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Utah bend over
bearpaw:
--- Quote from: andrew_in_idaho on March 19, 2025, 12:06:07 PM ---Interesting note, this may all be much ado about nothing, apparently there is a line in the bill that states that the department of wildlife resources can charge less but cannot charge more than the stated amounts. Essentially these are the hard caps and not the set pricing.
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:yeah: Exactly Right
We talked to UDWR, they don't expect pricing to go up to the max at once, the Utah legislature has authorized those numbers as the maximum they can charge, we were told to expect a moderate increase now.
kselkhunter:
We shall see how much they increase this year. Correct point about the wording that the UDWR has discretion in how much they raise up to the max each year. The concerning thing is the legislature did increases every few years (ie 2020, 2022, etc.) and UDWR did the max increase every time. That statement is always in the bills. So we shall see if they indeed only do a partial increase for 2026, and how much it is. Perhaps because the increase is so massive this year, they will roll it out over 3 or 4 years instead of all at once.
Karl Blanchard:
https://wildlife.utah.gov/news/utah-wildlife-news/2089-nonresident-license-fee-increases-and-wma-access-changes-and-other-wildlife-related-laws-passed-during-the-2025-legislative-session.html
dvolmer:
Costs in all of these high desired western states is just going to continue to rise, and I mean REALLY RISE! I don"t like it any more than the rest of you. But if I was going to have someone sell my car for me, I would want them to get as much as they could and what the car can bring. No different for out of state tags. The owners of the animals are the citizens of the state. I would imagine that they want the best bang for their buck. If a certain price non-resident tag has hundreds/thousands of applicants more than there is quota, the simple fact is that they are selling it way to cheap. As long as they sell all of their tags, the price will keep skyrocketing until supply meets demand at the highest cost possible. If you owned all of the tags, you would do the same. It's nothing more than simple business. The only decent price tags anyone will be eligible for (and have the right too) will be the ones in the state where they live. If you CHOOSE to live in a state that sucks for hunting (Washington State) then you better have a very big pocket-book if you want to participate in any kind of quality hunting experience in the future. Like I said, I don't like it either. The states are feeding off of each other. They each see what the other state has done and how they increased revenue and then they just follow. It's going to blow up exponentially in the near future. Out of state hunting will soon be a sport for only the rich and wealthy. Your option will be to pay up or move to the state of your choice that gives you the best options.
High Climber:
--- Quote from: Karl Blanchard on March 28, 2025, 01:40:23 PM ---https://wildlife.utah.gov/news/utah-wildlife-news/2089-nonresident-license-fee-increases-and-wma-access-changes-and-other-wildlife-related-laws-passed-during-the-2025-legislative-session.html
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Not as bad as it looked originally but still pretty steep… looks like $1950 for LE Elk, $599 Gen deer, $1070 LE deer + license and app fees
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