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What I meant is that I already spent $27 on an antlerless county specific tag that I think I would have only have had to pay $12 for. (Since the only place I hunt is my own farm.)
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Actually, you would only have had to pay $2 for each of the first two antlerless LOT tags.
Heck, I have 4 doe tags and none of them are LOT tags. I like to be able to take one wherever I am, and a couple landowners will probably appreciate it anyway. If I fill all those I might go pick up a couple $2 tags for something to do.
I spoke to that same DNR employee last night and he said 97.000 LOT tags sold last year total. He was going off of memory though. I have a hard time believing the average legitimate landowner buys much more than 1 LOT tag. People who buy land specifically for hunting would obviously be inclined to buy more, but I'd be surprised if the average # of LOT tags per landowner was much over about 1.5 each, statewide. So if there is roughly 40,000 legitimate landowners, and each bought even 2 LOT tags that only accounts for 80,000 tags. Using the 97,000 number quoted to me, that means 17,000 illegal LOT tags last year.
Of course thats all just a bunch of if's and supposing on my part.
What I meant is that I already spent $27 on an antlerless county specific tag that I think I would have only have had to pay $12 for. (Since the only place I hunt is my own farm.)
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Actually, you would only have had to pay $2 for each of the first two antlerless LOT tags.
Heck, I have 4 doe tags and none of them are LOT tags. I like to be able to take one wherever I am, and a couple landowners will probably appreciate it anyway. If I fill all those I might go pick up a couple $2 tags for something to do.
I spoke to that same DNR employee last night and he said 97.000 LOT tags sold last year total. He was going off of memory though. I have a hard time believing the average legitimate landowner buys much more than 1 LOT tag. People who buy land specifically for hunting would obviously be inclined to buy more, but I'd be surprised if the average # of LOT tags per landowner was much over about 1.5 each, statewide. So if there is roughly 40,000 legitimate landowners, and each bought even 2 LOT tags that only accounts for 80,000 tags. Using the 97,000 number quoted to me, that means 17,000 illegal LOT tags last year.
Of course thats all just a bunch of if's and supposing on my part.