$2.00 deer tag

troutcarver · Mar 2, 2011

Here is something pretty cool that I found.Thought you might enjoy. I had bought this old shotgun a while back. I was doing some cleaning on it and took the butt plate off. I found this old Deer tag from 1936 underneath the plate. I cant believe only 2 dollars to hunt deer. It must have been a combination license because it was in a shotgun and there is information on the back about small game. Kind of interesting to find a piece of history thats 75 years old

WAPITI39 · Mar 2, 2011

That is awesome, something to put on the wall in a frame, not much of that stuff around these days.. very cool.

utahbigbull · Mar 2, 2011

Crazy! I am supprised though. back in those days my grandpa in Ephraim tells me storys of when he was a kid that they just walked up in the hills and got thier deer when the meat was running low no tag needed lol. I bet he was one of a handfull that was legal back in those depression days.

gb22 · Mar 2, 2011

That is pretty cool. I've framed a loan document from 1927, with which my grandpa (who talked a lot about deer/hunting) financed his farm.

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ABQHUNTER · Mar 2, 2011

Wow!! I remember when I was a kid here in New Mexico, we could buy a deer, turkey and bear tag OTC for about $15. That was back in the 70's. Frame that thing, that is really cool.

Packout · Mar 2, 2011

That is a great find. It is interesting that the tag holder had to mail in his used coupon to report. Mandatory reporting of kills in 1936.....

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2lumpy · Mar 2, 2011

It would be interesting to run a cost ratio comparing the cost of a hunting license as a % of average income in 1936 to % of average income in 2011. Anyone know Utah's reported average income in 1936 and 2011.

Also, what is the actual cost of a "hunting" license in Utah today?

That's a really great find, if I came across that baby I'd frame it in a double sided glass frame so i could show off both sides.

Thanks for sharing troutcarver. By the way, post up some of those trout your carving.

DC

D13er · Mar 2, 2011

prolly 2 days pay

JB

2lumpy · Mar 2, 2011

+1

DC

Sniper1 · Mar 3, 2011

Very interesting. Great find. Def something to treasure

littlebighorn · Mar 3, 2011

My first out of state tag was an antelope tag in Wyoming where I had to fork out a whopping $35. I think it was 1972.

woodruffhunter · Mar 3, 2011

LAST EDITED ON Mar-03-11 AT 09:19AM (MST)[p]OK here ya go...

Based on inflation $2.00 in 1936 would equate to about $30.00 in todays time (Consumer Price Index).

Utah license costs in 2011:
Combo hunting and fishing: $30
Utah General Deer Tag: $35

Here are some costs from 1936:

Average Cost of new house $3,925.00
Average wages per year $1,713.00
Average hourly wage $.82
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $24.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents
Studebaker Car $665.00

Kind of interesting when you think about it. We always think that everything was so cheap back then. Sometime it was, sometimes is wasn't...

Lien2 · Mar 3, 2011

>LAST EDITED ON Mar-03-11
>AT 09:19?AM (MST)
>
>OK here ya go...
>
>Based on inflation $2.00 in 1936
>would equate to about $30.00
>in todays time (Consumer Price
>Index).
>
>Utah license costs in 2011:
>Combo hunting and fishing: $30
>Utah General Deer Tag:
> $35
>
>Here are some costs from 1936:
>
>
>Average Cost of new house $3,925.00
>
>Average wages per year $1,713.00
>Average hourly wage $.82
>Cost of a gallon of Gas
>10 cents
>Average Cost for house rent $24.00
>per month
>A loaf of Bread 8 cents
>
>A LB of Hamburger Meat 12
>cents
>Studebaker Car $665.00
>
>Kind of interesting when you think
>about it. We always
>think that everything was so
>cheap back then. Sometime
>it was, sometimes is wasn't...
>

Interesting...........

That is a great find! Frame that thing for sure!

Lien2

Zeke · Mar 3, 2011

Interesting info woody! We only think things were cheaper back then but I guess it's all relative. Thanks for calculating!

Cool license. I'd frame it and save a piece of history.

Zeke

NVBighorn · Mar 3, 2011

Considering I paid $5 for my first deer tag in Nevada (which I bought over the counter in the bar a Frenchman's Station, the bartender was about three sheet to the wind and the hand writing was illegible) the $2 in 1936 seems like a pretty high price.

Back when kilo and eel got their first tags they traded a beaver pelt and a can of beans for it.

travishunter3006 · Mar 3, 2011

Go to cabelas in utah and you'll find at the very first customer service counter a bunch of old tags like this one. super neat thing to run into.

2lumpy · Mar 3, 2011

Thanks woodruffhunter, revealing information.

For an boon-docker you got right good skills. You that good at finding moose on the Cache too, I'm going to need a hand this fall, got a squirmy feeling they're going to punch my ticket this May.

DC

CATMAN · Mar 3, 2011

Hey thanks, that's pretty cool

Wiszard · Mar 3, 2011

"Back when kilo and eel got their first tags they traded a beaver pelt and a can of beans for it."

Quite the contrary NVB...The manufacturing of "canning" wasn't introduced until the early 1800's. They probably had to trade two shrunken heads for a decent tag back then.

Steve
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woodruffhunter · Mar 3, 2011

>Thanks woodruffhunter, revealing information.
>
>For an boon-docker you got right
>good skills. You that
>good at finding moose on
>the Cache too, I'm going
>to need a hand this
>fall, got a squirmy feeling
>they're going to punch my
>ticket this May.
>
>DC

Lumpy

You draw that tag and I will help you find one. I have a spot in mind and I don't think it gets much pressure! A few years back I saw a really nice 40"+ bull, along with several other smaller bulls. There are several ponds and its about 1 mile off the road. I hunted there for elk a few years back and only saw 2 other elk hunters in the days I was there!

Let me know if you draw

elkhunterUT · Mar 3, 2011

>It is interesting that the
>tag holder had to mail
>in his used coupon to
>report. Mandatory reporting of
>kills in 1936.....

That is funny packout - that was my very first thought as well when I looked at that old license. With all of the advancements in technology today and the relative ease in creating a mandatory reporting system online, it boggles my mind that Utah does not have mandatory reporting on ALL hunts - limited entry and general season.

2lumpy · Mar 3, 2011

Woody,shake out your loop cause I'm just absolutely sure there's a moose tag in that computer with my name on it this year. I'll be howling your name soon enough.

DC

woodruffhunter · Mar 3, 2011

Sounds good; PM me your email and I will send you a pic of a 47" moose my dad took on the Cache in 1987!

DRAFTSTUD · Mar 5, 2011

What is more amazing is the Gentleman was born in 1879 thereabouts. John

UGAhunter · Mar 9, 2011

Not very historic, but the year I moved back from Georgia (2003), the big game hunting license was $19 (included 10 does, 2 bucks, a bear, and 3 gobblers). That comes out to $1.58 per deer with the bear and turkeys being free! The cost of Western big game hunting is just getting out of control.