WI Non-resident Deer Licenses Too Cheap!
What about WI Non-resident deer licenses? The Wisconsin Legislatures 2004 NR $25 fee increase to $160 was a insult to Wisconsin residents.
5 Years ago Iowa raised its NR deer license required fees to $308, and will increase to $328 for 2005, and add the ability to purchase an extra doe tag for $100 in 2005. That is $428 for a non-resident to shoot two deer in Iowa in 2005.
4 Years ago Illinois raised its non-resident required deer license fees to $285. There is a proposal in the Illinois legislature right now to increase the required NR deer fees to over $400 for 2005.
Wisconsin is still the #1 Pope and Young deer state in the country by a wide margin. Gun and Bow combined WI sells about 900,000 deer licenses .... only about 40,000 are to non-residents. 40,000 x an extra $200 is an extra $8 million the govenor/legislature would not have to suck out of WI residents.