Originally Posted by
brasmunky
fastetti wrote "I won't even go for what I paid to hunt out west, they do need to lower that."
after living in idaho for 7 years i think the reason that they charge so much for out of state tags/license is because the low number of residents in the state compared to the amount of state owned land that DNR has to keep up with. it has to cost millions of dollars a year to patrol and manage all that country. also speaking from my own personal experiance i can not stand all of the "city slickers" that flood the hills during the general seasons and drive around shooting at everything that moves(including me a few times) there is nothing more frustrating than scouting a area for months on end just to have some A-hole ride his ATV thru it (off the designated trails) on opening morning and scare all the animals within a few miles out of the area. thats just my 2 cents.
Good point brasmunky, I didn't think of it that way. I hunt Wyoming a lot and I could see how they don't get the revenue from in state people as most states.
Its not always all of the "City Slickers" thought that drive around shooting anything that moves though, but I see your point. A couple years we had some guy from Denver that happened by us on the ranch, they let loose about 10 shoots that whizzed over our head. We were lucky hunting with the head of security for all the ranches. They were not allowed back the following day. I am from Chicago and can tell you that we have nothing but respect for the people and the land out west. Too beautiful of land to abuse!!!