Colorado Hunting Boycott

[Colorado Cowboy]

I saw an interesting article in the Denver Post today...online version. According to Parks and Wildlife the license sales for 2013 were up. The total licenses/tags sold was 489,327 (includes small game) with 86,493 being non residents, up 4% over 2012. That generated 45.6 million dollars ( 38 for N/R & 7.6 for Res)

Numbers sure don't lie.....non residents are paying the bills! So much for the boycott because of our legislature's unpopular passing of anti gun legislation.

2 legislators have already been recalled and a 3rd recall is underway.

 

[tdcour]

That is some serious money being brought to the table from out of state! I had no idea what hunters contributed to the economy and this is just for one state. That is pretty amazing.

 

[wapiti66]

That is a big difference between NR and Res, that surprised me. NRs are definitely paying their fair share for tags, bringing in 84% of license sales revenue. The cost of a NR to hunt a limited draw bull elk is 12xs the cost of a resident for the same hunt. So, it takes 12 residents to make the same $ one NR would bring in. Im not ragging on Co residents here, Im sure the numbers are similar in many states. I'd be curious how other states compare.?

 

[Ikeepitcold]

That is a big difference between NR and Res, that surprised me. NRs are definitely paying their fair share for tags, bringing in 84% of license sales revenue. The cost of a NR to hunt a limited draw bull elk is 12xs the cost of a resident for the same hunt. So, it takes 12 residents to make the same $ one NR would bring in. Im not ragging on Co residents here, Im sure the numbers are similar in many states. I'd be curious how other states compare.?

Me too. I think it would be cool to see and compare the states.

 

[halfslam]

Those are amazing numbers, it's to bad that NR didn't honor the boycott. Maybe NR thought the odds percentage would go in their favor because of the 'boycott'? Hat's off to the successful recalls, hopefully it has opened some legislators eyes.

 

[BKC]

Those are amazing numbers, it's to bad that NR didn't honor the boycott. Maybe NR thought the odds percentage would go in their favor because of the 'boycott'? Hat's off to the successful recalls, hopefully it has opened some legislators eyes.

If you are a NR, I can't imagine that you would boycott any state, if you had points in that state, for a limited entry tag. To take away all the years of trying to build points, and maybe being close to drawing a tag, would be counterproductive. Maybe if you were just going to hunt OTC units, then maybe a boycott would make sense. I guess it just depends on how much your allegiance is to certain political issues. Thankyou to all NR who hunt our state and help support our wildlife, I feel your pain with the license availability!

 

[Eric Bailey]

Yes, thank you to all the NR hunters who come to Colorado and provide the bulk of funding to manage our wildlife.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Me too. I think it would be cool to see and compare the states.

This year it cost non residents:
Elk Colorado: $589 -bull Wyoming: $641 regular

Deer Colorado: $354 Wyoming: $366 regular

As you can see Colorado is slightly cheaper, but of course they issue/sell many, many more permits, hence more $$$$ from the non residents. Just a point of information, I paid almost $500 as a non resident hunting deer in California, where you must purchase a NR hunting license. This really skews the comparisions for states that require this....like Az.

I personally think a boycott like what was proposed is very counter productive. I penalizes the Parks and wildlife department, when they are not the ones who enacted the stupid legislation. They get almost no money from the state as they are an "Enterprise" in Coloradospeak and are self funded.

 

[wapiti66]

I think most people liked the idea of boycotting the state, until they thought about how bad it sucks to stay home instead of hunting so they packed their bags and went to colorado, the numbers show that. Maybe "boycott" was an idea of certain NRs to try and convince people to go elsewhere while they had the units to themselves....backfired, more hunters showed up.

 

[Red Raider]

A Boycott would be counter productive as CC said. That's what the non-hunters and PETA people want. If we stay home then they win.

I thought the recall elections were awesome. Go Colorado

 

[Fink]

That's shocking to me that NR accounted for 80%+ of the license sales. Obviously, when the out of state take costs 10x the resident tag, NR's can make up ground quickly, but those numbers seem disproportionate. It would be interesting to see the differences in states like Utah, that are nearly all limited entry type units vs states like CO or ID with more OTC opportunity.

Regarding the boycott.... People talk a big game, seldom do they back it up.

 

[sjsmallfield]

disproportionate.

Easy Fink! Those big words could confuse a guy like myself!!

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

That's shocking to me that NR accounted for 80%+ of the license sales. Obviously, when the out of state take costs 10x the resident tag, NR's can make up ground quickly, but those numbers seem disproportionate. It would be interesting to see the differences in states like Utah, that are nearly all limited entry type units vs states like CO or ID with more OTC opportunity.

I think what really skews the numbers is the amount of tags Colorado sells. I am sure they sell far more Elk tags than any other state, which is appropriate as we have more elk than any other state. I also think that the NR resident licenses are cheaper than any other state too.

 

[Musket Man]

If you are a NR, I can't imagine that you would boycott any state, if you had points in that state, for a limited entry tag. To take away all the years of trying to build points, and maybe being close to drawing a tag, would be counterproductive.

I agree. People talk about a boycott but I cant see it ever actually happening, especially if the hunting is good. Also CO is 1 of the few places you can get an OTC tag. I think ID and MT came closer to a boycott then anyone with price increases and wolves taking their toll on many areas.

 

[Fink]

Easy Fink! Those big words could confuse a guy like myself!!

Hahaha, you made me double check myself.. I thought I might have made that word up!

 

[Red Raider]

Fink putting on aires around the common folk.

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Fink putting on aires around the common folk.

Hahhahha it's not the first time! Fink has some big words in his vocabulary.

 

[Fink]

Hahhahha it's not the first time! Fink has some big words in his vocabulary.

Haters gonna hate!

 

[Guy]

I personally think the CO hunting boycott is a bonehead idea. As you can see it didn't do anything to damage the state Game and Fish. All a boycott would do, is hurt the good people in Colorado who think like we do. Those people are not the problem in Colorado, its the libs in Denver and Boulder that are the problem. The recall elections are a much, much better idea. The biggest problem in Colorado is the fact that the wrong kind of people have been moving into the state over the last twenty years. Now the good old long time residents that made the state great, are in the minority now. Sad deal for all of our gun loving, backcountry hunting Colorado bothers. -G

 

[Eberle]

Well said Guy! I agree 100%