High License Fees?
11-06-2010, 02:58 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sulphur,Indiana
Posts: 1,350
What positive reasons do they have for the higher fees? Surely there are some in other states or even IL.,a use for the money which benefits the DNR's ability to better the hunting,fishing and land management programs. I'm not ignorant of our states total waste of our money but I know many sportsmen and gals who work very hard with our tax dollars and fees paying their salaries,don't you think? Greed has always been there and ever will but some states are better than others I would think.
11-06-2010, 07:31 AM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
Posts: 617
In my opinion the high non resident fee is a good thing,if the prices was low there would be people coming in by the bus loads buying antlerless tags and leaving the state with bucks,I have seen the money go to good use with land being bought and opened to the public as well as land restoration.
11-06-2010, 07:47 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: central Illinois
Posts: 1,872
In my opinion the high non resident fee is a good thing,if the prices was low there would be people coming in by the bus loads buying antlerless tags and leaving the state with bucks,I have seen the money go to good use with land being bought and opened to the public as well as land restoration.
Wasnt there an issue a couple years ago about where this money was actually going?? It was about the time Illinois was closing some state parks for lack of funding.
11-06-2010, 08:04 AM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Mid West
Posts: 591
It's all about money, a guaranteed resource. Any of the states charging big money have the draw of big bucks. Iowa for example sells a very limited supply of non-resident tags for deer and it costs about $525 for all your tags. But every year there is twice as many unsuccesful people as there are ones who draw a tag. I'll bet they could charge $1000 to hunt there big bucks and would still sell out every year. They do it because the know the tags will sell, period. Sucks for the common guy. Kansas is about the same but they give out a lot more tags too. I wish all states would go to recipricole fee's like MO. Would it help? Probably not, but it would send a message
11-06-2010, 08:13 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: central Illinois
Posts: 1,872
It's all about money, a guaranteed resource. Any of the states charging big money have the draw of big bucks. Iowa for example sells a very limited supply of non-resident tags for deer and it costs about $525 for all your tags. But every year there is twice as many unsuccesful people as there are ones who draw a tag. I'll bet they could charge $1000 to hunt there big bucks and would still sell out every year. They do it because the know the tags will sell, period. Sucks for the common guy. Kansas is about the same but they give out a lot more tags too. I wish all states would go to recipricole fee's like MO. Would it help? Probably not, but it would send a message
11-06-2010, 01:24 PM
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Shawnee, KS
Posts: 774
It's all about money, a guaranteed resource. Any of the states charging big money have the draw of big bucks. Iowa for example sells a very limited supply of non-resident tags for deer and it costs about $525 for all your tags. But every year there is twice as many unsuccesful people as there are ones who draw a tag. I'll bet they could charge $1000 to hunt there big bucks and would still sell out every year. They do it because the know the tags will sell, period. Sucks for the common guy. Kansas is about the same but they give out a lot more tags too. I wish all states would go to recipricole fee's like MO. Would it help? Probably not, but it would send a message
11-06-2010, 08:03 PM
#18
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
Posts: 617
11-06-2010, 08:20 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 157
SD charges $114 for their non resident small game license. That allows someone to hunt for 2 5 day periods. Thats it. SD has tons of out of staters come to pheasant hunt and it is just another way to make money. I really don't see anything wrong with it. If someone wants to come in and use the states resources, they can pay for it. I pay for my ability to use the resources by buying tags and paying state taxes.
