Big bucks for big bucks.

[Oak]

Promoting having habitat isn't a good thing? Like I said, it's the only good line in that bill

I didn’t say that. It sounded like you were insinuating that the revenue was being used directly on habitat. I don’t support the privatization of wildlife through programs like this, whether for incentivizing the protection of wildlife habitat on private lands or for any other purpose.

 

[The_Yuki_Yama]

Isn't this the same thing that is already happening in New Mexico?

Did you read the article? It directly references what they've seen in NM

 

[The_Yuki_Yama]

More landowners would buy tags if they could sell them, and those that buy them would likely have higher harvest rate, so habitat would have to increase quite a lot to leave general draw/public land opportunity the same, which I don't believe would be the case.

Seems the more likely scenario is more tags/harvest goes to landowners paying customers, and less for those trying to draw fewer remaining tags in a non landowner draw. I suppose this is why although not technically privatizing wildlife, it effectively does and I'd expect to generally see opposition here.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

38% here in NM as noted in the article and I’m confident Brandon is already analyzing last year’s spreadsheets over that. You people thought this couldn’t happen to you? The NM model of privatized public resource is a real gem of corrupt western wildlife management. Once the Wyoming commission gets this hurdle cleared then they can move for ranch only and unit wide tags.
Yet don’t forget pronghorn! Unlimited private tags, all NM landowners thereby could get trespass fees. Not to be confused with OTC because NM public land antelope has no OTC. IT’s draw only for public!

 

[SFC B]

Look what goes on in CO in the name of "access" with RFW.....public gets half-assed, very restricted, worst time frame access......landowners get a LOT of tags, get to set their own seasons for usage and make big $$$$$ respectively. All of this ON TOP of tags outside of RFW that are "private land only"

 

[Josho89]

Good information!!

 

[ismith]

MSN

 

[JM77]

This bill has bigtime opposition. It's not going anywhere.

 

[seeth07]

I didn’t say that. It sounded like you were insinuating that the revenue was being used directly on habitat. I don’t support the privatization of wildlife through programs like this, whether for incentivizing the protection of wildlife habitat on private lands or for any other purpose.

You are a passionate sheep guy so let me ask you this:

Domestics are a large threat in their habitat. What if a lessee could chose between having a transferable and sellable sheep tag or have his domestics on the mountain for the summer?

Sometimes what is best for the habitat and the best for declining animals like sheep and mule deer calls for outside incentives and ideas.

Again, this Bill isn't it.