It does cost big money to hunt on a non-res tag. I was in the works of planning another trip for this fall when I found out the combo deer tag I wanted to apply for went up to $500 something. That with the current cost of gasoline made me postpone the trip. I do believe the last time I was there I spent around $800 on food, gas, gear and during in my 5 day stay. Hopefully this next year is good to me so I can put away enough money to drive back out to your Beautiful state of MT !