Just when you thought it couldn't get worse

[Beendare]

NM Landowner tags.....

My buddy tells me a certain NM 16 unit is now $30,000. ...thats crazy.

 

[5MilesBack]

It's $30k as long as there are people willing to pay that kind of money. Heck, there might even be people willing to pay $50k.

My buddy had a decent elk tag this year, and I showed him a pic of an add for an archery LO voucher in that unit for $21k.

 

[Salmon River Solutions]

I spent 2 weeks in one of the 16 units this year. If you can hike, and shoot decent, a 330'ish bull is something very easy to accomplish. That being said, we saw one bull about 360" we nicknamed "Unkilla-bull" because where he was located. We found one other large bull, that could have gone over 400" considering the unreal tine length that it had. My buddy was the one who drew the tag, at sub 1%.

We also had a great team of guys that know what they are doing, scouring a lot of area. $30k is a lot of money for a tag. I'd never pay that... not until Elon Musk buys SRS for a cool 1 billion $$$

Ken

 

[KHNC]

I drew that tag in 2015. Missed two bulls. One well OVER Tree Fiddy! But, i will likely never draw it again. Thats back when the odds were MUCH better, at 1.5%.

 

[mtnbiker208]

it will sell, there are a lot of people out there with a lot of money.
Sometimes i am amazed at the amount of wealth this country has.

 

[Yoteassasin]

You think that’s bad ?!? Go search for a landowner take for a trophy tule bull …. 50-75k all day

 

[LFC911]

This is the good old days, it is only going to get worse from here. Hopefully our kids will still be able to hunt in 20 years.

 

[cnelk]

Don’t bother me none.
There will always be people with more money than the next guy.

I’m satisfied with the amount of money I spend on elk hunting each year.

 

[gbflyer]

Good for them. If I could toss $30K in the wind I’d go in a second.

 

[trophyhill]

That's just crazy. Gives hunting a bad name aka rich man's sport........guess I'll keep applying and doing poor man's hunts

 

[Mikido]

That's just crazy. Gives hunting a bad name aka rich man's sport........guess I'll keep applying and doing poor man's hunts

There is not a single poor man on this site my friend.

Hunting IS a rich man’s sport.

 

[575 ELK]

Not everyone is broke. A guy up the road bought a second home for 2.5 million and has only been there once in the last year.

 

[spike camp]

Don’t bother me none.
There will always be people with more money than the next guy.

I’m satisfied with the amount of money I spend on elk hunting each year.

Truth^^
I spent more on sausage spices and vac seal bags than a tag, and the freezer is full.

So for 30k, or 50+k
It must come down to score…

What would be the size bull one would generally be satisfied with, spending that kind coin?

 

[5MilesBack]

What would be the size bull one would generally be satisfied with, spending that kind coin?

I wouldn't pay that kind of coin, but hunting mature trophy bulls every day through the rut is quite an experience on its own even if you eat the tag. That's worth something to just about every elk hunter even without taking home an animal. $30k to some of us is like $3000 or even $300 to someone else. And I would pay $3000+ any day of the week for a decent archery elk tag every year. That's why I'd rather spend my time every September in a good unit with others I know with a tag, than hunting on my own with an OTC tag.