ORIGINAL: Dr Andy
That's our governor for ya! A couple years ago he missappropriated funds from the habitat stamps for other purposes (budget) so come dove season no sunflowers had been planted on the public lands around me. This money was supposed to go to habitat improvements instead it goes to his general budget. What a piece of work that guy is!
Actually Andy, these price increases were approved back in prospectively back in 2003 if I remember correctly. There was an article in Deer & Deer Hunting or one of those magazines regarding this "graduated" that had an endpoint of an IL NR Deer tag costing around $500. I vowed right then and there NEVER to buy a NR IL deer tag.