Hunting License, Tags, Fees, Blah, Blah, Blah

[WV Hunter]

Just curious, what is the cost for tags, license, etc., in your home state for a resident?

For anybody wondering, here is what I paid for in my home state of West Virginia:

Sportsmans License (Hunting, Fishing, Trapping - Does not include trout, includes one archery deer, one rifle buck, spring turkey, fall turkey, unlimited coyotes, small game, etc.) $33

Additional Archery Deer $21

Bear Stamp (1 total for year, rifle or archery combined)
$10

$2 conservation stamp

I paid $66 and I can kill 2 deer with a bow (buck or doe), 1 buck with a rifle, 1 bear, 2 turkeys, all the coyotes I can find, plenty of squirrel/rabbit/raccoons and other small game including fox, bobcat, I can fish anywhere in the state (if you buy just a fishing license you have to buy seperate stamps for National Forests)

For $10 each, I can buy up to 4 (depending on county) doe stamps for rifle season.

 

[Bambistew]

Its too complicated however basically, a hunting license cost $25, and I can hunt the following each year depending on availablilty of permits in some areas, time and MONEY.

sheep 1 Free
moose 1 Free
elk 1 Free
deer 5 Free
caribou 5 Free
goat 1 Free
wolf 10+ Free
wolverine 1 Free
black bear 3 Free
brown/griz bear 1 $25 in some areas, others its Free

I'll probably only get to hunt sheep, caribou, griz/brownies, blacks and moose this year. If I have time I might try a deer hunt off the road system, but odds are slim to kill.

 

[drahthaar]

MT sportsman's license including a bear tag is $85. Gets you an elk tag, deer tag, bear tags, upland bird license, fishing license, and your state lands access fee.
Then you add your bow stamp to archery hunt for $10, antelope tag $19, lion $19(+50 if you kill one), wolf $19, deer B tags is different combinations across the state for $10 each.

Its basically dirt cheap IMHO, for what you can go get, and how long you have to chase 'em. And trophy potential all OTC, on public land, all for under $200.

 

[genesis273]

Here in NC for residence:
$40 Sportsman Licence will get you:
-6 deer (no more than 2 or 4 bucks according to area) or all 6 can be does. However, for a $10 anterless tag get you 2 extra does (tags unlimited). So you can kill all the does you care to kill with a $10 doe tags throughout the season.
-2 turkeys
-1 bear
-2 wild boar (unlimited ferel hogs)
-Small game too detailed to post but it`s liberal
-Also, freshwater fishing is included in Sportsman license
-All weapons are included (no archery or muzzleloader tags extra)

I consider it a bargain, but apparently not as good as Alaska!

 

[drahthaar]

I consider it a bargain, but apparently not as good as Alaska!

Yeah, sheeeesh, I had no idea. I just about fell outta my chair.

I think you pay the price up there to just get out and try. At least that is what my buddy who just moved back here said. None of this jump in the truck and head out for an evening hunt somewhere. Its a real production.

 

[Grizzley]

sheep 1 Free
moose 1 Free
elk 1 Free
deer 5 Free
caribou 5 Free
goat 1 Free
wolf 10+ Free
wolverine 1 Free
black bear 3 Free
brown/griz bear 1 $25 in some areas, others its Free

What the Heck am I doing in ND?

 

[WV Hunter]

So far WV is already in last place in value. MT is looking nice but AK looks hard to beat.

 

[idnative1948]

 

[Dinkshooter]

AK is ridonkulous. The only this that makes it OK is they are actually pretty reasonable for NRs.

In WV if you kill enough squirrels it would really lower the $ per body count.

"But I'd be needing this rifle for squirrels and such".

 

[WV Hunter]

AK is ridonkulous. The only this that makes it OK is they are actually pretty reasonable for NRs.

In WV if you kill enough squirrels it would really lower the $ per body count.

"But I'd be needing this rifle for squirrels and such".

I see 2 squirrels out my office window running around right now. You should see all the stupid chipmunks. I have a suppressed .22 that I have thought about bringing to work and popping squirrels out the window with. Not sure if the secretary would appreciate that though.

Last year we didn't have hardly any acorn mast and the squirrels were committing suicide in the roadways. There would be dead squirrels every 15 yards.

 

[noharleyyet]

So far WV is already in last place in value.

....not even close.

 

[choc dogs]

I dunno...in 1992, I spent 400 dollars for a lifetime license in Oklahoma, I hunted every year on that up to 6 deer, 3 turkeys, small game, waterfowl, all I had to buy extra was a trout stamp and a duck stamp. I've since moved to Id, but I can still go back on the same license. Second only to a divorce lawyer in money well spent

 

[WV Hunter]

I dunno...in 1992, I spent 400 dollars for a lifetime license in Oklahoma, I hunted every year on that up to 6 deer, 3 turkeys, small game, waterfowl, all I had to buy extra was a trout stamp and a duck stamp. I've since moved to Id, but I can still go back on the same license. Second only to a divorce lawyer in money well spent

I am going to buy my son (16 months old) a lifetime license here in WV, pretty much the same stuff for about the same price.

 

[genesis273]

I dunno...in 1992, I spent 400 dollars for a lifetime license in Oklahoma, I hunted every year on that up to 6 deer, 3 turkeys, small game, waterfowl, all I had to buy extra was a trout stamp and a duck stamp. I've since moved to Id, but I can still go back on the same license. Second only to a divorce lawyer in money well spent

Good point! I`ve kicked myself many times for not buying my lifetime 20-25 years ago when I thought about it but put it off. It would have paid for itself 12 years ago. Now I don`t know if I have the extra $500 to spend.