Nonresident price increase
Contributors to this thread:Wisconsin
From: Stringcheesehead
27-Feb-24
Looks like the Legislature is going to raise NR license fees. Increase to $200 for deer and raising other license fees 5 to 20 dollars. Personally I think it's been a bargain and the increases are minimal in the scheme of things so participation shouldn't be affected.
From: DakotaHunter
27-Feb-24
I agree it’s a bargain. I think I saw the last increase was 2005, which is totally crazy IMO. I really don’t like giving extra money to the government but it’s hard to argue that an increase isn’t due. Unfortunately it’s unlikely the money is actually used to truly support our interests.
From: MjF
27-Feb-24
It’s to support their F Ups
From: MjF
27-Feb-24
It’s to support their F Ups
From: Bricklayer
28-Feb-24
Mjf + 1
From: Missouribreaks
28-Feb-24
200 dollars is still too cheap IMO.
From: retro
28-Feb-24
Let's see where the money actually goes...
From: Bricklayer
28-Feb-24
Missouri what is a non resident in Michigan cost I thought you hunt there
From: Missouribreaks
28-Feb-24
Michigan is also too cheap, about 190 dollars. Look at the western states for non residents, generally much more expensive.
From: Missouribreaks
28-Feb-24
All state fees can be found online.
From: MjF
28-Feb-24
Thank God just because gas prices are over $4 and $5.00 a gallon in other states we don't have to be just because they are.
From: Missouribreaks
28-Feb-24
I have always felt hunting fees were the biggest bargain in the whole hunting experience. Many hunters waist far more dollars in unnecessary gear, travel, lost wages, etc, etc. Just my opinion though.
From: Missouribreaks
28-Feb-24
Waste that is. Probably waist too.
From: Hoot
28-Feb-24
MJF + 2
From: Bricklayer
28-Feb-24
Mjf+3
From: Bricklayer
28-Feb-24
Missouri I thought it was just a easy question for you with your knowledge look it aloud you to post 4 times for the one question I asked
From: RutnStrut
28-Feb-24
I'd love to see NR deer tags at $400, and resident tags at least $50. That is if we could be guaranteed that most of the money would go back into the resource.
From: Pacer1975
28-Feb-24
Wi. Whitetail is not western mulie, coues tags. Wi. Nr tag purchased have dropped for a few years. And nr spend way more in the wi. Economy then a warm case of nattie lite and cheese curds. As an nr, i pay 18k in property tax. That would pay for 3 canada whitetail, guided, wipe my baloon knot hunts. $200? Lots of sconnies come home to hunt. Supply and demand. $40 bump? Thats a dinner.
From: Grouch
29-Feb-24
time for everybody else who uses public land to pay there fair share, ! Such as bird watchers, mushroom hunters, hikers just to name a few
From: Bobbinhood
29-Feb-24
What ever the other state charges us would be the same for them to buy in WI!
From: Hoot
29-Feb-24
Paul I always pushed for Reciprocity. I know there a couple of states.
From: Bobbinhood
02-Mar-24
Hoot! Sometimes EASY idea's just don't work, "COMMON SENSE"! A thing of the pass!
From: Hoot
02-Mar-24
I heard today Evers signed the increase for NR.
From: RutnStrut
03-Mar-24
"And nr spend way more in the wi. Economy then a warm case of nattie lite and cheese curds.
I hear this argument a lot. But it's easy to disprove. I live and work in WI and own property in 2 counties. I buy almost everything I need for everything in life here in WI. It's silly to argue that non-resident landowners put more money into a states economy than the people that live there every day.
From: CaptMike
03-Mar-24
I agree Rut. The dollars spent by NR’s is an insignificant amount as compared to what a resident spends. And, it is a bit hypocritical for a NR to boast about all the money they spend and then complain about a minimal price hike.
From: Bigfoot
04-Mar-24
yes cause residents dont complain when they try to raise resident licenses 5 bucks but 40 for other people is "minimal" ROFLMAO
From: MjF
04-Mar-24
On average I put on 25,000 miles going back and forth to Wisconsin each year, close to $8000 in gas, and a few thousand on groceries etc. I'm not going to complain too much about paying a little extra for someone else's screw up.
