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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deleted user" data-source="post: 404389" data-attributes="member: 1778">It appears it was resident hunters who got in the ears of a few folks in AZ’s wildlife commission. Contrary to Fritz’s crusade against BHA, they weren’t behind it nor do they stand to make money from it. Per Field & Stream; ““These tags brought in a ton of money, and in Arizona, 100 percent of that money goes back to big game species on the ground. It was a very transparent and successful program,” Michael Cravens, the Advocacy and Conservation Director of the Arizona Wildlife Federation and the Vice Chairmen of the Arizona Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, tells Field & Stream. The problem some of our commissioners had with it is that they believed it went against the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, which states that we need to provide opportunity to all,” he says. “But statistics show that all of that money was being put back on the ground. It equated to more habitat, better habitat, and more animals on the landscape, which in turn created more opportunity for the public.”Some think that the same deep pockets who bid up the auctions will still spend on multiple raffle chances, which still gives the everyman a puncher’s chance at those premier tags. I’m skeptical, but if they find out it’s not bringing in enough money, hopefully they can reverse course. The NA model of conservation isn’t so black and white that it ignores money going to wildlife simply to make things 100% fair.</blockquote>

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