$300,000 for a big game tag?
Yep, true story. And NO, not a typo. Fact is not even a record. While no secret if you want a record book sheep—a good shot at a new world record, Montana is the place. According to biologists there are several potential candidates running around out there right now but 300 grand for a tag? Sorry pal, but to my way of thinking there is something way wrong when fat cats are allowed to buy record book heads; while only way the rest of get the chance...well, the odds of drawing rank right up there with hitting the ol' lottery.
According to an Associated Press article:
According to an Associated Press article:
A New York man has paid $300,000 for a license to hunt bighorn sheep in Montana this fall.
The Great Falls Tribune reports that the special auction license was bought last month by James Hens of East Bern, N.Y., at the Wild Sheep Foundation convention in Reno, Nev.
With the license, Hens will be able to take a bighorn in any Montana sheep hunting district this fall.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks commission authorizes several groups to auction big-game tags.
The groups get 10 percent of the money and the rest goes to FWP for research and habitat improvement for the species. (OK, there is some good comes of this for the folks but still don't make it right...in my humble opinion anyways.)
The most ever paid for a bighorn sheep tag was $310,000 in 1994.
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