Those prices are hard to know. But there are so few issued for moose, sheep, and goat in every state the amount of funding wouldn't be enough to even pay for fighting fire. Sure a couple sheep tags in Idaho unit 11 maybe worth 300-500k each. The ones in the frank church arent worth anything close to that. Same with wyoming sheep tags.
Plus, the more you flood the market the less valuable they become.
You're thinking f-you money from those tags and its just not there. Combine that with the supply in Canada and Alaska for moose, sheep, goat...nobody is going to pay more for a lower 48 goat tag than what they can pay for in those places.
I cant find exact data for fire suppression costs for Idaho, but the State paid 17.4 million toward suppression on their lands. With fire being interagency, the feds paid 10's of millions more. I bet large project fires could cost 30-40-50 million each.
There isn't enough sheep tags in Idaho to suppress one large fire.
Also, fire isnt the only cost associated with large scale land management. R&D, grazing, logging, mining, recreation, camp grounds, urban interface fuels projects, permitting, vehicles, staff, office buildings, trails, roads.
