True Don. A buddy who lives across the river in Indiana and hunts both states told me he will not pay that kind of money to hunt whitetail deer. Likewise if I want to hunt on my family's land in Indiana all they have to do is charge a reciprocating fee and I won't pay it to hunt in Indiana.

I really doubt Illinois will raise the non-resident fee for 2005. Illinois is after money, and they will lose by raising it that high just to hunt deer. Shame is we pretty well know that much of the monies will be siphoned off for other state "needs".[:@]