From: CaptMike
04-Mar-24
Bigfootinmouth, the discussion pertains to NR license fees and the total money they spend in state. Try and focus.
From: Mnhunter1980
04-Mar-24
It seems pretty reasonable to me
From: CaptMike
05-Mar-24
Mnhunter, it really is reasonable, for both residents and non-residents.
From: Mnhunter1980
05-Mar-24
Yes, I have been expecting it for the last 10 years. I’m surprised it took this long. To be honest I don’t buy a whole lot in Wisconsin besides my license. I hunt just across the border. No gripes here.
From: Mnhunter1980
05-Mar-24
Yes, I have been expecting it for the last 10 years. I’m surprised it took this long. To be honest I don’t buy a whole lot in Wisconsin besides my license. I hunt just across the border. No gripes here.
From: Huntcell
05-Mar-24
New price should be good for another 10 years.
Unfortunately!!!
From: luckychucky
05-Mar-24
I am an Alaska resident at an age where hunting from an easy chair up a tree as opposed to hiking miles and climbing mountains is preferred. The license fee increase is nothing compared to the Bidenomics of airfare, lodging and dining.
From: Walleye Guy
05-Mar-24
It is now cheaper for a WI non-resident to hunt deer (archery or gun) in MN ($185) than it is for a MN non-resident to hunt deer (archery or gun) in WI ($200). Both are bargains and a small portion of what it costs to be deer hunter.
From: Live2Hunt
06-Mar-24
Public forest? I would not hunt either state.
From: LTL JimBow
06-Mar-24
What would the DNR do if nobody hunted the public forest / didn't buy a license?
From: MjF
07-Mar-24
They will always receive funding elsewhere.
From: CaptMike
07-Mar-24
"They will always receive funding elsewhere." That is so true. In the past, they have talked about getting their funding from general funds. If that happens, they will have no reliance on or any need for hunters. As it is now, they continue to introduce more predators, which in their eyes, is the main function of hunters.
From: Missouribreaks
07-Mar-24
I agree with MJF and Captain.
Today the DNR is less about hunting by humans and more about diverse ecology. Each year the department depends less and less on hunter fees. Wolves generate money and jobs.
From: MjF
07-Mar-24
CWD has generated thousands of dollars for the DNR.
From: CaptMike
07-Mar-24
Any issue they can come up with will generate dollars for them if/when they claim that “research and studies” are needed.
From: Live2Hunt
07-Mar-24
I received a Fall Turkey study form from the DNR. I wrote a 2 page letter with my concerns of the WI public forests deer hunting and placed in the study when I sent back. This letter contains all my concerns and thoughts of Wolves, full inclusion and what has happened to the deer herd and the consequences of the deer herd as of now and the future of hunters that use these lands to hunt and buy licenses for deer hunting. It is a joke. Will wait to see if I get a response, I am going to send the same letter out to Gov officials.
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From: Hoot
07-Mar-24
Live - Please don't hold your breath waiting for a response.
From: Live2Hunt
07-Mar-24
I won't hold my breath, but sitting and doing nothing is something I cannot do.
From: Hoot
07-Mar-24
Live - Same here. I've written them so many times I think I've been black listed.
From: MjF
07-Mar-24
Jim, it’s on the Returned to Sender list.
From: Browne
08-Mar-24
As a lifelong resident who retired and now have a winter residence in Texas, I am now a non -resident in WI because it just makes good financial sense to be a TX resident. Spend 6 months in each state but 95% of my hunting is in WI and I own land in WI. Hate to see it go too high in WI but TX non-resident fee is $315. A hunting license tag for a TX senior resident is $7 plus stamps. CHEAP.
From: Pacer1975
08-Mar-24
Wi. Is #1 in book entries. #2 IL. Is 6,000 behind. Wi. Could charge $400 and not lose many nr hunters imo.
From: Trickle rut
08-Mar-24
Losing Deer losing sales. Charge more for what isn't there or very rare in the Northern third
