AR-News: (NM - US) Elk hunting license sold for $90,000 at auction

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N.M. elk hunting license sold for $90,000
 
Associated Press
Mar. 22, 2004 07:51 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - How much is a large elk worth?

A Michigan man figures he will have spent about $110,000 by the time he's finished a fall elk hunt in New Mexico - including $90,000 for the hunting license he bought at auction.

"I do like elk hunting," said Michael Malik, a 50-year-old real estate developer from Grosse Pointe, Mich.

It was the highest amount ever given for a single license in the state.

Malik got the elk tag through a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation auction late last month. Most of the money from the auctioned tag goes to the state Game and Fish Department for elk-related projects.

A standard elk tag for a New Mexico resident costs $69. A standard tag limits a hunt to a specific area and a few days. The special auction license, on the other hand, will allow Malik to hunt anywhere in the state from September through December.

Malik said Thursday he plans to hunt several locations around the state this year hoping to a bag a bull elk trophy.