The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Dear deer
I like venison, but I don't know if I can afford it at $970 a pound. Yes, a Utah statewide mule deer tag was auctioned off last weekend for $187,500 at the 2008 Western Hunting & Conservation Expo.
The price of blood sport is getting very dear in Utah, judging from wads shot on tags in the auction:

Statewide mountain goat - $27,000

Henry Mountain mule deer - $90,000

Statewide moose permit - $27,500

Pahvant any weapon elk permit - $45,000

Statewide desert sheep permit - $55,000

Statewide Rocky Mountain bighorn permit - $85,000

Statewide elk permit - $150,000

But those bidders are pikers compared to an unnamed hunter who slapped down $315,000 for an opportunity to bag a trophy Dall sheep, left, from the Yukon's Kluane Wildlife Preserve.
The auction benefits wildlife foundations.

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