doing so invalidates the license purchased from brokered voucher. The landowner would also be removed from the voucher program for a period up to five years in length.
One thing to ponder is if these rules were circumvented and a license purchased from a broker the hunter then kills a trophy buck on an invalid hunting license and transports it across state lines would potentially put that hunter in violation of the Lacey Act which is a felony. If the buck was trophy class and fit the criteria of the Samson Violation, it would be another felony. That could be quite a punishment for the hunter unaware of the potential violations.
It doesn't specify any punishment whatsoever for the voucher broker though.
Specifically and briefly the regs state that third party brokering of vouchers is prohibited and doing so invalidates the license purchased from brokered voucher. The landowner would also be removed from the voucher program for a period up to five years in length.
One thing to ponder is if these rules were circumvented and a license purchased from a broker the hunter then kills a trophy buck on an invalid hunting license and transports it across state lines would potentially put that hunter in violation of the Lacey Act which is a felony. If the buck was trophy class and fit the criteria of the Samson Violation, it would be another felony. That could be quite a punishment for the hunter unaware of the potential violations.
It doesn't specify any punishment whatsoever for the voucher broker though.