Outfitter's Tag and Rates

on another note

If it's illegal for an outfitter or anyone to "SELL" a tag. Then how is it there's ONE PRICE to rent a cottage on your tag and then another price (super inflated $) for the same cottage with a tag? THIS IS THE WAY IT IS! AT LEAST IN ALL THE CAMPS I"VE EVER BEEN TO!

And the MNR has never made a charge on anyone for this.

I guess when I decide to SELL MY MOUNTS some day.

I will just advertise it as TAXIDERMY form and glass eyes $800 ...

BUT you need to strip off the skin and antlers ..

also a few bears forms, eyes, and base .. $2,000 - need to remove the hide!

I wonder who'll be at my door that day? double standard out there for sure!

The one outfitter I know in Gogama used to get 7 tags per year. He now gets one so these guys are getting hit just as hard as the resident hunters.

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Originally Posted by SK33T3R

on another note

If it's illegal for an outfitter or anyone to "SELL" a tag. Then how is it there's ONE PRICE to rent a cottage on your tag and then another price (super inflated $) for the same cottage with a tag? THIS IS THE WAY IT IS! AT LEAST IN ALL THE CAMPS I"VE EVER BEEN TO!

And the MNR has never made a charge on anyone for this.

I guess when I decide to SELL MY MOUNTS some day.

I will just advertise it as TAXIDERMY form and glass eyes $800 ...

BUT you need to strip off the skin and antlers ..

also a few bears forms, eyes, and base .. $2,000 - need to remove the hide!

I wonder who'll be at my door that day? double standard out there for sure!

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I know a guy who sold a t-shirt for $100 and threw in a free moose rack.

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Originally Posted by gowbushkon

Hey Trimmer21 you must be an outfitter, tags are issued according to how many shares you have. when a guest gets a tag it is registered in his name at MNR and is non transferable. Why would an outfitter refund you for an unsuccessful hunt, does the MNR give you back your money when you don't get a moose.

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Nope,not an outfitter. I've hunted long enough with enough outfitters to see some pretty shady stuff. "Shares" that you refer to translates into client base. I understand how and why this happens. Everybody is getting the shaft out of the "system",hunters,outfitters....everybody. To compensate,SOME outfitters are playing fast and loose with the rules to generate extra income. Charging hyper-inflated prices to acquire a tag is only one symptom of a problem which has been allowed to fester for w-a-a-y-y too long. This situation,as unfortunate as it is,may be the last time we get to really repair it and make a difference for the next generation coming along.

I suspect the inflated outfitter charges (with tag) would be completely allocated to the "SPECIAL" guiding service that goes along with that outfitter tag.

MC

I went with a outfitter last year, Its such bull what they can do with tags, Went to area 23 with 5 guys. We got 4 bull tags and a cow tag. Paid for 3. We wanted 2 bull tags and a cow, they just printed them off and sent us on our way. We werent going to shoot no 5 adult moose but just shows how much b.s is involed with getting a adult tag from a outfitter

If the outfitters you hunt with charge you for the outfitter tags or charge one price for the accommodation and guiding with your own tags and a more for the same things plus an outfitters tag, report them to the MNR. It is illegal for them to do so. If they keep doing it and get away with it...it does not make it right and is ripping off the unsuspecting clients. (Not to mention the outfitters who are playing by the rules)

Just to point out a 'Resident's licence tag for moose" is $54.57, a 'non-resident licence for moose' is $472.18, would this not be a factor? The money that is spent on these licences goes back into a special account, i forget the name. Money from tickets also goes their. At the end of the year this money is used for equipment,tools, and studies on animals such as moose for a sustainable harvest. Their is not much their in the first place, so any bit will count.

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Originally Posted by Matt86

I went with a outfitter last year, Its such bull what they can do with tags, Went to area 23 with 5 guys. We got 4 bull tags and a cow tag. Paid for 3. We wanted 2 bull tags and a cow, they just printed them off and sent us on our way. We werent going to shoot no 5 adult moose but just shows how much b.s is involed with getting a adult tag from a outfitter

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A little off topic but how did you make out, did you get any moose?

3 years ago, in 18A, we needed a bull tag from our outfitter. When we got there, his hired hand started the paperwork right away and had to run it to Geralton to register it at the MNR office before it would be legal to use. He did not charge for the tag. We offered to pay his additional expenses. At the time, he was allotted 2 bull tags a year. The tag was only valid as long as we stayed with the outfitter. It would have been invalid if we had moved on. His rates were also quite reasonable, 150.00 per person for our stay. Some of us came early and stayed 10 days while others only 1 week. This shows that not all outfitters milk you for every dollar possible. We are also long term clients with him.