Outrageous NR prices!!!

[RazzleDazzle]

Always wondered what gives states the right to charge outrageous prices to NR to hunt public land that's mainly federal property anyways. PUBLIC PROPERTY owned by each and every one of us. Most all of us are NR hunters and we get gouged to the point where its not even feasible anymore. This is not a question looking for responses regarding the states owning the animals and all the things it pays for becuase i think most of us are aware of that. The point is, what gives one person the right to pay $35 to hunt and harvest the same animal it cost another person $800 on the same exact piece of federal public ground? Seems there could be a system in place to even the field if you're only hunting federal/public lands. Thoughts?

 

[Poser]

You can use and recreate on the lands free of charge. Nobody is charging you to use public lands.

 

[GregB]

The state owns the wildlife.

 

[Rob5589]

Thoughts? This is gonna get ugly, pretty quickly. Hang on tight...

 

[Maverick1]

Thoughts? Vent about it on a hunting forum. That will result in them lowering the price.

 

[fngTony]

You should see the home prices here. Honestly most people are better off financially living in the mid west and affording an annual NR elk hunt in Colorado.

 

[Dcrafton]

As a resident of a state, you pay taxes year round in that state and some of those taxes go to wildlife funds. As a NR you pay very little into that wildlife fund through out the year, therefore you pay higher rates to hunt in that state as a NR.


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[Siscokid10]

Always wondered what gives states the right to charge outrageous prices to NR to hunt public land that's mainly federal property anyways. PUBLIC PROPERTY owned by each and every one of us. Most all of us are NR hunters and we get gouged to the point where its not even feasible anymore. This is not a question looking for responses regarding the states owning the animals and all the things it pays for becuase i think most of us are aware of that. The point is, what gives one person the right to pay $35 to hunt and harvest the same animal it cost another person $800 on the same exact piece of federal public ground? Seems there could be a system in place to even the field if you're only hunting federal/public lands. Thoughts?

AMEN BROTHER!

 

[jmcd22]

Thoughts? This is gonna get ugly, pretty quickly. Hang on tight...

Can't get much worse than the shit show over in the "Thoughts on the Kung Flu" thread.

 

[cmahoney]

What’s a reasonable price? Should all 50 states be the same?


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[mlgc20]

I typically don’t hunt in my home state. So, I end up paying NR fees in a couple of states each year. Personally, I don’t have any issue with paying many X more than the residents. The residents pay state taxes and sales tax. I come in once a year. Maybe twice. I contribute to their economy for a brief period and pay extra fees for the privilege of hunting their animals. I can go to these states any time I want and use the land for camping and shooting free of charge. And I do that as well. But, hunting is different. Frankly, the extra fees is what gives us NRs any consideration at all.

 

[COwineguy]

I don't have a problem with the way things are. I can see an argument to both sides but lean on the state owns the wildlife and its government manages said wildlife and is primarily paid for by residents in some way shape or form. The beautiful part about our country is we all get to choose where we live and what's important to us. One of the considerations we took when deciding where to live was my love for hunting and the variety each state offered(my wife nixed Alaska). Montana was off the table for family reasons so here we are. I might choose different today but still love being a nonresident of Missouri and just buying my tag on the app.

 

[WannabeHunter]

I'm curious, what's your home state?

I ask because I though the same thing initially, then I looked at SC resident vs non-resident (where I'm a resident). I was very surprised. Hunting License $12 vs $125.

State's own the wildlife, and demand is booming. What they should be worried about is when non-residents don't hunt and they lose a huge chunk of their funding.

 

[Backyard]

You should see the home prices here. Honestly most people are better off financially living in the mid west and affording an annual NR elk hunt in Colorado.

Doubt it

 

[wapitibob]

"The point is, what gives one person the right to pay $35 to hunt and harvest the same animal it cost another person $800 on the same exact piece of federal public ground? "

Takes less than 60 seconds to find the answer to that question. I suggest Google.

And yes, it's been tested in Court.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

I'm curious, what's your home state?

I ask because I though the same thing initially, then I looked at SC resident vs non-resident (where I'm a resident). I was very surprised. Hunting License $12 vs $125.

State's own the wildlife, and demand is booming. What they should be worried about is when non-residents don't hunt and they lose a huge chunk of their funding.

Did you see the differnce for R vs NR for turkey tags this yr...and NR only get 2...Bunch of NC buddies aren't hunting Turkey here this year....

 

[GregB]

It’s funny when the complaining about NR prices in western states starts. I bet not one of those complaining has gone to the F&G in their home state and asked them to make resident and non resident prices the same. But every state does the same thing.

 

[WannabeHunter]

Did you see the differnce for R vs NR for turkey tags this yr...and NR only get 2...Bunch of NC buddies aren't hunting Turkey here this year....

I did! $100 for turkey on top of the license. That would be too rich for me for turkey.
Stems from our drop in turkey over the past couple years. Them changing the dates to march 15-may 1 was a bad idea long term.

 

[MuleyFever]

As a resident of a state, you pay taxes year round in that state and some of those taxes go to wildlife funds. As a NR you pay very little into that wildlife fund through out the year, therefore you pay higher rates to hunt in that state as a NR.


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Actually many of the wildlife departments in western states are self funded. They dont get tax dollars. I have not looked into it much but it was one of the reasons listed for Utahs recent NR price increases.

 

[elkduds]

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