Since the tickets have to be bought in person at a state vendor, I'd assume that really limits the out of staters. I guess they could have some kind of broker in state that buys them a bunch or make a trip over to buy them. I've looked at the website and it hasn't updated in a while. I get a couple every week and just looking at the numbers on the tickets leads me to believe quite a few are being sold early. I'm coming up with over 900 already just for westside elk. So, eastside elk must be a couple thousand by now. Think the drop in permits or the rise in hoof rot is driving extra ticket sales? None of the cashiers I've talked to have known how to do raffle tickets--said I'm the only one they've ever had ask. Someone, somewhere is buying them, though.
