BTW, South Carolinas hunting license is 18.00 That price Includes turkey deer and all the feral hogs you can shoot.
Also have a combo hunting and fishing license at a paltry $25.
Georgia cost $19 (10 +9biggame) you can hunt alot more than pa with it. Also have a very cheap hunting+fishing combo license. $17 + $9 biggame.
Pa isnt even close to being a "deal" compared to other states, and its gonna be far less of one if we get a fee increase. The fee will ten be among the higher states, and us with half the hunting quality and a ridiculous management strategy which they should be paying US restitution for, not collecting more money!
Here is the data on South Carolina:
Type of License
Price
State Hunting License (small game only)
$12.00
County Hunting License (small game only)
(Valid in county of residence only)
5.00
Wildlife Management Area Permit
30.50
Big Game Permit
6.00
Migratory Waterfowl Permit (formerly State Duck Stamp)
5.50
Migratory Bird Permit
Free
Turkey Tags **
Free
* Includes Big Game Permit and Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Permit
** A valid SC hunting license and other applicable licenses, permits, tags or stamps are required in addition to these items.
WMA Public Drawing Hunts
The SCDNR offers a variety of WMA hunts through computerized drawings. Hunt fees range from $10 to $100 per hunter and must be submitted at the time of application. Applications for deer hunts are available in July, waterfowl and quail hunts in September, and youth/adult only turkey hunts in February. Deadlines to apply for draw hunts are generally mid-August (deer), mid-October for quail and waterfowl and early March for youth turkey hunts. Applications are available at SCDNR offices statewide or write SCDNR Public Drawing Hunts, PO Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202.
Here is theinformation on hunting license in Georgia:
License……………………………….....Ty pe Residents
Big Game (deer, turkey, bear)……………. $9.00
Hunting (regular)…………………………. $10.00
Wildlife Management Area (WMA)……… $19.00
The way it appears to me, in either of those states, you also have to get a WMA permit to hunt anything other the private property. Therefore, to hunt any of the state or federal lands or other wildlife managed areas you also have to purchase a WMA permit.
I am correct on what I am seeing it would cost $48.50 for a South Carolina resident to hunt deer on any public lands and $38.00 to hunt deer on public or managed lands in Georgia.
Both of those states also manage their wildlife resources from the state’s general tax funds where all of their residents are paying for wildlife management and still charge hunters as much and more to hunt as what it costs in Pennsylvania.
Keep looking for something that comes even close to comparing to the ridiculously low costs to hunt in Pennsylvania, as long as you are researching the subject you should also be learning just how good you really have it in this state.