Here it is...

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/sta...ska_license_fees.pdf

Nice to be over 60.

wish the non resident and non resident alien in yukon was increasing at the same level as yours ...

btw no tags for residents in ak?

You can really tell that oil revenues are down.

Looks like they cut our dividend checks in half as well.

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
Looks like they cut our dividend checks in half as well.

And they can take it completely but they better start cutting government and take that dividend before considering a state income tax on those of us actually producing.

Throw in an income tax and I'm sunk.

I bet you really like all the new fees and license increases on guides and transporters

While we are still giving millions upon millions away to oil companies.

And reality TV programs

Wow, I have an archery brown bear hunt booked in June 18, there goes another $500.

Phil oh ya I was excited to write more checks to BGCSB...part that chaps me is transporters can put multiple clients on one report for their 50 bucks and we have to pay for each separately. It'd be one thing if we could up our rates to compensate but now with higher tag fees that's gonna get ugly.

Well they certainly used a simple formula for the increase on the big game tags........

Just DOUBLE everything, wow!

Yup. I will pay the price for my 2017 hunt.

And they added a "surcharge" for intensive management (i.e., wolf and bear reduction programs)--$10 for resident hunting, $30 for non-resident hunting.

Note that the non-resident wolf tag is now $60--a small fraction of most other species. I guess wolves are no longer a trophy animal?

I'm thinking of gong to Romania for brown bear.

Is it to raise cash, or lower hunter participation? Cost can be as much a throttle on hunting pressure as tag allocation. I often hear it is to raise cash, but the actual revenues are usually small.

Jake shot me a text about this so it wasn't a surprise on my hunt with him next fall. I relied "gotta pay to play". However, I didn't mention how much his tip just suffered. Hehehe.

This cuts into the contingency fund, but I'm still going hunting.

Jeremy

Fish & Game gave a talk at the AK chapter of wild sheep foundation recently. He had said prices were going up and they had not been raised for a very long time.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
Fish & Game gave a talk at the AK chapter of wild sheep foundation recently. He had said prices were going up and they had not been raised for a very long time.

I've been buying hunting licenses here in AK since 1985. I think it was the same then as in 2015. Now at 60, it's free. And Frostbit, in a couple of years when he hits 90, they will give him money back.

It seems everyone in the state agrees something has to be done to the budget, as long as it is not something that affects that someone. First, let's can the dividend. It will save billions, end a complex government system to had it out, and drive out the low life who wants this and that free from the government. Then, we can sit tight and make due until a war in the Middle East drives oil to 150$ a barrel.
Cal

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Originally posted by medved:
wish the non resident and non resident alien in yukon was increasing at the same level as yours ...

btw no tags for residents in ak?

I only have to buy a Brown bear tag (don't do musk ox) all others are free harvest tags.
Also it used to be a Yukon Res. paid AK res license prices to hunt here?
Have a good one!

Folks these fees haven't been raise in forever. This was long overdue. I think if you look at lower 48 moose, sheep, and goat tags you will find Alaska is still cheaper. You're welcome to look around at lower 48 caribou, brown bear, and musk ox tag prices and tell me how Alaska compares on those.

Brett

I'll be happy to pay it. Alaska is one of my favorite places on earth and it is still a great deal. I don't understand though why it is so damn hard for states to index things like this to inflation each year rather than slam people at one time. Over the years I've seen the exact same scenario with driver's licenses, car tags, building permits, etc. And the excuse is always "we haven't raised them in forever so now it is double or triple."

Regards,

Don

I will gladly pay more than we do to continue hunting and fishing in Alaska.

I disagree on the idea of giving up part or all of the dividend to fix our fiscal problems. Not because I need or even want it but because allowing the legislature to tap it will only serve to delay them in fixing the real problems of government.

I would rather see them do what needs to be done now to solve the problems than to let them kick this fiscal can down the road so our children and grandchildren will be forced to deal with it once they have depleted the PFD.

The solution is simple. You either cut costs, increase revenues or use a combination of both. Somebody in government has to have the stones to start making the tough decisions. That's their job.