Originally Posted by
db73
Seriously considering the lifetime license. Lot of money up front but it will be worth it in the long run.
Get it while the getting is good. I got mine from Indiana. There ended the lifetime licenses, but the old ones are grandfathered in. Cost me $525. I was 27 when I bought mine. I am 35 now. Resideent tags are $25.00 each ( 2 archery,firearm and ML, initial doe tag, spring turkey, fall turkey) general hunting is $17 and the habitat stamp is $6. With the tags I buy my lifetime was paid for in my 4th year.
Indiana jumped their license fees so much when I bought mine, from $13 to $25. They announced this change about 6 months prior to it taking affect. At the time the lifetime was a derivative of the general hunting license. So everyone with half a brain did the math and bought a lifetime license even if they had to take out a personal loan at the bank. The IDNR was processing up to 1000 lifetime licenses a day in the last few months prior to the fee increase. after the increase they allowed no more lifetime purchases. Bascically, the IDNR screwed themselves out of several generations of money because they greedily wanted to increase the fees so drastically. Did not think thweir plan through very well IMO.