Best western state as a resident? Idaho?

[wyosam]

I believe you can get lifetime license or stamp or what ever Wyoming calls it after 10 years of residency.

You still have to answer residency questions when buying/applying for tags (I suppose you can always lie). So you can have a lifetime small game/bird, fishing, and conservation stamp. I had all 3, and I’d feel shitty using them after moving away, so if I go back I’ll pay non-resident rates.


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[CorbLand]

You still have to answer residency questions when buying/applying for tags (I suppose you can always lie). So you can have a lifetime small game/bird, fishing, and conservation stamp. I had all 3, and I’d feel shitty using them after moving away, so if I go back I’ll pay non-resident rates.


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You can have a lifetime archery permit too. I am not well versed in what it means for Wyoming. Never applied there.

Calvin, am I eligible for a lifetime hunting or fishing license or permit? | Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Eligibility for lifetime licenses depend on the type of license,your residency and age. Lifetime conservation stamp: There are no requirements for a lifetime conservation stamp, so residents and nonresidents who want one can purchase one. Lifetime game b

wgfd.wyo.gov

For clarification, when you buy an Idaho Lifetime license. If you move away, you pay nonresident prices for tags but you dont have to buy a license every year and you are considered as resident in the draws so you pull from the resident side of things.

Not sure about Arizona.

 

[Timberline001]

As a lifetime license holder in Idaho Wyoming is the state I wish the most I could move to. Absolutely the best resident benefits.

 

[Ralphie]

Wyoming has residency after ten years?

No it takes 20 years of living in Wyoming to get resident tags.

Idaho is THE land of milk and honey when it comes to resident opportunity. So many elk, bears, deer, birds etc it's crazy. Plus the good paying jobs and good looking women. What a great state for people to move to.

 

[wyogoat]

No it takes 20 years of living in Wyoming to get resident tags.

Idaho is THE land of milk and honey when it comes to resident opportunity. So many elk, bears, deer, birds etc it's crazy. Plus the good paying jobs and good looking women. What a great state for people to move to.

 

[IdahoBeav]

You want to be a Wyoming resident so you can hunt in wilderness areas without a guide.

 

[I live in round valley]

Central oregon

 

[flyfisher117]

Idaho peaked a while ago. The road hunters kill every fawn crop. Wolves kill the stragglers. Housing prices don't match wages in most areas. Job market is iffy for some careers
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Utah is nice.

 

[AC300PRC]

Idaho peaked a while ago. The road hunters kill every fawn crop. Wolves kill the stragglers. Housing prices don't match wages in most areas. Job market is iffy for some careers
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Utah is nice.

Agreed. Look for a state that will allow you to build preference points and offers quality over quantity.

 

[wildwilderness]

You can have a lifetime archery permit too. I am not well versed in what it means for Wyoming. Never applied there.

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Calvin, am I eligible for a lifetime hunting or fishing license or permit? | Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Eligibility for lifetime licenses depend on the type of license,your residency and age. Lifetime conservation stamp: There are no requirements for a lifetime conservation stamp, so residents and nonresidents who want one can purchase one. Lifetime game b

wgfd.wyo.gov

For clarification, when you buy an Idaho Lifetime license. If you move away, you pay nonresident prices for tags but you dont have to buy a license every year and you are considered as resident in the draws so you pull from the resident side of things.

Not sure about Arizona.

That’s the same for AZ- don’t have to buy a hunting license ever again. You do have to pay Non Resident fees, and the permit allocations comes from the Resident pool so much better draw odds

 

[el_jefe_pescado]

If you are okay with being alone for a stretch as a young guy, move to Wyoming. It’s not even close in terms of hunting opportunities.


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[Weldor]

That’s the same for AZ- don’t have to buy a hunting license ever again. You do have to pay Non Resident fees, and the permit allocations comes from the Resident pool so much better draw odds

Az. non-resident pool is 10% sometimes that is better odds than a resident. Lifetime is a great deal.

 

[ReaptheHeat]

In terms of shear number of tags you can acquire as a resident, it's not even close. Wyoming.

Most people move back home before they can establish residency haha.

 

[wildwilderness]

Az. non-resident pool is 10% sometimes that is better odds than a resident. Lifetime is a great deal.

No its not in AZ- all the tags come from the same pool and only UP TO 10% can go to Non-Residents. So there is no advantage of being a NR

Its not like other states (CO, UT for example) that actually sets aside Non-Resident only tags- which can be better odds with less people applying- like Ewe tags in CO, or General Archery Deer in Utah.

 

[Weldor]

Splitting hairs, no worries.

 

[IdahoElk]

Idaho is so overrated, I’m planning on moving back east, heard there are OTC tags for Elk in Jersey, plus Bon Jovi lives there.

 

[IdahoBeav]

Idaho is so overrated, I’m planning on moving back east, heard there are OTC tags for Elk in Jersey, plus Bon Jovi lives there.

But, Bon Jovi is also overrated.

 

[braydencase7]

Cost of living is too high in idaho, not a lot of deer or elk. I'd personally pick wyoming

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[Idahobugler]

For what housing prices have done in idaho, absolutely not. Even to rent is extremely high and the wages generally don’t match. Not sure pricing in other states but to make your dollar go further I’d look elsewhere.

 

[ODB]

For what housing prices have done in idaho, absolutely not. Even to rent is extremely high and the wages generally don’t match. Not sure pricing in other states but to make your dollar go further I’d look elsewhere.

Had my wife not insisted we move back in the middle of Covid after having moved away years ago for jobs, etc, we’d never have been able to. Even still, we won’t be where we are in 10 years. It’s getting suffocating. And the homogenization of the west in general is really sad - places are becoming indistinguishable from one another.