NY goes bezerk with licenses

[Zoar]

RC---Oh yea, Northern ML is Oct 17 too... Oh well, can't be in two places at once: I'll be in a tree stand on my land with a bow in my hand when the sun comes up.

 

[RC]

if I still lived over there, I'd be bow huntin too! no sense goin out round the house,,and goin ml instead,, well, hell, it is the Adirondacks,,anything can happen!! :thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

if I still lived over there, I'd be bow huntin too! no sense goin out round the house,,and goin ml instead,, well, hell, it is the Adirondacks,,anything can happen!! :thumbsup:

You know yu with a bow is a scary thought. :shocked2:

 

[RC]

deer think the same thing! :thumbsup:

but jus ain't as much fun as flintlock'n! :haha:

 

[rabjr]

deer think the same thing! :thumbsup:

but jus ain't as much fun as flintlock'n! :haha:

Wasn't the deer I was worried about.

 

[RC]

sooooooo, worried bout me? how touching! :redface:

 

[rabjr]

You with sharp things just can;t be good.

 

[RC]

who told?????????? :redface:

 

[BillinOregon]

Well, that puts Oregon's Sports Pac license into a different perspective. For about $130, I got a hunting and fishing license, an elk tag, a deer tag, a bear tag, a cougar tag, a turkey tag, a salmon/steelhead/halibut tag and state upland and waterfowl stamps. I ain't complaining, mind you, but many here do.

 

[RC]

damn that sounds good! course oregon is w-a-y over there ..gees halibut too...yum yum.. :grin:

 

[tg]

"I ain't complaining, mind you, but many here do."
I do, but I complain about everything :cursing: I do miss the $2.50 Deer tags and $4.00 Elk tags.

 

[Zoar]

Here is a link for Vermont's hunting license--
http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/licenses.cfm

Hunting starts at $90-$120 bucks and goes UP. Other states are also in that range.

Wow, Tennesee the Sportsman's starts as $136!!! --- http://www.state.tn.us/twra/huntlicense.html

Comparatively, then, we have it good in NY State.

'Looking forward to hunting soon!

 

[RC]

thinkin vermont deer is like 2 weeks...??

 

[rabjr]

Here is a link for Vermont's hunting license--
http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/licenses.cfm

Hunting starts at $90-$120 bucks and goes UP. Other states are also in that range.

Wow, Tennesee the Sportsman's starts as $136!!! --- http://www.state.tn.us/twra/huntlicense.html

Comparatively, then, we have it good in NY State.

'Looking forward to hunting soon!

Geesh the last Vermont non-resident tag I bought I think cost $38.00, I still have it. Used to be 2nd Saturday of November and run two weeks. I missed a lot of yearbook pictures cause they picked one of those weeks to take the pic's. :haha: I was in the woods. :grin:

The last Maine non-resident tag cost me $98.00 and I forgot but the last N.Y non-resident tag cost just over $100.00. I miss hunting these States but geesh I can buy 12 resident tags here at $12.50 a piece if I want to. And I only have to deal with 5k to 6K hunters out there trying to do the same thing.

 

[Zoar]

Rhode Island?! Rhode Island?!?!

Gee, you can stick Rhode Island in most State's back pocket and still have room for a wallet!
hahaha. just funnin' ya.

I prefer hunting my own land and having zero hunters competing.

Interesting thing about land: In many places where the deer are thick it really is inexpensive. Or get a lease from a landowner who does NOT want much traffic.

 

[rabjr]

Here is terrible, they will loose crops, ornamental plants etc, but kill a deer! Oh my god no. But yes I;m the same way, hunt property no one else does. And State land is just plain suicidal. :shake:

 

[cottonmouth]

Stumpkiller,
Thanks for the detail report on how funding is allocated for wildlife and fisheries!
I sure hope there is a good system of overseeing how these funds are distributed! :stir:
Was any particular reason given for such a large increase in license cost?

 

[Stumpkiller]

Stumpkiller,
I sure hope there is a good system of overseeing how these funds are distributed! :stir:
Was any particular reason given for such a large increase in license cost?

I'm sure Gov. Peterson has pledged to keep both eyes on it (inside NYer joke).

Reason was $20 billion statewide budget deficit.

 

[RC]

Stumpkiller,
I sure hope there is a good system of overseeing how these funds are distributed! :stir:
Was any particular reason given for such a large increase in license cost?

I'm sure Gov. Peterson has pledged to keep both eyes on it (inside NYer joke).

.saddest part, least where I am,,the Governor (who's idea it was to raise$$) will probably see more deer than ME!..

gotcha! :rotf:

Reason was $20 billion statewide budget deficit.

 

[Zoar]

Interesting attached minutes of the meeting held by NY state CONSERVATION FUND (WITH DEC attending) earlier this year and the increase in fees was discussed and why it was 'needed'---

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/cfabmin0209.pdf

See page 3. Hunting license increase of 33% was originally proposed. Ended up being less.