Report: Wealthy, out-of-state hunters favored in elk license system

[Judi Lynn]

By Robert Nott [e-mail]
Oct 4, 2022 Updated 32 min ago

A new report says the state’s current system of granting elk hunting licenses favors the wealthy and out-of-state residents over New Mexicans.

Using a year’s worth of data from the state Game and Fish Department, the report compiled by two state wildlife groups says more than 35 percent of the 36,162 licenses issued in 2021 went to out-of-state hunters.

That leaves many New Mexican hunters who take part in annual draws for elk licenses “skunked” out of the system, the report says.

“New Mexico’s unfair system of allocating elk licenses is destroying our state’s cherished hunting traditions,” says the report by the New Mexico Wildlife Federation and the New Mexico Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers.

More:
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/report-wealthy-out-of-state-hunters-favored-in-elk-license-system/article_bca2ae4c-4404-11ed-90cd-7bcbeb7ed804.html

[jimfields33]

1. Put everybody in a lottery and pick that way.

Seems like they use the lottery after the wealthy get theirs. No more that everybody goes to the lottery and win by chance.

[empedocles]

2. 'cherished hunting traditions'?

Shooting an elk? What a challenge.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Wildlife have some

Superior skills to human.
I've been outwitted many a time.

[left-of-center2012]

3. I'm a New Mexican, but...

If out of staters got 35%
How does that favor them,?