Washingtons Elk AUCTION Tag

[Bigshooter]

I say don't hate the players hate the game.  If you don't like tags being auctioned off like this contact WDFG and tell them. 

Most of the guys on here buy there deer, elk, bear, and cougar tags plus apply for a whole bunch off permits.  Is that fair for the guys that can't afford to do that?  This has been a rich mans sport for a long long time now.  It's time for some of us to get over it.

[Bigshooter]

I'm sure this will get the 

[rtspring]

oh ya, the guy carrying the beat up ol Model 94 30-30 chasing elk around trying to feed his family was just enjoying a RICH MANS SPORT............


I for one don't agree with it but then again I have never had the money to purchase Auction tags...........
Wouldn't hang the SOB on my wall though................

[Bigshooter]

oh ya, the guy carrying the beat up ol Model 94 30-30 chasing elk around trying to feed his family was just enjoying a RICH MANS SPORT............


I for one don't agree with it but then again I have never had the money to purchase Auction tags...........
Wouldn't hang the SOB on my wall though................

Ya I see a lot of those guys these days.   

[Bigshooter]

I want to know what the differece is between a guy that can't afford an out of state hunt for $1000 or buy an elk tag for $47k is?

I don't see a difference for that guy.  But nobody complains about the guy that buys and out of state deer or elk tag.

[The100Road]

AMEN.

[Bob33]

...under the circumstances that have been being discussed.

Are they the same as the actual circumstances, or are they based on speculation and rumor? 

[BENCHLEG]

the issue should be really about where the money goes .    if i had the money, i would want to know where it went before i gave it up the general fund, NO.  if i spent my money on elk it better go to elk. money going into general funds suck. this state sucks .   who cares how much money was spent on the tag. what we should be caring about is? is where is the money going.                                                                                                                                                                               

[Alchase]

I have said this before....I think the whole Auction Tag idea is wrong!
They say they offer it because they make so much money "for the cause", I call BS.

It they really were wanting to make money "for the cause" they would offer this tag in a separate lottery that all hunters could have a chance to buy, At $5.00 a ticket it would only take 9400 hunters to equal $47K. Charge $10.00 and it would only take 4700 hunters to equal that. And this way you would be offering that once in a lifetime hunt to everyone with equal chances. Not the same guy year after year, no disrespect the guy who has been buying them at all.

I just do not buy their logic, or motives for a got to be rich to pay to play.

[jackelope]

I find it comical that people bitch about the cost of tags and how none of the money goes to the animal then when $47k goes to conservation and habitat in our state, they bitch about that.
For everyone who doesn't support auction tags, where should that money come from then if there were no auction tags?  We should just raise the price of our licenses some more? The money's got to come from somewhere right?
Do tell....

[jackelope]

It they really were wanting to make money "for the cause" they would offer this tag in a separate lottery that all hunters could have a chance to buy, At $5.00 a ticket it would only take 9400 hunters to equal $47K. Charge $10.00 and it would only take 4700 hunters to equal that. And this way you would be offering that once in a lifetime hunt to everyone with equal chances. Not the same guy year after year, no disrespect the guy who has been buying them at all.

I just do not buy their logic, or motives for a got to be rich to pay to play.

they already do that, it's our raffle tag system.

[coachcw]

If all our licence fees were point of use then we'd have planty off money in the coffers urrrrr. at least the auction money is directed in the right department.

[MtnMuley]

You can hang your bull on the wall next to a receipt, I'll hang mine on the wall next to a pair of worn out boots.

I agree BLUEBULLS.   Not to take a stab at any auction tag holder, but those hard earned animals found by myself or close friends in the toughest conditions mean a lot more to me on the wall than my late (special) tag animals.

[GoldTip]

The thing that always cracks me up most about these threads is the lack of respect everyone gives to someone who purchases an auction tag.  You know the guy who has dedicated his life to running a business and is very proud of how many employees/families his business supports and how many employees that have homes and four wheel drive trucks and is very proud that as a business owner he gives his employess 2-3 weeks off paid every year so that they can spend it in the woods and work hard to bring home an animal.  Only to have that same employee disrespect him when he is at work every morning when the employee is off on their vacation hunting.  He get's disrespected because he didn't want to take time off from running a business that supports multiple familes so he buys an elk tag and he buys high priced guides and he gets it done and puts an incredible animal on the wall, all so he can run a business and be disrespected because he didn't hunt as hard as the guys who he employs.  Maybe what Mr Auction tag holder should do is simply take his cash, and close down his business and put all those families out of work and their homes, that way he can hunt harder and longer, and have the respect of the guys he used to employ.  Maybe then everyone would be more happy with Mr Auction tags.

[Ridgerunner]

well said.