I don't know about others but it's that time of year when my bank account just about hits the $0.00 mark! It's getting to the point I'm starting to wonder where the sport of hunting is heading in the Western US?
NM and Colo nonres have just sent in a chunk of their annual salary to apply for big game and Nevada is next. It costs over $200/year to apply for all species in NV. Multiply that by 10 years and that is a whopping $2,000! I don't know about you but I can do a lot with $2k! It's getting the point in most Western states that the price for applying is pushing many guys out of the draws....a pretty sad deal!
If you want to consider budging to apply for NV draws...here goes: $220/12 months = around $18/month to save up and apply...no guarantee of ever drawing a tag and fees may go up in the next few years! If it takes 20 years of applying @ $220/year to draw a tag that is around $4,400. That doesn't include the price of the tag! What if I want to apply my son or other family members for nonres tags...holy smokes!
Lets take it to the next step and look at applying in 4 different states. If it comes to the point that it costs $220/year in 4 different states to apply that comes to $880/year in application costs. Multiply that by 20 years (which it often takes to draw some tags) and that's $17,600 to apply in 4 states for 20 years. That often doesn't guarantee 1 tag nor include the price of a tag once drawn!
It may not currently cost $220/year to apply in 4 states but potentially that could happen! If I told my wife I was spending over $17,000 to apply in 4 states for 20 years me and my hunting stuff would be out the door!
I thought I would give everyone something to consider in regard to where our sport is going! It's no wonder young hunters are loosing interest in the great sport of hunting!
NM and Colo nonres have just sent in a chunk of their annual salary to apply for big game and Nevada is next. It costs over $200/year to apply for all species in NV. Multiply that by 10 years and that is a whopping $2,000! I don't know about you but I can do a lot with $2k! It's getting the point in most Western states that the price for applying is pushing many guys out of the draws....a pretty sad deal!
If you want to consider budging to apply for NV draws...here goes: $220/12 months = around $18/month to save up and apply...no guarantee of ever drawing a tag and fees may go up in the next few years! If it takes 20 years of applying @ $220/year to draw a tag that is around $4,400. That doesn't include the price of the tag! What if I want to apply my son or other family members for nonres tags...holy smokes!
Lets take it to the next step and look at applying in 4 different states. If it comes to the point that it costs $220/year in 4 different states to apply that comes to $880/year in application costs. Multiply that by 20 years (which it often takes to draw some tags) and that's $17,600 to apply in 4 states for 20 years. That often doesn't guarantee 1 tag nor include the price of a tag once drawn!
It may not currently cost $220/year to apply in 4 states but potentially that could happen! If I told my wife I was spending over $17,000 to apply in 4 states for 20 years me and my hunting stuff would be out the door!
I thought I would give everyone something to consider in regard to where our sport is going! It's no wonder young hunters are loosing interest in the great sport of hunting!