As a general rule figure $500 to $800 for every point it would have taken to draw the tag. If its a tag for a 3 point area figure on paying $1500 - $2400 for the voucher. OUCH! If the voucher is for a hunt that would have taken ten points to draw then the price will probably be in the $5000 - $8000 range. Double OUCH!
Some people like to say landowners or middlemen are to blame for this & that. Heck, its just market forces at work. If anything is to be done it needs to be done by the CDOW. They created this program years ago and just put it in place...Well I'm sorry, but in order for any program to remain true to its intent it needs to be monitored, tweaked, updated and evolve. Rarely do we get things right the first time so suck it up and get to work.
Here' a few ideas:
Make a voucher good unit wide for the landowner or a member of his immediate family. If it is transfered then it is only valid on said landowners property.
Follow New Mexico's plan, a voucher can be redeemed for a license that is only valid on the private property that qualified for the voucher OR a voucher can be redeemed for a unit wide license but then the property that qualified for the voucher has to be made accessable to any and all licensed hunters in the unit.
Here's my favorite idea:
Private landowners that participate in the landowner voucher program have to reregister every five years. All relevant data is in a computer in Denver. PUBLISH A LIST! Names and addresses of landowners that participate in the voucher program and the unit numbers that their property is in. Wow, wouldn't that make sense????