bhunter, I'm going to ignore your immature, juvenile post for the most partand hope that you grow up a bit if you decide to hang around our forum in the future.

"Have some decency? We don't let just anyone in?" C'mon... Your state will let anyone in who's willing to pony up the money. It's ALL about the almighty dollar, and it doesn't have a thing to do with determining who's "good enough" to meet your wishful thinking... Don't kid yourself. That's the reason it was $110 just a few short years ago and it's tripled almost overnight. Or is your standard who can shell out the bucks, and you're proud that that's the way you determine who can hunt and who can't?

Anyway... the reason I came back to this thread was to say I was mistaken and allay some fears... Upon closer inspection, the permit I received today signifies that I bought the non-resident hunting permit, the habitat stamp and that I've APPLIED for the non-resident archery tag... they may very well draw it later when they said they would. Still a convoluted process, and the website not being up and ready to handle applications didn't help any.