Colorado's Non-Resident Elk Tags, OUT OF CONTROL?  

And probably 5% of those tags actually get filled.

Especially at $803 per license. I’m going one last time this year but after that I’m tapping out. The trip plus fees is getting overpriced

Just a $ grab. Most of those hunters don't even see an elk.

Non residents should only be allowed left over tags. Game and fish departments need to quit relying on the non residents.

It’s finally here boys and girls, the day of only being able to hunt your state is here. The draw system and points have ruined hunting for all. Unless you have big money to spend you’ll be stuck in your state and maybe if you lucky draw a tag or two in another state in a lifetime. It’s at the point that I don’t know how much longer I personally am gonna let bureaucracy ruin a god giving right.

In NM you can go pay 4K to get a cow on public land with a unit wide tag given to a private landowner for a public resource that residents only get drawn for once a decade.😅

What should be of greater concern is the rate at which the current governor signs legislation to “protect “ all wildlife from hunting.

Well, those numbers aren't fully correct, Montana sold over 60k nonresident elk tags

NM also sells many many thousands of private land owner tags to mostly non residents. Not contradicting just adding context and a few thousand tags he isn’t counting

Used to be reversed and Colorado had more elk than the rest of the western us combined

"Funding mechanism" is a nice way to say manipulation by power of the government.

Time to do what WI, turn it into an economic positive for your state. Every one of those non residential tags, the funds should go to the elk heard and its long-term health.

Probably less than 5%. Elk hunting in Colorado has become very difficult.

There will be no elk left soon

As someone that commutes for Elk every season I put in for tags in 4-5 states on average. I stopped getting tags in Colorado 5 yrs ago because the Elk are typically smaller and less healthy.

Idahos has already gone to shit. I cant stand out of staters

Colorado sells more non rez tags since they are the cheapest and most accessible. I think thats why CO sells more tags. As a resident of CO i could not justify buying an elk tag in another state and paying for the trip on top.

How much of that money goes towards things the state doesn’t even need? How often do they upgrade all their fancy gear? I feel like this is going to be the fate of Montana as well.. areas we have taken the time to learn.. fwp sends out of staters right to them. Had more Washington, and oregon plates in multiple districts than Montana plates.

He doesn’t talk about the 10-15 percent success rate.

Colorado hunting is going to the shit tank fast , I been going there for 23 years and it gets worse every year , # 1 problem is the over population of people and then it continues from there .

The wolves will take care of those elk real quick just like they did here in montana. Sad.

It’s amazing how so many of these hunting concerns like this - policy eventually wind up being an economics debate.

It’s a math and possibilities problem… Colorado knows that a large present of their out-of-state hunters are not going to harvest. But they still get the money… It’s not that hard to understand. I’m 35 years old. I’ve been saving to buy property in Montana since I was 16

Personally I think nonresident contributions to help with Colorado’s State budget is out of control. 43.8 percent of Colorado’s State budget comes from Federal Funds, you know nonresidents…….. that is 43.8% of 55.9 billion. There is more to this story, most big game hunting in Colorado takes place on Federal lands owned by all, National Forests, National Bureau of Land Management tracts, National Grasslands, National Monuments and National Wilderness Tracts…….

Kentucky is the same way brotha

Colorado has turned out as horrible as our government and the system

In a number of states nonresidents have been dropping out of the game. I can't say that I blame them. Unfortunately Colorado will really see a game decline as the wolf numbers increase. That is an issue that rests solely on the shoulders of resident Colorado hunters. Way too many hunters in Colorado sat silent while the voters voted to bring wolves into Colorado. You lost that battle by less than 1%. What happened boys?

I live in Nevada and our nonresident elk tags are $1200.

All of Colorado hunting has become complete shit. Good luck getting any public Land access. All the roads are closed and unless your in good enough shape to run a marathon with all of your gear you won’t see and animal. They want your money not your success.

The elk herd up here in montana is starting to go down and quality is going down but they any state seems to cader towards the out if staters cause that where they make there money cause they charge them and arm and a leg and a kidney where the residens only get charged a arm truly and the way the have managed the heards of elk and deer and stuff has not been great which is sad to say but i know me and a few others had sent complaints in to fwp and the next year we saw drops in tag numbers and saw them again this year droo the numbers so hopefully chage is here and things will make a turn for the better

We don't want non-resident hunters in Idaho!

It all starts with the politicians!! Money!!!

WOW! Colorado must be TERRIBLY inefficient

Just wait and see what happens when the new wolf pack gets established, rip

They cant, they make alot more money off non residents. Tags are 3× more and it includes the money they bring with lodging and food they aoy for while there. So relying on the non resident makes the. more money. I dknt agree with it, but its the reality

Your problem is you live in Colorado! In Colorado you have no water rights that includes collecting rain , very liberal state !

Stop selling non-resident tags for two years

Same story everywhere. There is no state money for game and fish. Of course they are going to over hunt and mismanage the game.

So what you’re saying is it’s probably a good idea for me to move to Wyoming from Michigan on account of only getting 1 elk tag if you are extremely lucky here

New regulations are cutting the non-resident tags by a decent clip. I see more non-resident on the mountain than resident!

So his talking about Colorado?

Oh no! Americans hunting in America…

Now you have wolves. Good luck

So, weed works...?? 😂❤

Whats the harvest numbers? Is he counting all the landowner tags too? What about predator kill numbers? What about building subdivisions on winter range? How do you come to a conclusion using those two data points? Like to know individual state numbers by percentages. So many factors contribute to heard numbers you can't just go off a couple of numbers that make your point look good. I get that most resident in all states wish non-resident tags would go away to give resident more opportunities but we all (states) have relied on funding from those tags. If that went away where does the department replace that funding? Not bashing but everyone should realize there are many factors that manage wildlife. Good try tho.😂 Good show Cliff! 👍 Keep forcing people to think outside the box.

We need to get rid of the common man hunter and only sell to the people with out of state money. These states need to cater to people with money.

We are already are leaving. Don't forget your idiot fish and game reintroduced wolves this year