the tags are a lottery but the license are not i bought mine at wal mart when i got there.the deadline for the tags are in july im pretty sure.the tags are $387 tax and all but the license are $25 for 5 days or $50 for the whole season and habitat stamps are $5. But i did not hunt with an outfitter i hunted with goherd1111 on private land. you can see the bucks we killed on the 9 degreeIIL buck down thread on page16 i think. We were hunting in scott co. which is pretty close to pike co..