Free: Contests & Raffles.
So while we're on this topic, what if Idaho kept the exact same draw system they have right now, except they add a bonus or preference point system for each species. Oppose or support?
Idaho is just fine the way it is. Why go *#$^ it up?
I like raffles and random draws. I do not like auctions and point systems.
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on October 30, 2015, 01:12:24 PMI like raffles and random draws. I do not like auctions and point systems.I know a lot of guys dont like auction hunts but for revenue generation they are great... lets face it fish and game department, specific wildlife etc need revenue to buy, build, protect habitat. Auction tags are very limited 10-12 per state really what is that in the grand scheme of things when they generate big cash. Last year auction tags generated a quarter of a million dollars for WDFW if they wanted to make that kind of money without auctions it would require a $2 increase in license fees and everyone would be up in arms about the rate hike.
Quote from: X-Force on October 30, 2015, 01:36:52 PMQuote from: DOUBLELUNG on October 30, 2015, 01:12:24 PMI like raffles and random draws. I do not like auctions and point systems.I know a lot of guys dont like auction hunts but for revenue generation they are great... lets face it fish and game department, specific wildlife etc need revenue to buy, build, protect habitat. Auction tags are very limited 10-12 per state really what is that in the grand scheme of things when they generate big cash. Last year auction tags generated a quarter of a million dollars for WDFW if they wanted to make that kind of money without auctions it would require a $2 increase in license fees and everyone would be up in arms about the rate hike. I understand the justification, I vehemently do not agree with it. I would far rather see the cost of the special permit application or tag increase. Auctioning opportunities to hunt the public's wildlife is 1000% contrary to the North American model of public ownership of wildlife, and to my radical way of thinking is even illegal under the equal protections clause of the Constitution's 14th Amendment. It is no different, in my mind, than a trustee stealing from a trust fund or justifying theft as necessary to feed one's family. Is a $0.25 million additional revenue to an agency with an annual budget of $200 million a good justification for whoring out the resource (one 8th of one percent)? How about auction tags for fishing endangered runs that are otherwise closed to the general public? Auction tags for spring waterfowl hunting when the breeding plumage is nicest? How about a $100,000 get out of jail free card that lets you break laws as much as you can until you get caught, then nullifies the charges? No? How about a $10,000,000 get out of jail free card, to fully fund education in the state? A limited number of licenses to legally deal methamphetamine, to fund illegal drug enforcement? Drunk driving permits to the highest bidder, to fund DUI emphasis? A handful of legal rape permits to fund processing of the thousands of unanalyzed rape kits? These are absurd, yet we auction off, to the highest bidder, the opportunity to poach the biggest and best of the public's wildlife?