When outfitting industry suffers, so do the local towns

 

Well, March 15^th has come and gone and along with it, the deadline for nonresident hunters to purchase outfitter-sponsored big game tags. Each year about 5,500 deer/elk combo tags and 2,300 deer tags are purchased by nonresident hunters.

 

However, many of these tags did not sell. 900 deer/elk combo tags remain available at $1,500 each along with 100 deer tags at $1,100.

 

While this story is from Montana, I am sure that every state is feeling the same decline in revenue from nonresident hunters.

 

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