Sneaker Report post Posted April 13, 2022 Did anyone go on Saturday? It was my first time and wow, some guys really like to throw down some coin haha. Actual purchases are tax deductible after all! The statewide Elk Tag went for $255k to... Dan Adler?? Or a client of his maybe that had him set up the bidding on his behalf perhaps? Couldn't really tell, was really strange actually at the end of the bidding on that one because it was kind of a secret until they were finished and then said the winner is Dan, and I couldn't tell what was going on exactly. Maybe those hunting shows pay better than I thought. Dan was the emcee of the whole thing so it made it even more confusing and my conflict-of-interest hairs stand up lol. I'm sure it was all fine, highest bidder wins so not all that complicated of a process but our whole table was confused. Some of you will notice the "not Dan" in his Linkedin profile photo... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted April 14, 2022 You lost me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneaker Report post Posted April 14, 2022 Sorry it was a rambling post. The working-on-being-famous Dan Adler both was the emcee of the banquet and the purchaser of the auction tag at the same time. It confused us all. Then I went on a tangent about bonecollector777 being in Dan's Linkedin profile picture, the "not Dan". Or maybe its his brother and I'll be eating crow and get banned for the profiling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted April 14, 2022 are you saying something illegitimate happened at the banquet? What does bc777 have to do with it? man I hate obtuse posts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted April 14, 2022 21 minutes ago, trphyhntr said: are you saying something illegitimate happened at the banquet? What does bc777 have to do with it? man I hate obtuse posts. He’s the guy on the left Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted April 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, oz31p said: He’s the guy on the left Yeah but what’s the relevance? Who is this Dan guy? What is this thread about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
briant_az Report post Posted April 14, 2022 I heard that Dan was bidding for Mike Gallo. He won both the state elk tag and the Hualapai elk tag that night. Not 100% sure on that, but that’s what I was told. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wish2hunt Report post Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, trphyhntr said: Yeah but what’s the relevance? Who is this Dan guy? What is this thread about I think it’s about him being confused and now trying to confuse us. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted April 14, 2022 Dan's been the MC at all the SCI banquets I've been to in Tucson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHT_MTNMAN Report post Posted April 14, 2022 Dan Turley is the auctioneer and has been for many years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighschoolHunter Report post Posted April 14, 2022 I went. It was my first time too so I didn’t understand much either lol. I was shocked when the elk tag went for over 250k and the Buffalo tag only went for 30 something. I wasn’t worried about any conflict of interest but that’s weird that Blake is in Dan’s linkdin profile, you’d think he woulda changed that by now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazymonkey Report post Posted April 14, 2022 I went with a friend of mine and his wife a few years back and the guy at the table with us had bid on the elk tag.Its not always what you think as the bids were set and they already new what the tag would go for .Most is just for show .That year the tag went for about the same money to some rich guy that had sent his ranch hand to the banquet.They do verification on the bidders ability to pay and usually have a set max that they will pay.I will say they make a ton of money with all the raffle and drawings and I did win a cool pack from them .I use it for all my tree stand stuff . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted April 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Crazymonkey said: I went with a friend of mine and his wife a few years back and the guy at the table with us had bid on the elk tag.Its not always what you think as the bids were set and they already new what the tag would go for .Most is just for show .That year the tag went for about the same money to some rich guy that had sent his ranch hand to the banquet.They do verification on the bidders ability to pay and usually have a set max that they will pay.I will say they make a ton of money with all the raffle and drawings and I did win a cool pack from them .I use it for all my tree stand stuff . I’ve been around several auction tags in my life, and never was there a preset price, they were always a true auction and the willing bidders set the price. Usually higher then anyone anticipated. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazymonkey Report post Posted April 14, 2022 It was the only tag that you didn't see a single bidders number raised and the amounts keep going up.All the other tags in the auction you'd see the bidders .I thought it was weird and that's the story I got.The price of the tag wasn't set just the maximum the guy was allowed to offer.I could be wrong and I'm sure there are some members in the elk society that can clear it up.Good thing is that if they did the banquet we should soon see new in the box guns in the classified. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Crazymonkey said: It was the only tag that you didn't see a single bidders number raised and the amounts keep going up.All the other tags in the auction you'd see the bidders .I thought it was weird and that's the story I got.The price of the tag wasn't set just the maximum the guy was allowed to offer.I could be wrong and I'm sure there are some members in the elk society that can clear it up.Good thing is that if they did the banquet we should soon see new in the box guns in the classified. The real high dollar tags are always bought by phone bidders. So you aren’t gonna see them at the auctions. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
