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This will hurt the average guy from Minnesota or Washington who hunts BLM but another few hundred for a license for some who is paying $4000 for a guided hunt is not a big deal.


ddj

i was hunting from a cabin about 70 miles from my door, even taking out the drive to the cabin and back to town, i burned through more than the price change of the license in gas over 3 days.....up the resident licenses to what the nonresidents are paying and they would still be the cheapest part of my hunting season....

I guess there is always the option of moving here and making a meaningful contribution to a community and the state. If you'd like to visit you get to pay the price of being a visitor. Pretty cheap compared to the $1100 I paid for my WY elk tag.

Anyone know what a non-resident muledeer tag will be next year? I looked on the website but could not find it.

Dink

Dink $527 i believe, up from $328 this year......

Yep, $527.


ddj

I think the voters made a bad mistake in approving I-161, I hope the legislature can repeal it.

doubt the legislature will repeal it.....be stupid on their part.....more than likely for it to get changed a different plan would go before the voters.....this aint DC and most the legislature tends to live at home not in Helena....

Aren't the outfitters filing a lawsuit?


ddj

Not knowing the laws or anything..but the outfitters are the ones making hunting a "rich mans game" IMHO..
They control the average "hunt" they control the "outfitter tags"
blah blah blah..
I have 2000 to spend maybe 2300 at most!!
some rich prick may have 6000 at least

why should he have a better chance than me of getting a tag if we are both NON RES???

oh thats right its all about the mighty dollar.....

Personnally I think its a good change for "hunting" in general....

against what? the majority of Montanan's dont want it, atleast in the form it was in.....dont see where outfitter tags are a right.....same number of tags will still be available to nonresidents.....what are they gonna base the lawsuit on?

WOW. I don't know if I will be putting in or not. That couple hundred bucks would have paid my part of the fuel from here to montana. It kind of pisses me that they are stealing money just because they can.

Thanks for the info guys.

Dink

I think Montana wanted to recoup their lost revenue with the success of the Referendum. Will $200 keep NR's at home? Time will tell. $3+ gas? Food prices increased? The security of your job? For many of us, our annual "western pilgrimage" is so important that we do without elsewhere throughout the year.

peanut butter sandwiches.....i get very familiar with them when saving for something i want.....

I really like to hunt the west but at some point and time you have to say what is a deer worth? $200 is not alot of money in the scheme of things but then there is a stamp for this or a stamp for that. There is a [bleep] fee for everything. I get tired of paying fee's to hunt deer on federal ground. The more I think about it the more pissed off I get.

Anyone know what a antelope tags went to?

Dink

all i know is in 3 days of hunting this weekend i saw more out of state plates than Montana plates......blew my mind that someone with Florida plates was camped at the Bone Trail camp ground/boat ramp.....

Lot's of hunting pressure out there, it's tough.

A nice, big private ranch full of critters would be okay......(grin)

yes horrible hunting pressure.....you really dont want to hunt it, best find somewhere else.....

still cant believe a bunch of ppl were camped at Bone Trail.....did notice all of them had out of state plates.....suppose the locals are smart enough not to? know i sure in the hell wouldnt camp there....

When you were out towards Harper's did you guys see the 3 wolves that live down on Carpentar?

nope, just there briefly......didnt see much of anything but sharptails.....our buddy we yanked out of the mud saw a nice buck but missed him.....thats about it