LAST EDITED ON Dec-23-10 AT 11:57AM (MST)[p]>Wait, wait, wait..................... I thought we
>were against selling tags to
>rich guys? Tree, now
>you "think YES". A
>hell YES, no less.
>So................................... you do agree with
>me then, that using a
>small amount of the resource
>to enhance the resource is
>a YES, yes?
>
>If Arizona held a Wildlife Expo
>type thing, and the City
>of Phoenix filled up their
>motels, restaurants, bars and and
>malls for three days a
>year, generating millions in sales
>tax revenue and good will
>for both the city and
>the State, would it be
>okay if they used a
>few more tags! Would
>that be a "YES"?
>
>Let's see, how many non-conservation tags
>do we give to the
>LDS Church, the Miller Family,
>the Ensign ranch folks, the
>Winkle Family, the Heaton Family,
> the Jorgensen Family, the
>countless other private families here
>in Utah, how about some
>of the tags that are
>given to some of the
>folks here on the wildlife
>forums that own large tracks
>of land. How much
>do those tags sell for
>each year, care to look
>into that total, and then
>lets have a look at
>how much of the money
>those folks raise on those
>tags and see what they
>give back to the DWR
>in hard $$$$$. If
>fact, how much in cash
>do they give back?
>So, Tree are those tags
>a big hell YES too?
>
>
>Just checking because I thought we
>said these rich guys are
>ripping the opportunity right out
>from under us average joes.........yes?
>
>
>DC
>
>DC
Wow! Huh? I'm not sure how to reply....... Umm...... Is the answer C)?
Everyone has a chance at these tags, not just rich folks and there's no middle man taking his cut.
Also, mdf and SFW keep ever dime of profit from the expo with 'no' earmarks.
It woul be like Arizona taking their raffle money and sending all of the proceeds to some random person, no questions asked. I see a need for some accountability, they are our animals that they are selling, right?
Maybe the 950,000 -1.3 mil they net from the expo could be given straight back to the division to increase or maintain personel to implement practices that will create or save deer? More policing hunters? Money for specialized predator control?
Also, the pointing out of a damaged system is not a new occurrence, many have been preaching this for many years, myself included.
Can you honestly say, with current debate aside, that the wildlife board, rac system et al is working as designed? Efficiently?