Price jump on OIL tags!

[Elkstuffer]

Holy smokes! Talk about an increase. From $122 to $332 in one year. That's crazy. Maybe it will keep some from applying improving the odds. I wish they would go back to when you had to front the tag fee to apply. The odds were a lot better then.

[trophyhunt]

I agree with you, that increase is BS. There is already a thread on this at Other Big game on the very top called 2011 OIL tags,fyi.

[NWWABOWHNTR]

It may well keep the average hunter from applying, making OIL a rich man only game....

[bobcat]

This year I bet a lot of people won't even know about the increase until they get drawn and have to pay for it.

[huntnphool]

 Its a one time deal, well worth the money IMO. 16 new youth cow moose permits.

[cryfowl]

Dang...... The longer I live here the less I like how the wdfw do things.  Think I'll save my $$ for the special apps and just go out of state again.  Hunting has become a rich mans sport.......wish I were rich.

[huntnphool]

It may well keep the average hunter from applying, making OIL a rich man only game....

 Come on man, really? There is NO WAY you would let $200 keep you from a once in a lifetime sheep hunt if you drew one of the big horn ram hunts. If after applying for years, you finally draw that Asotin tag and can't afford the extra $200 (ONE TIME PAYMENT IN LIFETIME) then perhaps those people should not be applying from the get go.

[bobcat]

I won't complain about the moose, sheep, and goat tag prices. I think they're well worth the money. They've been under-priced for years.

[huntnphool]

I won't complain about the moose, sheep, and goat tag prices. I think they're well worth the money. They've been under-priced for years.

EXACTLY Bob Just get the tag, I guarantee you will find the extra $200 to go.

[bobcat]

I won't complain about the moose, sheep, and goat tag prices. I think they're well worth the money. They've been under-priced for years.

EXACTLY Bob Just get the tag, I guarantee you will find the extra $200 to go.

All I will do is skip any pre-season scouting trips I may have done, and instead just drive to the area two days before the season opener, and basically camp out where ever I hunt. I can save several hundred dollars on fuel just by limiting how much driving I do for the hunt. (if I'm so lucky to be drawn)

[carpsniperg2]

I agree a couple tanks of gas will not keep me from buying or applying for them.

They will have some extra money to go with the multi season money and the discover pass money

 

[Elkstuffer]

I spend over $3000 to apply for sheep in NM and $2500 for moose, sheep and goat in MT. I'm definitely not letting $211 stand in the way of a OIL tag. I just think that that much increase in one year is crap. At this rate, before you know it our resident fee's will be more than MT nonres fees.

[carpsniperg2]

Look at oregon there licenses and tags went up about 3x the normal price in one year. I had no problem with the tags going up. I am not going to spend a bunch of money to buy a license that I will never use, just to be able to put in for special permits.

[trophyhunt]

Guys with lots of money just don't mind these increases unlike the rest of us, if I was rich I probably wouldn't give a chit either.

[quadrafire]

I won't complain about the moose, sheep, and goat tag prices. I think they're well worth the money. They've been under-priced for years.

 

Heck the multi deer or elk  is over 1/2 of that amount. I would easily pay that for a OIL. Heck give up a few luxuries for the year. Bike to work to get in shape and easily make up for it in fuel savings.