I hear you and it's a shame that many people who would like to hunt here can't afford an out-of-state hunt. I wish all tags were a lot less than they are now but as 30338 observed, Colorado is just coming up to par with other states.
With our over-the-counter unlimited bull tags and the numbers of draw tags that CP&W sells, if the tags were much less than other states we'd be more overrun with the orange army than we are now. It would be easier to afford, but not worth your time in my opinion.
That is the ever present conundrum, isn't it? Do we increase hunter numbers to save the sport, or do we restrict them to keep them from over running everything?
I guess I just always assumed that once I got to be a grown up, I would be able to afford a few decent western hunts. As I was growing up, I kept watching prices creep higher and higher. Like many things, I see, to have just missed the "good old days," just as younger folks than me will say later down the road.
