My in-laws live in East Central Ill. I have had the opportunity to hunt there twice before I decided it was out of my budget. I make an above average salary, but to pay $700 to fly my family of three out, $700 to rent a car for a week, and the $300 or so for the tag and license was not worth it.
The first time it was not too unreasonable at about $250 tag and license, then they capped the NR's and I ended up buying a Turkey tag to be in the woods the following year, my brother in law was going to tag the deer if I shot it. The following year the price jumped to $356 for the tag and $50 for the license.
I think they will figure this out when the NR numbers drop, and the deer population continues to climb, without the additional NR hunters the DNR willl not harvest their quota and they will continue to see more vehicle kills, crop damage, and starvation.

I like the idea of earn a buck programs to increase the harvest of the does, but keep the fees reasonable.