East side raffle elk, where's the pic!

[shrek]

Not many folks can afford 1200 tickets..

[rtspring]

Actually the guy last year bought ten tickets and won the raffle

Not the eastside elk raffle.

Central

[brianb231]

I am not sure if this is the same raffle but my friend who is up hunting right now fro a big bull that won the eastside raffle that gets you any additional Bull Elk in any 300 or 500 series units and any Ram and an additional buck tag with a season from Sept 1st thru December 31st spent 17$ on one ticket. 

[huntnphool]

The Raffle is a money maker! No way are we going to change that

I believe more people would buy tickets and likely max out their 5 if it were limited and priced the same as right now, making up the difference in what a couple guys spend currently.

[jackelope]

I am not sure if this is the same raffle but my friend who is up hunting right now fro a big bull that won the eastside raffle that gets you any additional Bull Elk in any 300 or 500 series units and any Ram and an additional buck tag with a season from Sept 1st thru December 31st spent 17$ on one ticket. 

Not the same. This guy is hunting the 100 units in the southeast part of the state.

[trophyhunt]

The western elk raffle winner only bought 4 I think, I love it when the little guys win!! And about 6 or 7 years ago my hunting partner drew the east side elk with one ticket, and I think he was an alternate that year.

[whacker1]

The Raffle is a money maker! No way are we going to change that

I believe more people would buy tickets and likely max out their 5 if it were limited and priced the same as right now, making up the difference in what a couple guys spend currently.

I don't know if it would raise more money, but I would be more likely to buy tickets.  I have held off on certain raffles due to the big spenders loading the barrel full of tickets over the last few years.

[huntnphool]

The Raffle is a money maker! No way are we going to change that

I believe more people would buy tickets and likely max out their 5 if it were limited and priced the same as right now, making up the difference in what a couple guys spend currently.

I would be more likely to buy tickets.  I have held off on certain raffles due to the big spenders loading the barrel full of tickets over the last few years.

You might be surprised how many people feel the same way.

[idahohuntr]

The Raffle is a money maker! No way are we going to change that

I believe more people would buy tickets and likely max out their 5 if it were limited and priced the same as right now, making up the difference in what a couple guys spend currently.

I would be more likely to buy tickets.  I have held off on certain raffles due to the big spenders loading the barrel full of tickets over the last few years.

You might be surprised how many people feel the same way.

First year I bought 0 raffle tickets...just not into it anymore knowing somebody is going to throw 30k worth of tickets into the barrel!!  Even though my odds would be no better if 1000 guys each bought $30 in tickets.

[Wea300mag]

There is a summary of tickets purchased per tag here:

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,130609.msg1737653.html#msg1737653

[furbearer365]

I could care less what anyone spends on TAG, but hiring a guide to find the bull that you will shoot is cheap.  I don't know a single person on here that would rather here a story about a rich man paying thousands to have someone find a bull rather than hearing about the average joe working hard and connecting.  At the end of the day it is awesome to see these magnificent animals, but you cant tell me that it didn't cheapen things when you heard about Jon Wick and Todd Riechert using a plane to locate bulls.  When a bull is taken with the use of multiple guys tracking and scouting and then they call the tag holder just to have him pull the trigger, its a joke.  Sounds like a mini Mossback operation to me

[rosscrazyelk]

Actually the guy last year bought ten tickets and won the raffle

That was Brad two years ago

[huntnphool]

Actually the guy last year bought ten tickets and won the raffle

That was Brad two years ago

And he should be limited to one ticket!

[snowpack]

Even if the number of tickets could be capped, it would still be a money game.  It would just be a method for those capable of affording 5 (or 10--whatever the cap would be) to distance themselves from those that can only by one ticket.  It would be like playing cards at a high limit table vs a no limit table.  I wouldn't favor revamping the current raffle, but maybe making a separate raffle--having an identical number of tags/combos up for prize but have the caps.  If WDFW is losing money because people are scared to play the raffle because unlimited sales, maybe a second raffle could generate even more money.  And at the same time let more people get in on trying to get a tag. 

[huntnphool]

Even if the number of tickets could be capped, it would still be a money game.  It would just be a method for those capable of affording 5 (or 10--whatever the cap would be) to distance themselves from those that can only by one ticket.  It would be like playing cards at a high limit table vs a no limit table.  I wouldn't favor revamping the current raffle, but maybe making a separate raffle--having an identical number of tags/combos up for prize but have the caps.  If WDFW is losing money because people are scared to play the raffle because unlimited sales, maybe a second raffle could generate even more money.  And at the same time let more people get in on trying to get a tag. 

They already have one tag for these people, its called the "auction" tag.