I hunt more than just Montana every hunting season which makes me a non resident hunter in other states to know.
I hunt, PA, WV and either MT or ID. So Im no stranger to paying higher lic fees, heck I own property in WV, still have to pay for a nonresident and thats rapidly going the way of a hunting lic out west.
All places lets the resident hunter huntwith a lower cost hunter lic or tagsand the non resident at a higher rate. Im sure your state does the same thing
Not to the tune the western states do. There is no reason that the most expesive part of a trip out west should be a hunting lic. Let me break it down, last years trip to MT. Hunting lic 643, fuel 300, food 45, mmmm something there doesnt seem right.
I doubt you (the non residents)where in the breaks 2 years ago helping fight fires and save thehabitat of the breakswhen it almost all went up in flames north west of Jordan
I doubt the vast majority of MT resident hunters were there either. BTW, my buddy up the road, headsout west fairly often to fight forest fires, and so do a bunch of other fire fighters here on the east cost.
I hunt out of state tooand accept we dont have the same privledges as the resident, its just the way it is. You are not a resident of Montana just as I am not a resident of your state.
I expect to pay higher prices than a res. but 10-20times as much is getting carried away.