New Mexico Privatization. Nuthin like it

[abqbw]

Collectively the 6 intermountain west states of NM, AZ, UT, CO, NV, and MT issue 515.2k total elk licenses.

This includes only 19.2k transferable (sellable) private landowner elk tags.

New Mexico issued 36.6k (7%) of the elk tags but an astounding 13.8k (72%) of the private landowner tags. That is 10x our share of landowner elk permits. It’s almost incomprehensible. Unless you know New Mexico.

Anyone that tries argue that there are features unique to New Mexico that even remotely justify the enormous number and share of private elk tags is talking out of their rear-end. And probably working for a billionaire or centi-millionaire.

 

[Letthemgrow]

Does this bother you?

 

[abqbw]

Does this bother you?

lol. It really pisses me off. Wildlife is uniquely a state natural resource. It’s a helluva a way to allocate the benefits thereof. Anyone that believes in the foundational principles of the nation should be disturbed by this rent-seeking behavior.

 

[Treeshark]

Other western states should be more like New Mexico in this regard, not the other way around.

 

[SAJ-99]

Collectively the 6 intermountain west states of NM, AZ, UT, CO, NV, and MT issue 515.2k total elk licenses.

This includes only 19.2k transferable (sellable) private landowner elk tags.

New Mexico issued 36.6k (7%) of the elk tags but an astounding 13.8k (72%) of the private landowner tags. That is 10x our share of landowner elk permits. It’s almost incomprehensible. Unless you know New Mexico.

Anyone that tries argue that there are features unique to New Mexico that even remotely justify the enormous number and share of private elk tags is talking out of their rear-end. And probably working for a billionaire or centi-millionaire.

Have there been discussion in NM of issuing unlimited elk tags and shooting them like vermin?

 

[Carnage2011]

Here we go again...

 

[mdhunter]

In before the lock!

 

[abqbw]

Other western states should be more like New Mexico in this regard, not the other way around.

I think you got lost on the way to monster mulies or something?