jdown Report post Posted August 2, 2022 The only thing to the positive I would say is the amount of money generated per animal harvested is a great ROI. If this is an approach to reduce tags in general hunts or reduce the number of hunts or minimize increases of both price and tags, then this might be good trade off. Now how G&F spends money and where the tags go etc - I'm not sure we have that insight. I would like to see the money go to enforcement, biology/quota surveys and like I said chance for tag reduction. Actually I hope the whole bundle goes to outlawing Air Bows, Braces and creating more stringent requirement around xbow permits and muzzle loader restrictions... but that's just me. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eddielasvegas Report post Posted August 2, 2022 Look at it this way, no matter how many apply for the 12 tags, your odds of winning are infinitely better than the Mega Millions drawing a few days ago. That's the only reason I'll probably try for an elk or muley tag. Eddie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dusty Report post Posted August 2, 2022 2 hours ago, jdown said: Now how G&F spends money and where the tags go etc - I'm not sure we have that insight. Well I know it doesnt go towards refilling water cachments or field days for youth. But it does go to fund the wolf reintroduction effort. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForkHorn Report post Posted August 2, 2022 I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. It inevitably opens the door for more of this sort of thing. Kind of comes off sleazy, but at the same time most of that vibe boils down to where the money is actually going - we don't know. Why should a non wildlife management elk tag pay for a redundant job in Phoenix? I wish each tag had a description section for where that money was going. I sure would feel better about buying a central Arizona mule deer tag lottery ticket if I knew all of the money from that tag went to combating the decline of mule deer specifically. AZGFD does a bad job at managing their money more often than not and I hate the idea of giving them more open use money with no accountability. They'll go back to that well often. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OpticNerd Report post Posted August 2, 2022 3 hours ago, jdown said: The only thing to the positive I would say is the amount of money generated per animal harvested is a great ROI. If this is an approach to reduce tags in general hunts or reduce the number of hunts or minimize increases of both price and tags, then this might be good trade off. Now how G&F spends money and where the tags go etc - I'm not sure we have that insight. I would like to see the money go to enforcement, biology/quota surveys and like I said chance for tag reduction. Actually I hope the whole bundle goes to outlawing Air Bows, Braces and creating more stringent requirement around xbow permits and muzzle loader restrictions... but that's just me. Braces? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted August 2, 2022 All you that are complaining better not totally turn hypocritical and apply for these tags. I know I will be applying for 10 of them. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdown Report post Posted August 2, 2022 41 minutes ago, OpticNerd said: Braces? oh those things that turn rifles into handguns.. whatever they are called. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdown Report post Posted August 2, 2022 I'm just ranting for the f of it...... Biology, surveys and water would be my vote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briant_az Report post Posted August 2, 2022 Take my money! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesFanatic Report post Posted August 2, 2022 I think its better than what NM is doing right now. Auctioning the tags: https://go.dufundraising.com/2022nmbiggame/Campaign/Details 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted August 2, 2022 One more slim opportunity to draw a tag and at least for now is delaying tag fee increases across the board. I’ll be buying a few. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOTAGS Report post Posted August 2, 2022 one more chance to get rejected...... I must be a glutton for punishment. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted August 2, 2022 2 hours ago, CouesFanatic said: I think its better than what NM is doing right now. Auctioning the tags: https://go.dufundraising.com/2022nmbiggame/Campaign/Details Looking at the current bids makes me feel a little better (just a little) about the price I'm paying for landowner access to hunt pronghorn. lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
520HUNT Report post Posted August 2, 2022 #scamalert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZBIG10 Report post Posted August 2, 2022 7 hours ago, oz31p said: #sendwater 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites