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> Please stipulate whether you are
>a resident or nonresident first.
>I am a resident. From
>what I understand the fee
>increase is a cap fee
>not the actual fee. Second,
>those will be for Class
>A tags not all tags,
>which will be for the
>premium areas, which I argue
>should be all antlered elk
>tags and north of the
>Colorado deer tags.
> Nevada elk tags are at
>least $1,000 possibly $1,100. An
>Arizona elk tag would be
>worth every cent of $1800.
>If you want your kids
>to hunt Elk then Cow
>hunts are great. If you
>want them to experience a
>bull hunt then take them
>to CO or ID.
> Don't fall for the Utah
>demographic philosophy. They are always
>torn between wanting quality and
>wanting opportunity. As soon as
>they loose one they complain
>about it. I feel AZGFD
>does a great job in
>maintaining quality first and still
>providing opportunity.
> The reality is the majority
>of people think of AZ
>as having trophy animals and
>are invested in it's future
>because of that quality. If
>we don't raise fees as
>a method of maintaining that
>quality then it's hard to
>maintain. Then we'll be complaining
>like the Utah folk on
>how the age class and
>trophy size is suffering.
> If you do not put
>in for AZ because of
>it's trophy potential then put
>in for the non -trophy
>hunts and you and/or your
>kids can still have a
>great opportunity. Hopefully the fee
>increase will prevent the scenario
>that we as die hards
>in the outdoor field see
>all too often. That is
>when a someone comes into
>the shop and never hunting
>before and wants to see
>what a bow looks like
>because he drew the best
>bull tag in the state
>but never been elk hunting
>before. Then he can't shoot
>40 yards and he hunts
>a total of 2 days
>because he has school or
>can't get off work. And
>don't say well he has
>that right. We're not talking
>about rights because if that
>sort of thing didn't happen
>then there would be more
>quality tags to keep people
>who truely want them happy.
>Then we have less worry.
>
> In short, have majority of
>tags as trophy tags and
>high fees and lesser quality,which
>by the way are still
>better than most,with lower fees.
>Then put in for the
>lower fee hunts and be
>happy! Don't ruin it for
>the rest of us.
Please tell us how higher prices = bigger elk and deer.
And I AM a resident of AZ.
You say go hunt cow elk? They want to raise the cow elk tag for residents to $114!
Those are NOT the cap prices. Those are the prices you will most likely see in 2006.
Last year, the AZ G&F refused to allow a "conservation bonus point" because the said they had overwhelming response against it.
They took away internet applications because the had over whelming response against it.
The outlawed predator hunting contest for the same reason.
Here is the email address that you can use to give them some more response.
[email protected]
