I live in AR on the OK border, and for years have been irritated by the high non-resident hunting fees ($206/lic for each of muzzleloader, archery, and modern gun deer) in OK. I don't know if the below fees are new for this year, but now the Residents are getting hammered, too.

https://www.wildlifedepartment...enseDescription.aspx

If I'm reading this correctly,
To hunt deer in all three seasons and on the holidays, turkey, ducks, bear, and fish for trout it would apparently cost about $285?

Just got all the above for AR today, and was charged $64 (an amount many here would have problems paying), including the Fed Duck stamp.

CA resident hunting license......$41
Resident First deer tag..........$27.55
Resident Second deer tag.........$34.40
Resident Bear tag................$40.45
CA Duck Stamp (not federal)......$17.85
Upland game bird stamp...........$8.40
Resident elk tag.................$376
Resident antelope tag............$125.25
Resident bobcat tag..............$14.70
Resident wild pig tag............$19.70


Resident fishing license.............$41.20
Bay-Delta fishing enhancement stamp..$6.30
Ocean enhancement stamp..............$4.75
Colorado river stamp.................$3.00
Second rod stamp.....................$12.85
Klamath-Trinity Salmon card..........$5.50
Steelhead card.......................$6.30
Lobster card.........................$8.40

Texas super combo resident license with migratory bird endorsement, salt and fresh water fish endorsement , turkey, deer, and one red drum tag over 28", includes all other game and non-game animals = $68.

Ohio hunting with buck and doe tag -- $67.00
extra doe tag -- $24.00 limit 2
total of 1 buck and 3 does allowed my region.

North Carolina annual resident:
Hunting license: $15
Big Game tag (6 deer, 2 wild boar, 1 bear & 2 turkeys): $10
Game lands access: $15
Waterfowl: $10

or you can purchase a comprehensive hunting license that gives you all the above for $30

Fishing:
Inland waters: $15
Coastal waters: $15

Combination basic hunting and fishing license:
$20

Unified Sportsman's Licenses which includes everything listed above: $55

Lifetime Unified Sportsman's license: $600

I am been belly aching about out of state Oklahoma licenses for several years now, and it really hurts when I am buying for me and my son. I always hunt OK muzzleloader season, and if I don't kill anything, I will go back up and hunt rifle season too. At $262 per person per season, that makes for expensive venison.

Here in Texas, I used to buy the "super combo", but all I do is deer hunt. I just bought a "deer" license last year.

Yah, I hunt three states and the fees are really high. I hunt Missouri, Nebraska and my home state of Kansas. It used to be that you could find some fairly good deals as a part of the fees, like in Mo. the second tag (doe) was only $7 regardless of whether or not you were a resident. That changed this year.

Nebraska still has a good deal on nonresident doe tags in certain areas. For $55 you get two doe tags. That is the way my daughter and I hunt Nebraska. Of course, that is the only time we see the BIG bucks.

Kansas is not bad for residents, but nonresidents pay through the nose.

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Originally posted by larrys:
Yah, I hunt three states and the fees are really high. I hunt Missouri, Nebraska and my home state of Kansas. It used to be that you could find some fairly good deals as a part of the fees, like in Mo. the second tag (doe) was only $7 regardless of whether or not you were a resident. That changed this year.

Nebraska still has a good deal on nonresident doe tags in certain areas. For $55 you get two doe tags. That is the way my daughter and I hunt Nebraska. Of course, that is the only time we see the BIG bucks.

Kansas is not bad for residents, but nonresidents pay through the nose.

Pay through the nose is true.....not to mention your state didn't even allow an out of stater to hunt many years ago.

Missouri did change it's price this year but I wish they would go with the proposal I heard at one of the many meetings last year....Whatever your home state charges out of state hunters is what you pay here in Missouri. I also wish out of state hunters had to draw in Missouri. Just Tit-For-Tat.....sorry.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
CA resident hunting license......$41
Resident First deer tag..........$27.55
Resident Second deer tag.........$34.40
Resident Bear tag................$40.45
CA Duck Stamp (not federal)......$17.85
Upland game bird stamp...........$8.40
Resident elk tag.................$376
Resident antelope tag............$125.25
Resident bobcat tag..............$14.70
Resident wild pig tag............$19.70


Resident fishing license.............$41.20
Bay-Delta fishing enhancement stamp..$6.30
Ocean enhancement stamp..............$4.75
Colorado river stamp.................$3.00
Second rod stamp.....................$12.85
Klamath-Trinity Salmon card..........$5.50
Steelhead card.......................$6.30
Lobster card.........................$8.40

No wonder CA is broke!!!

