Yep, that's the wrong question. If Colorado raised the price of a NR elk tag to $900 like Montana, would more NRs hunt in Montana instead?
Colorado Deer + Elk license is $1058 + $10 Habitat Stamp + $81 Small Game to apply for Deer = $1,149. Montana Deer/Elk Combo is $1065 so not much difference in the total for deer and elk hunts.
You're leaving out an important fact and that is, if you want to hunt elk in Colorado you don't have to buy a deer tag and lots of NRs don't. So for a NR the cost of and elk tag is the cost of an elk tag, not the cost of a combination of elk and deer tags.
In MT, you have to buy both to hunt elk.
