State bounties?

Originally Posted By: nightcallerthe utah bounty program is a joke! it's just one more way for the government workers to justify their jobs and claim more authority over hunting. anyone that thinks that they aren't going to pay for this program with increased costs or taxes in some way are niave. you'll pay the $50 and the cost for the administration of the program.



The hunters are paying for it. They have added $5 to every tag to pay for it. They announced that quite a while ago.
 
We had a bounty here in VA that was different per county. They ran the fund out several times in the county where I hunt trying to keep up. Just like anything with money involved, it brought out the scammers. I collected on one coyote and got $75 early into the program. During the summer months it dropped back to $50 when the young, dumb ones were out. They notched an ear on the kill and you filled out a form and waited for a check. I had mine mounted full head into a rug and asked them not to notch the ear and they were kind enough to oblige. I was honest enough to do as I promised and not bring it back for another payout. People from all around started bring their coyotes here to get the better rewards and basically bankrupted a county funded deal without killing local coyotes. For a while they had animal control document the kills at your location, but that was a ridiculous waste of resources too. Somedays one of two animal control officers would drive back and forth across the county 5 or 6 times checking coyotes. Now you kill them because you see them or because they need killing. Satisfaction of saving some game animals and livestock is payout enough for me
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Originally Posted By: nightcallerthe utah bounty program is a joke! it's just one more way for the government workers to justify their jobs and claim more authority over hunting. anyone that thinks that they aren't going to pay for this program with increased costs or taxes in some way are niave. you'll pay the $50 and the cost for the administration of the program.





I will not mess with the stupid bounty , if it going to be a hassle . I would hunt them for free . This is the first year that my son and i have not bought deer or elk tags . just going to fly fish and hunt predators and varmints and ducks from now on . And Antelope in Wyoming .
 
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