Montana, 1967 License Fees!

[Mtnhunter1]

1967 Evergreen community expansion plat map used to bring in investors to the Flathead Valley.

Interesting that they included this in the corner!!



Seems that us Montanans should be forking out a bit more coin related to today's dollar value??

 

[runningmt]

That’s awesome!!! What a cool piece of history! Thanks for sharing!

 

[MTElk1987]

I guarantee my dad was complaining about the price of them back then!

 

[jabber]

They were even sticking it to the NR's back then.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

$1.00 for resident grizzly bear!!

 

[MThuntr]

They were even sticking it to the NR's back then.

adjusted for inflation that big game combo is like $3200. Wonder what that includes...also at the time State Lands were not opened to hunting.

 

[cedahm]

That's a neat find!

I guarantee my dad was complaining about the price of them back then!

Curiosity got me thinking about what the cost would be in 2020 dollars - all of the ones I checked are cheaper today than they were then - so no one should be complaining NOW as the cost has gone down over 53 years




(Obviously there are base licenses, stamps, etc, now that didn't exist then, but I think even if you include those, tags are still cheaper)

 

[teej89]

Cool find! Thanks for sharing! Makes me wish I was born at a different time in a different place Ha!

 

[buffybr]

Those $25 sheep and moose tag fees carried through the '70s and I think into the early '80s. I used to buy one of those $25 unlimited unit sheep tags every year and usually didn't spend much more time than one weekend looking for a ram. Many of the unlimited sheep units opened the 1st of September and ran until the end of November without reaching their harvest quota. I would also buy a grizzly tag every year just hoping to find a bear on my elk gut pile. Most of us didn't know what a good deal that we had, and didn't take much of that hunting seriously enough.

 

[JMG]

Very Cool and it certainly puts things in perspective … as you stated "today's dollars". One of the things I find interesting is that even in 1967 they charge extra for "bow & arrow". I have never understood the reason for charging for "bow & arrow". Why not just a flat fee for "rifle and bow & arrow"?

 

[noharleyyet]

They were even sticking it to the NR's back then.

At least they were considerate enough to grandfather our status...

 

[Big Fin]

At least they were considerate enough to grandfather our status...

If we T'anny folk get any kinder, we'll die of enlargement of the heart.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Those $25 sheep and moose tag fees carried through the '70s and I think into the early '80s. I used to buy one of those $25 unlimited unit sheep tags every year and usually didn't spend much more time than one weekend looking for a ram. Many of the unlimited sheep units opened the 1st of September and ran until the end of November without reaching their harvest quota. I would also buy a grizzly tag every year just hoping to find a bear on my elk gut pile. Most of us didn't know what a good deal that we had, and didn't take much of that hunting seriously enough.

That's incredible......... I'd about shit if I had a 25 dollar Griz tag in my pocket every year!

 

[come2elmo]

About fifteen years ago my Grandfather gave me some of his old hunting clothes. A few years later after he had passed, I found his old license from 1965 in his bird vest.

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What is a Bird-Bear? Is it related to a Man-Bear-Pig?

 

[BuzzH]

Fishing and gamebird in 1952 was $3

I really dig the canvas license holders:

 

[geetar]

$1.00 for resident grizzly bear!!

You still gotta pay a $25 trophy fee when you shoot it. It’s not like they are giving them away.

 

[geetar]

Fishing and gamebird in 1952 was $3

I really dig the canvas license holders:

Back when they didn’t want you to print it yourself at home. Very cool thanks for sharing!

 

[geetar]

That's incredible......... I'd about shit if I had a 25 dollar Griz tag in my pocket every year!

Especially as much time as you spend at the Beartooth grizzly farm.

 

[Bambistew]

That's incredible......... I'd about shit if I had a 25 dollar Griz tag in my pocket every year!

How many times would you shit if you could shoot two a year and didn't even need a tag?

 

[520 Road Sow]

How many times would you shit if you could shoot two a year and didn't even need a tag?

Twice I guess