Just purchased all my Special Permits!! Ouch!!

[huntnphool]

Imagine how much it would be if the money had to be fronted for the permits.

[coachcw]

come on guys the money is well spent our state needs to buy more wolf bait ! 

[Scottystyle]

I think they should provide a complimentary bottle of lube haha

[howlow]

you guys it is much cheaper to hunt out of state!!

[bmccalister]

This year I am $355.00 poorer after purchasing all my tags and permits. I thought it was cheaper to hunt out of state until I started adding up the travel costs, food costs, lodging costs (depending on the type of hunt), out of state fees and cost of a guide. For me it was cheaper to stay at home; however, I would like to hunt Northern Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.  I have a friend who goes to Montana every year for archery elk and has decent luck.

[Pathfinder101]

Montana sure isn't cheaper since they basically doubled their prices last year.  I went in 2009 and 2010 and had a great time, but they priced me right out of the market.  Since I am now teaching high school I can't take a week off in November anymore, so a 4 day hunt just isn't worth the cost.     I drew a decent Hunter Education Instructor Incentive tag this year, so I'll stay home.  That being said; I did spent waaay to much $$ last Wednesday for PathfinderJR and myself when we bought all our licenses, tags and permit applications.   

[buckhorn2]

Pathfinder it just sucks we have to put out so much money to hunt and have that Father sun time together but in the end it will come back many times over with the memorys anyway that's what I try to explain to my wife don't know if it works but were still hunting.

[Pathfinder101]

Pathfinder it just sucks we have to put out so much money to hunt and have that Father sun time together but in the end it will come back many times over with the memorys anyway that's what I try to explain to my wife don't know if it works but were still hunting.

Yup.  Also, every time I read an Eastman's article about some son who is a doctor or a lawyer and paid for the "trip of a lifetime" to pay dad back for all the times "he took me hunting when I was a kid", that gives me a little extra incentive to fork out the cash for his tags.  Now I just have to get the kid into law school....

[Yelm hunter]

If it wasn't for points I'd be done hunting and just raising beef cattle. *censored* I'd let you come out and kill whatever beef cow you wanted for the price of the damn special permits and licenses.... lol

[Dan-o]

I went BARELY shy of $900 for myself and 3 kids.....   And that's without putting a couple of them in for everything they could apply for.


OUCH is right!!!!!

[BNAElkhntr]

Spent $482.20 for all the permit appls & Deer/Elk Multi tags. Thats not counting Deer,Elk,Bear,Cougar combo along w/ 2 Turkey tags I already bought.

X2

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

I cut way back... 138 for all my stuff, and 75 for my sons.

[Wea300mag]

I purchased my stuff in waves to minimize the extreme pain.

[Kowsrule30]

$170 and I cut way back even after I cut out oil last year..... Not including if I'm going fishing or not.... At least the kids don't need fishing licenses yet....

[Ridgeratt]

Imagine how much it would be if the money had to be fronted for the permits.

At the risk of having several of you looking for a rope!!
I'm all in favor of up front for tags!! Eliminate the points. To any of you who draw your going to have to come up with the funds so whats the difference if they have it now or latter. They would refund everything but the cost of the permit draw fees.

Would make everyone review what they want to hunt instead of just blanket apps. 

But then I also have played that way when you had to upfront all the Moose,Goat and sheep tags.