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HUNTINCOUPLE:

--- Quote from: big wood on March 18, 2025, 05:38:56 PM ---I think it's all the you tubers posting there hunts causing more competition from the rest of the country that we never had to deal with. Like goegia, Tennessee, north Carolina etc. Those boys never applied for western states. Internet is ruining our way of life

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huntnnw:
I am in the waiting period for elk still and have 6 points for deer and Ill be bowing out also after this year. No thanks

Ridgerunner:
Seeing the increase since 2019 is pretty depressing.  Why anyone with less than 15 points would even continue is beyond me.  I'm at 18 points and am going to look at see how I can possible draw some decent tags in the next few years and be done.  Odds are just dismal and the price to pay the game is too high for those odds imo. 

Sad thing is other states will continue to push the envelope, Wyoming basically doubled the prices of their special tags last year but at least in Wyoming you have a choice whether you want to put in for a special tag or go regular.  Here in Utah there is no choice. 

We all knew hunting was becoming a rich mans sport but the speed at which it is getting prohibitively expensive to hunt out of state is mindblowing.  I feel bad for the younger generation who now not only has to deal with terrible draw odds but absolute highway robbery for the opportunity to actually hunt out of state. 

Mtnwalker:
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if these extreme increases are being pushed by certain individuals who would like to see hunting go away, kind of like how they're attempting to price and tax people out of gun ownership in WA... Make it unaffordable, participation drops way off, less resistance as it fades into the ether. Hope I'm wrong

link:
I've invested almost 20 years on LE DEA there. Thats considered late in the game there. Its just myself, so I'm "only" out another $160+ a year to apply. I suppose I'll keep going. If I ever do draw a tag, I suppose the high cost tag will be a pill I'll have to swallow if I want to hunt. Im only building NR points in 4 states. If I drop one, my potential future hunts really drop.
Someone mentioned its a slap in the face. I agree. But its kind of like dropping an insurance company you've been loyal to for years and years because you feel they wronged you with rates or coverage. You've just given them a ton of money in premiums, and they now know they'll never have to pay out to you a dime. I'm sure they love it when someone cancels.  I hate to reward them for their greed, but I'll keep going until I can't afford it.

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