Free: Contests & Raffles.
I was going to until Brad sent me a text telling me he did, no reason for me to now.
The last 2 years the North Central (sheep, mule deer and whitetail) raffle was drawn by the same guy. He spent $17,000 and $17,400 respectfully.So try and tell me that these "raffles" are fair for everyone. I realize that it only takes "ONE" ticket to win, but the odds are way in the wealthy guys favor. I won't spend a dime on these raffles until there is a cap on the amount of tickets sold to one individual. So your guys' odds just went up
2012 Raffle WinnersBlacktail deer 110 ticketsMule deer 10 ticketsWhitetail deer 16 ticketsWestern elk 20 ticketsGoat 50 ticketsMoose 4 ticketsNorth Central Wa 50 ticketsNortheast Wa 6 ticketsSouth Central Wa 3 ticketsSoutheast Wa 200+ ticketsEastern elk,Sheep,3 deer Hundreds of tickets
Quote from: G.R.K on July 21, 2013, 09:26:05 PM2012 Raffle WinnersBlacktail deer 110 ticketsMule deer 10 ticketsWhitetail deer 16 ticketsWestern elk 20 ticketsGoat 50 ticketsMoose 4 ticketsNorth Central Wa 50 ticketsNortheast Wa 6 ticketsSouth Central Wa 3 ticketsSoutheast Wa 200+ ticketsEastern elk,Sheep,3 deer Hundreds of ticketsArent there 2 moose tags? So was it 4 each for winner or an average of 4 tickets?
i am 15, and i whipped out $140, bought anything and everything, when i turn 16, that will convert to $350 money well spent when spent on hunting!!!
Quote from: Elkstuffer on July 19, 2013, 06:06:03 PMThe last 2 years the North Central (sheep, mule deer and whitetail) raffle was drawn by the same guy. He spent $17,000 and $17,400 respectfully.So try and tell me that these "raffles" are fair for everyone. I realize that it only takes "ONE" ticket to win, but the odds are way in the wealthy guys favor. I won't spend a dime on these raffles until there is a cap on the amount of tickets sold to one individual. So your guys' odds just went up As for these raffle hunts, I see no reason to limit them as far as number of tickets per person, since the core idea behind a raffle is to raise money. Money has to come from somewhere, regular license & tag & special permit fees only go so far.
Possibly huntnphool, but I wonder how many really take that into consideration where raffles are concerned and base their decision on just that factor alone , I am sure some do and others don't.But I think the under laying question is, where/when is it, or should it be truly acceptable to place any additional limits on our right to make personal choices such as these? Is it really reasonable to say someone shouldn't be allowed to spend what ever amount they wish to on a raffle just because they can and some can't or won't vs saying there should be a limit on, say number and capacity of magazines some one chooses to have or purchase for their AR? And, please understand, I am talking about the principle concept of imposing personal limitations on things simply because some can and some can't, not trying to turn this into another gun control debate. Choose the AR reference because it has been vigorously discussed in many threads on here, and is a strong example of the principle issue, controlling, limiting, or removing what are clearly our personal and individual choices.How much more control are we willing to surrender or worse yet, self impose on ourselves?Thanks for the input, appreciate hearing other perspectives...
I understand what you are saying, huntnphool, however, I think you are missing my point. It isn't specifically about quality hunt opportunity or revenue, because as has been pointed out it only takes one ticket to win. The quality hunt opportunities are provided for the average hunter by the numerous special hunt permit choices/applications and our beloved draw/point system.It is about the subject of picking and choosing what areas, subjects, activities, etc., that we are free to do or not do as much of or as little as we please, and having governmental intervention in the form of restricting or limiting our free choice rights even more.Where do we draw the line? Is it okay if it is an activity or subject that one doesn't like or participate in, so therefore has no personal investment in and could care less about and then turn around and say it is not okay to restrict or otherwise limit an activity or subject that one does have a personal investment in and cares greatly about continuing to have freedom to choose without limits?
How much did you spend on tickets?
Quote from: G.R.K on July 17, 2013, 08:42:40 PMHow much did you spend on tickets?I bought my husband and I each 8 tickets, a couple each payday. AND HE WON!!!! I am so excited for him!!! He was drawen for the Western WA Elk tag, Now we need to figure out where to go. We have never hunted horns, always meat, I am a little excited to, guess we can hunt any special draw unit. But were not sure where to hunt have always heard big stories of the Loowit, but also of the qunalt area. We have only hunted the Packwood area, and Ryderwood, Winston areas, so this is going to be really exciting!!
