BuzzH
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Apparently a new Wyoming based group is taking on the issue of WGF Commission licenses.
Many sportsmen in Wyoming have been biting around the edges of the issue for a long time, but this group has clearly put the leg work in and compiled one hell of a comprehensive report.
I would expect some changes to happen. There is a detailed link in the article with past purchasers, where the hunt are taking place, etc.
Some key findings from the report:
• Commissioner Licenses generated upwards of $8 million for the recipient organizations with an average sale price of over $11,000.
• At least 116 of the Commissioner Licenses sold/auctioned/raffled were donated to organizations without conservation, hunting, fishing, or wildlife missions, including agricultural organizations, industry groups, veterans groups, hockey and baseball groups, county and town government entities, churches, food banks, etc. This generated at least $1.25 million in total revenue for these non-hunting, non-conservation organizations.
• Multiple Commissioner Licenses were donated to nonprofits located outside of Wyoming.
• Records on the tag species, and the dollar amount generated by the license auction or raffle are not complete.
• Organizations receiving the donated Licenses were not required to specify how the money raised would be spent, or account for its distribution after the fact.
• Elk tags are by far the bulk of the tags being donated by the Commissioners. Completed records from 2008-2018 indicate 474 elk, 103 deer and 5 antelope tags were donated. 125 tags did not have a species designated.
• 96 of the Commissioner tags purchased 2008-2018 were used for Area 7 (Laramie Peak) bull elk.
• Nonresidents purchased 564 of the 701 Commission License offered from 2008-2018, or 80.5%.
• The Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Muley Fanatics Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation and Wyoming Game Warden Association have all received in excess of $300,000 in funding via Commissioner License donations and subsequent tag sales/auction/raffles since 2008.
https://www.mtnpursuit.org/mountain...oming_g_f_commissioner_complimentary_licenses
Many sportsmen in Wyoming have been biting around the edges of the issue for a long time, but this group has clearly put the leg work in and compiled one hell of a comprehensive report.
I would expect some changes to happen. There is a detailed link in the article with past purchasers, where the hunt are taking place, etc.
Some key findings from the report:
• Commissioner Licenses generated upwards of $8 million for the recipient organizations with an average sale price of over $11,000.
• At least 116 of the Commissioner Licenses sold/auctioned/raffled were donated to organizations without conservation, hunting, fishing, or wildlife missions, including agricultural organizations, industry groups, veterans groups, hockey and baseball groups, county and town government entities, churches, food banks, etc. This generated at least $1.25 million in total revenue for these non-hunting, non-conservation organizations.
• Multiple Commissioner Licenses were donated to nonprofits located outside of Wyoming.
• Records on the tag species, and the dollar amount generated by the license auction or raffle are not complete.
• Organizations receiving the donated Licenses were not required to specify how the money raised would be spent, or account for its distribution after the fact.
• Elk tags are by far the bulk of the tags being donated by the Commissioners. Completed records from 2008-2018 indicate 474 elk, 103 deer and 5 antelope tags were donated. 125 tags did not have a species designated.
• 96 of the Commissioner tags purchased 2008-2018 were used for Area 7 (Laramie Peak) bull elk.
• Nonresidents purchased 564 of the 701 Commission License offered from 2008-2018, or 80.5%.
• The Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Muley Fanatics Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation and Wyoming Game Warden Association have all received in excess of $300,000 in funding via Commissioner License donations and subsequent tag sales/auction/raffles since 2008.
https://www.mtnpursuit.org/mountain...oming_g_f_commissioner_complimentary_licenses
