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<blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 404287" data-attributes="member: 605">Critics of the auction system have long argued that the whole idea of auctioning off hunting opportunities to the highest bidder is anathema to <a href="https://www.fishwildlife.org/landing/north-american-model-wildlife-conservation" target="_blank">the North American model of wildlife conservation</a>, which is built around wildlife as a public resource and the idea that every citizen should have equal access to that resource. They say it’s also a matter of public perception, as people unfamiliar with the North American model are just as likely to scoff at wealthy hunters cutting six-figure checks as the hunters who spend years putting in for a tag <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/deep-dives/is-point-creep-killing-western-big-game-hunting/" target="_blank">they’ll likely never draw</a>.“I think we all hold our noses a little bit when we watch these auction tags go to the highest bidder at these banquets,” Backcountry Hunters and Anglers regional policy director Kevin Farron <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/big-game-tag-auctions-vs-raffles/" target="_blank">told OL hunting editor Andrew McKean last week</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fritz the Cat, post: 404287, member: 605"] Critics of the auction system have long argued that the whole idea of auctioning off hunting opportunities to the highest bidder is anathema to [URL='https://www.fishwildlife.org/landing/north-american-model-wildlife-conservation']the North American model of wildlife conservation[/URL], which is built around wildlife as a public resource and the idea that every citizen should have equal access to that resource. They say it’s also a matter of public perception, as people unfamiliar with the North American model are just as likely to scoff at wealthy hunters cutting six-figure checks as the hunters who spend years putting in for a tag [URL='https://www.outdoorlife.com/deep-dives/is-point-creep-killing-western-big-game-hunting/']they’ll likely never draw[/URL]. “I think we all hold our noses a little bit when we watch these auction tags go to the highest bidder at these banquets,” Backcountry Hunters and Anglers regional policy director Kevin Farron [URL='https://www.outdoorlife.com/hunting/big-game-tag-auctions-vs-raffles/']told OL hunting editor Andrew McKean last week[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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