Governor's Tags: Ethics Vs. Conservation Funding

Ever more controversial, Governor's Tags have a new official endorsement - as well as a caution - from the Boone and Crockett Club. In a new position statement, the organization founded by Theodore Roosevelt supports the modern concept of exclusive big game hunting permits sold at auctions to help fund conservation.

The inordinate amount of money these permits bring is an acceptable buoy for state, provincial and tribal wildlife agencies' inadequate budgets, the Club says. But Boone and Crockett also expressed concern about the relaxed ethical standards and "anything goes" perceptions that seem to follow some of the actual hunts.