The same thing's going on in Illinois. A new $500 tag fee but those funds get funneled into the general fund. What a ripoff. I do not mind contributing if the money was used to purchase habitat, especially since all my hunting takes place on public land. Heck even at that I hunt federal land now. I just hope I draw Iowa and can forget about IL for one year. I have some slammer public land spots picked out for Iowa! Put in a lot of footwork scouting! Stumbled upon some county land using terraserver and the Iowa Sportsmen's Atlas. After scouting, found the place bordered leased land. It is awesome looking! Takes the pain out of IL's $500 fees for one year at least.