I came to this thread late but am now not believing what I'm reading.

Paying an extra $200 for an annual deer tag is NOT the same as paying an $500 per month for health insurance--which is why my wife are paying now versus what we were paying maybe 5 years ago. And that is AFTER increasing our deductible to save another $500 in the monthly rate.

I live and hunt in Montana (in fact was born here) but also hunt in many other places, averaging spending $10,000 or so a year to do so. Maybe since I hunt in Alberta 2 out of 3 years I should get a discount on their license fees, since I contribute so much to the province's coffers? Or since I try to get to Texas every winter to hunt pigs (a fine break from the Montana winter, though an expensive way to buy pork) I should be awarded a lifetime pig pass?

Give me a break.


“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck