ORIGINAL: Splitear_Leland
Honestly, this may come as a shock, but I think that $400 a tag is pretty outragous. That makes it hard for a guy that is on a limited budget to come up here and even hunt on public ground. With the way the deer herd is in southern Illinois at least, I think they should make at least doe tags a little cheaper. And another thing I don't understand about Illinois is if the DNR is raking in all of this money from out of states tags, where is it going. They are getting rid of CPs, they are cutting down on conservation programs. If I had to guess, it's conserving the size of somebody's pockets.
I am interested to see the response about the tag prices but not sure everyone will be honest about it. They probably understand where I am going with that one!!
But your point about the DNR and where the money is going is a very good issue. It is going back into the state and not being used towards the DNR. I am really good friends with the game warden in our county and the way they have cut back is unreal. So many things they have done to those guys that is just not good for the DNR.