Utah tag prices double

[joken]

I just heard this on a hunting podcast. I didn't get the guy's name. $2200 for a Bull tag, plus license.

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[bionic knees]

Well dang I guess I wont be bull hunting in Utah this year. (Or any other year)

 

[Tlock]

I've never hunted out of state for elk. No need to for me, I'm not a trophy hunter and I've been successful here in Oregon. I definitely wouldn't pay that much for a tag

 

[Koda]

We are entering the last days of affordable DIY hunting in the US. Im not even confident it will last another 20 years.

 

[Tlock]

We are entering the last days of affordable DIY hunting in the US. Im not even confident it will last another 20 years.

Your right! What's just as bad is you have to be a Harvard educated lawyer to understand odfws regs. 3 full books, color? Is that really necessary? I've seen states with very simple hunting/fishing regs

 

[kmk1012]

Did the Utah govt double the size or quantity of the elk? What would the hunter get in return for double the price other than a sore buttocks?

 

[Koda]

Your right! What's just as bad is you have to be a Harvard educated lawyer to understand odfws regs. 3 full books, color? Is that really necessary? I've seen states with very simple hunting/fishing regs

Im actually ok with the Oregon hunting regs, its the fishing regs that take some reading to figure out.

 

[Tlock]

Im actually ok with the Oregon hunting regs, its the fishing regs that take some reading to figure out.

Probably because your use to the nonsense of the points system and premium hunts ect. New hunters it's alot to take in and digest.

 

[Koda]

Probably because your use to the nonsense of the points system and premium hunts ect. New hunters it's alot to take in and digest.

Yes I am. The point system is easy to navigate for me and I understand how to monopolize saving points, and know what the good units are once I get enough points. Ive coached some new hunters and no matter how many times I tell them, a couple years go by and they don't know why they don't have enough points to get a nicer unit. Don.t put your first choice on a mediocre unit... lol.

 

[Tlock]

Yes I am. The point system is easy to navigate for me and I understand how to monopolize saving points, and know what the good units are once I get enough points. Ive coached some new hunters and no matter how many times I tell them, a couple years go by and they don't know why they don't have enough points to get a nicer unit. Don.t put your first choice on a mediocre unit... lol.

Yes I am too....i need to find someone to partner with on antelope.

Back to Utah.....that's just a crazy amount of money for a elk tag. Even if I was rich I wouldn't pay that

 

[Koda]

Back to Utah.....that's just a crazy amount of money for a elk tag. Even if I was rich I wouldn't pay that

I wouldn't either, but I grew up DIY hunting public lands here in Oregon. A lifetime of entirely self guided hunts all for blue collar dollar. I'm not the most successful hunter but I'm not paying thousands for just a few days hunting and when I get one I earned it myself.

 

[Tlock]

Yep me too! Mid 20s for elk and at least 1 blacktail every year since I was 13. Never killed a muely or whitetail

 

[Koda]

Yep me too! Mid 20s for elk and at least 1 blacktail every year since I was 13. Never killed a muely or whitetail

I've hunted blacktail the most and killed them the least. Most of mine have been muley's but its been a while now for both. I have some good points for a muley hunt so am reading about best units for that tag.
Only seen one whitetail in my life.

 

[Tlock]

I've hunted blacktail the most and killed them the least. Most of mine have been muley's but its been a while now for both. I have some good points for a muley hunt so am reading about best units for that tag.
Only seen one whitetail in my life.

Mule deer numbers are down in oregon. Depending on how old you are id keep buying points savers and see if the numbers come back in 10 years

 

[Tlock]

I have 7 deer points and 19 antelope

 

[Koda]

Mule deer numbers are down in oregon. Depending on how old you are id keep buying points savers and see if the numbers come back in 10 years

I'm old enough my first deer was on an over the counter general season tag.... anywhere in eastern Oregon.

I have 13 buck deer points to figure out what unit to apply for. I think I'm in "no mans point land"... not enough to win a good unit, but too many points to waste on a mediocre unit anyone with a few points can get.

 

[Tlock]

I'm old enough my first deer was on an over the counter general season tag.... anywhere in eastern Oregon.

I have 13 buck deer points to figure out what unit to apply for. I think I'm in "no mans point land"... not enough to win a good unit, but too many points to waste on a mediocre unit anyone with a few points can get.

You've got a few years on me for sure, little long in the tooth to be holding out much longer definitely no man's land, unless you get lucky or get really lucky and draw a premium tag

 

[TTSX]

So you're telling me I need to miss a couple weeks of work, drive my butt to Utah and pay the Mormons $2200 to shoot a small horse? $5k for a couple hundred pounds of meat....

 

[Bobbygun]

I have 7 deer points and 19 antelope

That's exactly what I have.

I think you are quite a bit younger than me. I've only had one antelope tag and killed one about twenty years ago. Have you even had the chance to hunt antelope in Oregon yet? My son has the same number of antelope points, and we are hoping to draw in the next couple of years. We have been having some second thoughts about our hunt choice though, so it might be a little longer.

I drew a bow tag for deer last year, but the unit pretty much burned to the ground. The ODFW was kind enough to refund my preference points since a large portion of the hunt area was closed.

I've no interest in spending thousands on an out-of-state tag. I did try Nevada for mule deer once on a $400 tag. My friend and I could have filled our tags, but didn't drive 700 miles to arrow small forken horns. The locals we talked too thought we were foolish to pass up anything, which spoke volumes about the chances of finding Mr. Big. Like you, I've killed a lot of blacktails in Oregon, so I can afford to pass up small mulies in Nevada.

 

[Koda]

You've got a few years on me for sure, little long in the tooth to be holding out much longer definitely no man's land, unless you get lucky or get really lucky and draw a premium tag

"just old enough".... I recall I got the last year they issued OTC tags for eastern Oregon. I still have that tag somewhere, last I looked it was too faded to make out the year but a photograph of the deer says 1987. I wanna say it was an OTC tag but if my memory is off then it just flipped or I just took it for granted since my dad bought my tags back then.