Residents not sold on big-game tag auctions
Brian Walker Hagadone News Network | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 9 months AGO
<p>Chip Corsi, front left, Idaho Fish and Game’s regional supervisor, and Brad Corkill, front right, listen to comments from Rathdrum’s Eric Nave, far right, during Thursday night’s meeting on a proposal of offer big-game hunting tags for auction. (BRIAN WALKER/Hagadone News Network)</p>
COEUR d'ALENE — There were no takers on Thursday night on a statewide proposal to offer five additional hunting tags for auction, including one each for elk, mule deer, pronghorn, mountain goat and moose.
The 15 attendees of a meeting at Idaho Fish and Game's Panhandle Office were overwhelmingly against the proposal.
Opponents believe the proposal could lead to a slippery slope of allowing non-residents and big money to change the face of hunting as it has done in Utah.
"Where does it stop?" said Erv Nave of Spirit Lake regarding issuing the tags for auction.
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