npaden
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On my hunting trip on the Kaibab Plateau I had a LOT of time to sit and think about all kinds of things. Using a guide and hearing things like "that's a $X,XXX animal" had me thinking about the monetization of wildlife, auction tags going away in Arizona, raising money for wildlife and fun stuff like that.
One idea that popped up in my head was somehow creating a nonprofit conservation group that was funded by hunters willingly harvesting and sending the nonprofit organization the gall bladders out of their bears. I don't think anyone is using them or doing anything with them so they are just getting left with the guts.
I'm thinking something like they do with the caviar on the paddlefish along the Missouri.
Maybe have something where the people that send in the gall bladders get entered into some type of a drawing or something for their trouble. Come up with some prepaid postage containers to send out to people who have a tag and are willing to send them in.
I remember when the big gall bladder bear poaching ring got busted I think they were getting something like $500 for each gall bladder on the black market. If you were able to do something through normal channels I wonder if you could make as much for the nonprofit?
I'll gladly give my idea up to whoever wants to take this and run with it. LOL.
Curious what others think and if this has any chance of working.
One idea that popped up in my head was somehow creating a nonprofit conservation group that was funded by hunters willingly harvesting and sending the nonprofit organization the gall bladders out of their bears. I don't think anyone is using them or doing anything with them so they are just getting left with the guts.
I'm thinking something like they do with the caviar on the paddlefish along the Missouri.
Maybe have something where the people that send in the gall bladders get entered into some type of a drawing or something for their trouble. Come up with some prepaid postage containers to send out to people who have a tag and are willing to send them in.
I remember when the big gall bladder bear poaching ring got busted I think they were getting something like $500 for each gall bladder on the black market. If you were able to do something through normal channels I wonder if you could make as much for the nonprofit?
I'll gladly give my idea up to whoever wants to take this and run with it. LOL.
Curious what others think and if this has any chance of working.
