Free: Contests & Raffles.
Quote from: Bean Counter on February 22, 2015, 10:31:30 AMQuote from: nwhunter on February 20, 2015, 07:56:03 PMts a tax deductible expense Be careful here. I believe you are only partially correct. I've always wondered about that. Is there a PLR or something on the subject from the IRS? How do you determine what is FMV?
Quote from: nwhunter on February 20, 2015, 07:56:03 PMts a tax deductible expense Be careful here. I believe you are only partially correct.
ts a tax deductible expense
I love it. The Governors tags are auctioned of to very wealthy, out-of-state people, but, disabled resident hunters, get the absolute worst areas and times to hunt....................no wonder I don't like the WDFW. Conservation or not, B.S.
Quote from: CAMPMEAT on February 21, 2015, 05:29:35 PMI love it. The Governors tags are auctioned of to very wealthy, out-of-state people, but, disabled resident hunters, get the absolute worst areas and times to hunt....................no wonder I don't like the WDFW. Conservation or not, B.S.I could not have said it better.Bring those (Auction for the rich only) tags back into the state, put them in a $20 per ticket lottery for hunters who have a valid WA state license and it would only take 1000 people to buy a chance at a once in a lifetime experience to equal what that tag goes for in SLC. Tell me again it is about the money going to WDFW.Sorry I think this is disgusting, the two best tags in Washington and only the rich can play.
Bring those (Auction for the rich only) tags back into the state, put them in a $20 per ticket lottery for hunters who have a valid WA state license and it would only take 1000 people to buy a chance at a once in a lifetime experience to equal what that tag goes for in SLC.
Quote from: Alchase on February 23, 2015, 07:52:05 AMBring those (Auction for the rich only) tags back into the state, put them in a $20 per ticket lottery for hunters who have a valid WA state license and it would only take 1000 people to buy a chance at a once in a lifetime experience to equal what that tag goes for in SLC. What would prevent the rich guy from buying all 1000 tickets?
Quote from: Bob33 on February 23, 2015, 08:04:50 AMQuote from: Alchase on February 23, 2015, 07:52:05 AMBring those (Auction for the rich only) tags back into the state, put them in a $20 per ticket lottery for hunters who have a valid WA state license and it would only take 1000 people to buy a chance at a once in a lifetime experience to equal what that tag goes for in SLC. What would prevent the rich guy from buying all 1000 tickets?Why limit it to 1,000 tickets. If a guy buys 1,000 tickets and a thousand other people buy one ticket, he has a better chance of winning, but it's not guaranteed. And you're trying to raise money for game management aren't you? Sort of like the lottery when it gets up to a hundred million. You don't see some rich guy buying a million tickets because there may be 50 million or more other tickets being sold which lowers his chances, and even if he wins he may have to split the winning more than once.
One ticket per Wild ID, not hard to do.
Quote from: Alchase on February 23, 2015, 08:11:17 AMOne ticket per Wild ID, not hard to do.At $20, you wouldn't sell 1,000 tickets at one ticket per WILD ID. Heck, with the sky's the limit on ticket purchases at $6, the mule deer raffle only raised $18K last year (3,030 tickets x $6). Using the raffle method, they raise $18K for conservation. Using the auction method, they raise $29K. If your goal is funding, which is better?
Guess I'm not sure why the states use a third party (the expo) to auction off these permits. Last figures I saw were from 2012. Permits auctioned off for a little over 1,000,000 total, of which SFW claimed aprox. 600,000 in expense and 400,000 went to conservation. 60% auction fee seems pretty high to me. I won't get into any more on the SFW, but don't think they're good for the everyday sportsman. Just my
Big money put towards conservation in our state.