I am not sure how this will all work out, but I hope AZ does not try to fix the problem by punsihing nonresidents with high tag fees, etc.. Really, an AZ resident sort of has to figure on nonresident hunting, if he wants to hunt elk on a regular basis anyway. With NV (next on USO's list), it is even more so, they almost have to figure on nonresident deer hunting too, if they want to hunt even deer most every year. I think raising prices to market value in retaliation would be a bad omen of things to come. I do not know what the options are, I certainly hope it does not fall back to price, like NM did for sheep. And with CC options, people than can not afford it will still apply anyway. I guess $3K is not that far out of line now, as some others are around $2K, but when it was adopted, it was three times the going rate of the next most expensive state.