I was thinking I'd like to see lower prices in my state until I saw how hunters are robbed elsewhere.

Resident
Deer tag $24
1st antlerless tag $24
Additional antlerless $15
Consolidated fishing and hunting $25 (small game hunting, not deer or turkey)

Non-resident
Deer $150
First anterless $150
Additional antlerless $24

Youth hunting and fishing rules are great here. Resident youth fishing is free up to the year they turn 18.
A youth hunting license is $7 and covers all deer, turkey, small game waterfowl, and even trapping if you want.

For a Non-Resident General hunting license, which is basically the same as a Texas Resident hunting license with all the same bag limits, the cost is $315.00.

That entitles the holder of said license to 5 white tails, 2 mule deer, 4 turkeys, 2 javelina, 1 pronghorn.

No Drawing, no specified season, other than the regularly scheduled seasons.

The reason license fees are so high for Non-Residents in so many states is because the residents of those states have complained about the Game Deptartment in those states, catering to Non-Resident hunters at the expenses of the residents.

Bought a lifetime license for TX six years ago. $1,000.
Now all I have to buy is a Fed duck stamp - ever!

I just bought tags for three deer, and my license for this year, here in Iowa, and it was $84, I will probably get a couple more tags. Our non res tags this year are outrageous. Everone has an opinion on the subject, but I don't have a problem with non residents, and most states really need them, especially the western states where a lot of small businesses bank on the hunters coming. With so many states in the midwest building deer and elk populations, in a few more years, there will be some big changes I think.

OK resident licenses are the cheapest of the areas I hunt, except for Texas.

In OK, there is a limited pool of sportsman and the wildlife department does not get to set the fees - the legislature does. No one in Oklahoma hunts to "eat". They hunt for sport. You cannot compare the cost of hunting meat to store purchased meat. The numbers do not work when you factor in all other costs associated with hunt.

Hunting is recreation, optional and a "want to" , not a "have to" in life. Pay the fees, enjoy the experience while we can.

It is a still a bargain.

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Originally posted by dogcat:
OK resident licenses are the cheapest of the areas I hunt, except for Texas.

In OK, there is a limited pool of sportsman and the wildlife department does not get to set the fees - the legislature does. No one in Oklahoma hunts to "eat". They hunt for sport. You cannot compare the cost of hunting meat to store purchased meat. The numbers do not work when you factor in all other costs associated with hunt.

Hunting is recreation, optional and a "want to" , not a "have to" in life. Pay the fees, enjoy the experience while we can.

It is a still a bargain.

That's pretty much my attitude. Folks piss and moan about NM's non-res fees. Granted, they're pretty high, but not much worse than others. I pay non-res fees in other states and the $$s make the hunt no less enjoyable. We as Americans take cheap (yes cheap) hunting for granted. Be glad you don't live where the landed gentry get to dictate the terms of the hunt.

Pay your money, go hunting, and have a great time. Everything else is inconsequential. If you can't afford it or shift your priorities so you can, maybe it's not important enough in your life and you should take up golf. Sorry for the bluntness, but we all must recognize that hunting is a privelege we enjoy and it's gonna cost something. I see guys driving around in $40k trucks, pulling $30k campers, hunting with $2k rifles all the while bitching about a couple hundred bucks in tags. I don't feel sorry for them. Subsistence hunters can't afford to travel out of state, so the "hunt for food" thing doesn't play. Just my opinion, take it for what it's worth (which ain't much ).

If someone needs food, I can sneak them a deer, hog, or both from GA...

Hunting out of state seems to be a type of vacation, which probably costs a lot less than a week at the beach as long as your not staying at the Ritz or wherever.