idahohuntr
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No, I do not believe for a second the funds raised move the needle one bit AND I also believe if the revenue were actually critical, there are many more ways to get it than pimping wildlife, AND I think the average beneficiary loses more than they 'receive' when it comes to raffle (or auction) tags.What's really even more interesting to me, the argument that these tags do so much "good" with the additional money.
Does anyone truly believe that?
Since the conception of these tags, mule deer, goats, sheep, moose, pronghorn all doing like shit. I guess the "good" they do is just hard to see. But what isn't hard to see is the drop in population, drop in tags, etc. from all the "good" these set asides do for the beneficiaries wildlife.
What they do best is pimp out the cream of what's left of the wildlife crop year after year.
In order for demand to be high the raffle (or auction) has to be highly desirable...meaning seasons outside normal tags, restricting harvest in some (or many) units so lots of trophy animals available, etc. This all comes at an opportunity cost to the average hunter.