Damages are all wrong.
When they sold a hunt for it for $20k+ a new value had been established.
$20k+ minus the costs of serving the Hunter.
Roger,
Don't know if you are familiar with our Elk program here or not.
A 50+ year program, long before they allowed hunting it had became
a tourist attraction. Free range, they have some huge bulls, and people
go to the fancy visitors center, watch remote broadcast cameras, and
hike all over to watch and photograph them.
A few years ago some idiot shot one of the best known bulls.
Of course you only do that to brag, or sell it to someone who will.
Didn't take long at all untill it was recognized.
Maybe 30 years ago the Kenai caribou herd produced some incredible bulls. It was a recent reintroduction so the feedback was full. One particular bull was a potential WR and many took photos from the road (near the Kenai airport.) It did not take long after it was poached for a MT Taxidermist to recognize it.
