To help increase funds for the DNR to better assist the herd. Ohio's nonresident licenses are the cheapest by a log shot (Illionois, Iowa,Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana etc). Ohio has many problems with its current system and this is just one of. Others are its abundant antler less permits, it's new early season muzzleloader season for does, and more. This has led to a depleated deer herd in recent years. Like everything these are rules and tags which doesn't MAKE us hunters do it, it is partly our faults (residents included) for letting it get this way.