I'm all for increased fees, out west they charge 10-15X what a resident pays, I forget what a res tag costs me, $35? I'd pay more and that's a buck n doe tag. Doesn't sound outrageous to me, if you go out west to hunt a muley etc....or a whitetail in other states itll cost you. Maybe IL should consider a doe only tag....for non-res if they want to come here just to harvest a deer. If you're trophy hunting anywhere, I don't think hunters care if the tag is 350, 375, 400. It's not like were talking about meat hunters coming here to harvest a buck/doe, they'd hunt their own state if for meat, and so we're talking trophy bucks, and we're not comparing a $35 tag to a $400 tag. I'd like to see a limit to how much more a non res pays than a res in all states. 15X a res tag is outrageous, narrow the gap I say, if a res pays $25 and non rest pays $450, I think 10X a res tag should be the max allowed.

And yes for what reason would a bowhunter hunt during the gun seasons? Is this for non-res options? non-res would prefer a gun as well I'd assume, I hope IL doesn't start getting whacky. We've had very well established seasons for 40 years or something. Just my thoughts, but I'd like to see a "earn a 2nd buck tag by harvesting a doe put in place" maybe a muzzleloader season before the shotgun seasons or earlier than late season only when some buck shave lost bone already. I think that would be a great start. I think IL has one of the fairest programs for non res, every non res gets a tag, not the same for many other whitetail states, um hum, Iowa?