RANT against Craigslist ad. Tell me this isnt one of you. Land Owner tag realted.

[HBARleatherneck]

having wildlife on your land or use your land as highway ( such as deer, elk, antelope, buffalo, etc.) cost landowners money. period.

they break down fences. they tear down hay stacks, they eat the grass and alfalfa, that the ground we pay for produces. We improve the land, we work the land. Wildlife can then cause us to have to BUY supplemental feed for our own animals. And what do we get out of it? not much.
The DOW allows persons who own at least 160 acres to put in for landowner tags. I dont know all the ins and outs of it, but you dont get a bunch of tags to get rich on. Maybe the smart folks who paid good money for land in great Elk and Big Horn areas might make some money. AND THEY SHOULD. THEY PAID FOR THE LAND. If you dont like it, buy some land. Then we can see if you get rich from it. I have been to large mountain ranches where the elk population has devoured whole hay stacks of BOUGHT hay. I have seen these herds destroy fences. I guess landowners should get nothing for the damage and losses, because the city public thinks the animals belong to everyone. Its not welfare, if we feed them and get them a place to live, we should get a little something in return.

Why do they give land owner tags to begin with?

I would think part of it is, there is so much private land, that they know the wildlife lives on private land. They know that the animal herds could get too big, if they stayed on private land and were not managed. I think maybe they know its the right thing to do, to let land owners harvest a managed amount of animals for our personal use. Whether that be meat for our friends and family. Or to make up for some of the losses incurred because of wildlife by selling the tag to a city person who will harvest the animal.