$45G for a sheep

[jlmatthew]

If only money were no object. I'll have to draw my tag if I ever get one.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/3...ill-california-bighorn-sheep/?test=latestnews

 

[Oak]

I'll be honest, that's pretty cheap by today's prices.

 

[oldman357]

I'll be honest, that's pretty cheap by today's prices.

that is what I was thinking.

 

[Jwill]

Rob Holliday, Safari Club International's convention operations manager, said 100 percent of the funds will go to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

At least they've got that going for them.

 

[jlmatthew]

I'll be honest, that's pretty cheap by today's prices.

True, I should have just wrote a check

 

[wyoming556]

Bagain. Last sheep tag in NE sold for over 100K

http://journalstar.com/news/state-a...cle_e6e2a2bb-1d48-5127-8e3d-52ce9d9d59e7.html

 

[Elkmagnet]

Just think 45 large and you can be a hero to all of the groupies:W:

 

[idnative1948]

Ding! Ding! If you have 45 laying around, as I do?

Just think 45 large and you can be a hero to all of the groupies:W:

 

[1_pointer]

I'll be honest, that's pretty cheap by today's prices.

Yep. First year of the SLC Expo, Steve Hornady bought the NM sheep tag for $175K and put it back up for auction buying it again for another $170K.

BTW, I doubt he could have gone to MX for a Desert Sheep for that price...

 

[DreaminofMT6X6s]

For only $45K, I wish they'd let us buy them in bulk...I'd buy three or four at time!

 

[glass eye]

A few years back an AZ sheep tag went for $303,000

 

[diem24]

Ive been shopping a BH hunt and in all seriousness, if a guy has that kind of cash, that really isnt out of line at all. The tag prices on sheep have all jumped up dramatically the last few years w tags becoming way harder to come by in the draws.

 

[Elkmagnet]

The future of deer and elk hunting?

 

[jryoung]

The future of deer and elk hunting?

We know it's a dangerous precedent as Wildlife agencies continue to be starved for cash and the lure of the almighty buck is like crack cocaine.

That said, if they keep these auction and raffle tags to a strict minimum, with high transparency from the organization that is auctioning off the tags, and clear money trail it can be a win win.

 

[diem24]

The future of deer and elk hunting?

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see that. Unfortunately, the activity of big game hunting has become increasingly a big money past-time. Sheep hunting being the worst of them all.

 

[dustinf]

Wouldn't surprise me at all to see that. Unfortunately, the activity of big game hunting has become increasingly a big money past-time. Sheep hunting being the worst of them all.

Non-resident big game hunting is big money.

As a Pennsylvania resident, I can hunt every species, every season, for about $100. Also, I can buy unlimited doe tags for about $6 a piece.

 

[jlmatthew]

Non-resident big game hunting is big money.

As a Pennsylvania resident, I can hunt every species, every season, for about $100. Also, I can buy unlimited doe tags for about $6 a piece.

But you have to live in Pennsylvania


j/k

 

[diem24]

I've hunted 26 of my 35 yr life and I have never seen an elk, moose, bear, goat or sheep in Illinois. Even if there were, I'm sure that our crooked state govt and the animal rights activists would find a way to make it impossible to hunt them.

 

[dustinf]

But you have to live in Pennsylvania


j/k

Yep, where the men are men, and the (domestic)sheep are scared.

 

[dustinf]

I've hunted 26 of my 35 yr life and I have never seen an elk, moose, bear, goat or sheep in Illinois. Even if there were, I'm sure that our crooked state govt and the animal rights activists would find a way to make it impossible to hunt them.

I don't know what to tell you, but I paid more to hunt whitetail in Illinois than to hunt antelope in Wyoming.