I don't see a service like this as a means to an end, but more of a expedited learning curve.
Exactly.....
I don't see a service like this as a means to an end, but more of a expedited learning curve.
...Maybe we should talk about point pimping next. I need more wyoming deer points
Haha, great I can just see it... Preference point 401k. How high can you sell your points.
That is an interesting question. The states will eventually be sued over the preference point issue. Some wealthy person with a bunch of points is going to die and his family is going to sue over being able to transfer them.
remember that's a conservation donation that helps put more animals on the Mntn for all of us. Definitely not my gig but to each his own as long as it's legal. Stay safe, Dan
Very good points here and agree completely, especially the first point. You already have some guides or outfitters that are in the same areas every year on public land and act like others should not be in the same spot and I could see this service having the same issues.I must admit my first response was to throw up at the thought of this, but I am a very level headed guy(my wife would likely disagree). After seeing other's perspective on this, I can see both sides. Here are my primary concerns with this.
Anything that has a cost/value will eventually be exploited by the people with more money. I see this practice becoming a bidding situation where the outfitter/scout is put into an awkward position challenging his own ethics. I don't know crap compared to some people, so what if I told a guy I would give him 20K for a 200in buck in ID. You don't think that could result in a guy pushing boundaries of legality and even his own ethics? Pretty soon it becomes territorial for these scouting guys. The mighty dollar has a way of changing peoples perspective, and usually not for the better.
I am concentrating on mule deer here, because it seems like the focus of the topic. We know that the mule deer population, and the quality of the bucks is going down constantly. The old 90% success by 10% of the hunters could be manipulated by this. You now have more people buying the scouting and expertise of the 10% like Robby and others. Yes they still have to go to the forest and put the boots to the ground, but you are effectively taking the talent of the elite 10% and selling it in volume to us reject 90%. There is no way that this practice would not result in higher success rates at higher quality deer. I don't see a positive outcome for this.
On a side note. Someone mentioned a 10 point draw, and how important it would be to not waste it. If I was going to burn 10 points on a hunt, then it better not be my first time there. Spend 10 years scouting the area off and on, and you aren't going in blind. That is why they call it hunting.