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Utah Deer Tag Goes for $265,000

February 14, 2011.

A deer tag valid on Utah's Antelope Island sold at auction at the 2011 Western Hunting and Conservation Expo for a whopping $265,000.

The tag represents the first deer hunting opportunity on the 26,000-acre Utah state park since 1981.

The Antelope Island mule deer tag was the highest draw at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo. Show officials say more than $2 million was raised in conservation auction tags alone during the three-day event.

Steve Bates, Antelope Island State Park wildlife biologist, said the mule deer tag drew about what he expected, but he was still bewildered that someone would spend so much.

"This is a pretty good boost to the program," he said. "In light of where everything is going, this really is a good thing. It is money we probably would not see otherwise."

"It will allow bighorn sheep to better utilize the habitat available to them with water resources close to vegetation they may not usually use," he said.

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