An idea was advanced by a legislator to leverage the harvest into an economic development package. Here's the rough idea - no matter what price tag we put on the deer tags, out of state hunters WILL pay the price. We can put an "out of state tax - if you will call it that - on every license of $10,000 and we know we can sell every one of them. You think I jest, but the State has done the marketing homework. In econ-speak, the demand for an Iowa deer tag is perfectly inelastic. Demand will not drop one iota no matter where we put the price tag. ... the reality is the only reason there was an increase in [deer hunting] tags this year was the insurance companies 'lobbying' the legislature. Oh, sure. In public your legislator is going to make all the right noises and deny everything written here - but the plain, simple fact is your voice wasn't heard on this issue, money carried the day, and yet another innovative idea bit the dust in Iowa.