Non-Resident license fees to increase
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Fullbore
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For all you NR's out there. Please believe me when I say it's nothing personal. I just think that Ohio needs to raise your license fees. I just feel that your getting a lot better deal than other NR going to other states such as Iowa, Illinois or Kansas. I do see why you come here and heck! I would TOO for less bang for bigger bucks! Lol.
i,m a nr i will gladly pay double, even triple if the state would hire reliable w/officers to stop poaching, been out there 4 times this year, hunted 4 private property tracts, hear shots after dark, not during gun season, talked to several land owners who has tried to call officers and they not call back or show up, i don,t understand those of you who are upset at nr for obtaining (leases or permission) to hunt land, i just stop and take to landowners and get permission to hunt several tracts, i got a lease on a piece and after walking it found two ladder stands, now the problem is they do not have permission to hunt it, i will be the nr(@#@hole) that came and leased THEIR hunting property that they could have leased before me, so yes i would support an increase for nonresident hunting IF the money goes to helping maintain the quality of a healthy deer heard, and stop poaching
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Agreed. Nobody here that I know looks down on nonresidents and nobody should take it personal. It's a hard conversation to have but a reality of the times were in, states charge NR hunters more how much more is right is the question. I don't think any NR would disagree when I say Ohio has offered a heck of a deal. The almost tripling of NR licenses in the last 10 years further exemplifies that.
ajupsman
*Supporting Member*
I think bigslam looks down on non residents ....because he is like 6'8"
I bet runhunter wishes he knew that before he started posting on this thread. :smiley_crocodile:
Unless mandated by law the employees salaries and benefits will get be the 1st benefit of raised NR fees. Then what's left over will go towards improving Ohio's hunting.
Tell me I'm wrong.
Tell me I'm wrong.
motorbreaker
*Supporting Member I*
https://www.michigan.gov/images/dnr/Hunting_License_Fees_table_361386_7.png Michigan has just raised there lic. across the board.
motorbreaker
*Supporting Member I*
I was a non res. in 2004 when I first hunted Ohio, Loved it so much I moved to Ohio in 2006, My job dried up in Ohio so I had to move back to Michigan this fall, That means i'll have to buy a NR hunting lic. this year, I wouldn't have a problem if they raise the NR lic. But if they jump out of the tree like Ill. I would not be happy, Raising it 100% is to much in my book. But I could live with 50% On a lic. And I wouldn't want to pay more then $40 for a tag. As you can see from my above post Mi. charges $138 for NR, Raised from $100, And trust me when I tell you, you don't want to hunt Michigan if you think ohio is bad.
Big_Holla
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Good stuff fella's! I do agree that they could get away with raising the NR license fee a good percentage and it would not affect all of the die hards (and maybe a few that have invested interests in land down there LOL :smiley_clap: ). For the most part I also agree that the idea of NR flooding the local economy with $$ might be a little over blown at times. Most often we purchase our groceries, etc. when we get down there so I'd like to think we do contribute something though several times throughout the year. Of course we don't spend $$ at your hotels since we stay at my dad's house so sorry bout dat.... :smiley_baby:
The one time when I do finally get the opportunity to move our family down it will be a relief off of my back...then I won't be referred to as a NR any more on this forum LOL lmao . Well, what I meant to say was it will be a relief to actually be where I want to live. Maybe then I will understand why there is so much hatred for NR's that come in and hunt state land that I won't hunt either.....I kid....I kid....ickle:
The one time when I do finally get the opportunity to move our family down it will be a relief off of my back...then I won't be referred to as a NR any more on this forum LOL lmao . Well, what I meant to say was it will be a relief to actually be where I want to live. Maybe then I will understand why there is so much hatred for NR's that come in and hunt state land that I won't hunt either.....I kid....I kid....
ickle:
ajupsman
*Supporting Member*
Maybe my buddy and I spend more than most NR's do but we drop a decent amount of money in the state for our two week trip. Lodging for 13 nights is around $1300. We eat out or order in most nights and that's another $400 - $500. We always seem to forget/need something so we probably each drop $100 - $150 on gear. Last year we hunted about 30 miles from our cabin so we used quite a bit of gas. That's another $350 - $400. Tack on another $150 each for our licenses and we are spending $2500-$2800 inside the borders. Granted it's not as much as residents spend as noted by Jackalope but it is a decent amount.
Big_Holla
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ajupsman
*Supporting Member*
We figure the trip costs us each around $100 per day. May sound like a lot but when compared to using an outfitter it's a steal. Most outfitters I've seen charge around $3000 per guy and that's for 5 days of hunting. We get twice the hunting days for half the price.
one more thing not mentioned, is resident hunters has the ability to hunt everyday or every few days which add up to a lot of hunting time, where the average nr hunters only get a week or so to hunt, maybe a few more days if we can get a few days off and don.t live too far, we also eat a lot of tags, (speaking for myself because i don,t want to drive 8 hrs to kill a doe OR a buck less than 140" so i do feel benificial to the surrounding land that l hunt ) and yes i will spend at least a hundred per day or more not to mention land leases,
Leases.....pfft don't get me started on that.
The point is no matter what you spend in the state while you are here we have under valued our herd. I think averaging the license/tag cost Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas would be a good number.
The point is no matter what you spend in the state while you are here we have under valued our herd. I think averaging the license/tag cost Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas would be a good number.