Utah gone crazy.

[TAGPUNCHER]

Have you guys seen utahs plan to charge non residents 3710.00 for a damn elk tag?
I don't have anything vested in Utah, so it makes no difference to me.
As always let the non residents take care of your economy.

 

[waspocrew]

Yeah, it sucks. Plenty of thoughts on the matter here:

Thread 'Utah Price Increase'

Sunday at 12:40 PM

Yikes It looks like this got put into Senate Bill 008, the general funding bill.




Here's a link, the wildlife stuff starts on line 4319

SB0008

le.utah.gov

I stole the tables off monstermuleys.

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[7LRM]

I hunt in Utah the last 5 years and it is it for me, I would pay $700 for a Cow elk tag and the hunting license is almost another $300 , that is crazy. I would go Canada for elk instead.

 

[TAGPUNCHER]

Kinda seems like a "BUD LIGHT" Moment to me.

 

[TAGPUNCHER]

Yeah, it sucks. Plenty of thoughts on the matter here:

Thread 'Utah Price Increase'

Sunday at 12:40 PM

Yikes It looks like this got put into Senate Bill 008, the general funding bill.




Here's a link, the wildlife stuff starts on line 4319

SB0008

le.utah.gov

I stole the tables off monstermuleys.

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• Forum: General Discussion Forum

I check that out. Didn't see it before hand.

 

[Conrad101st]

Is this for 2026?

The 25 price list in the regs does not reflect what you’re saying as far as I can tell

 

[Bearded Bowhunter]

Is this for 2026?

The 25 price list in the regs does not reflect what you’re saying as far as I can tell

Go to the other linked thread. All the info you need is there.

 

[Chief23]

Typical money grab towards the non-residents

 

[Forkieslayer]

I have wanted to add Utah to my states to apply for years. I was going to start this year but this just changed my mind.

 

[Adamsfj]

I've hunted Utah last 3 years. If this is accurate they just priced me out of applying for future years.

 

[Caseknife]

It is how Utah works, the legislature has to approve price increases. The doubling across the board makes it so the commission doesn't keep having to go back to the legislature for price increases. Highly doubt that the prices will be increased that much in one fell swoop, but they have the potential in the next few years and this is not for 2025 tags.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Shame what western hunting has turned into. In my younger years I could justify some of these costs, the older I get the harder it is to do so.

 

[rclouse79]

It seems fair to charge out of state hunters whatever their state charges for out of state tags. If people from Utah had to fork out over 3k to hunt elk in any other state maybe they would lower prices or just stay in state. Either way would be a win.

 

[Billinsd]

I wonder how much this will affect the odds?

 

[5MilesBack]

The only way I would ever hunt Utah as a NR would be for a premium trophy unit elk tag. And for that, ya.......I'd pay that for the right unit. But I've never applied for a Utah tag.

 

[bz_711]

I get it but...sure think they'd have helped themselves to feather this in over 5 years...and keep those die-hards addicted with a manageable bump each year.

What's a full beef processed and wrapped cost nowadays anyway?

 

[5MilesBack]

What's a full beef processed and wrapped cost nowadays anyway?

I doubt that most NR's hunting Utah are in it for the meat. If I didn't like elk meat I could easily donate it every year.

 

[Caseknife]

I get it but...sure think they'd have helped themselves to feather this in over 5 years...and keep those die-hards addicted with a manageable bump each year.

What's a full beef processed and wrapped cost nowadays anyway?

They probably will make gradual increases every few years. This way they don't have to go back to the legislature every year to get another $100 increase or whatever. Highly doubt that we will see 100% increase across the board next year.