Post by: JLS on February 23, 2014, 05:13:13 PM
Here is a link to all of the elk population data, including objective maps.
http://fwp.mt.gov/fishAndWildlife/management/elk/ (http://fwp.mt.gov/fishAndWildlife/management/elk/)
Good luck in the drawing.
Post by: Wea300mag on February 23, 2014, 05:16:13 PM
Post by: JLS on February 23, 2014, 05:23:18 PM
Post by: Bowbender on March 01, 2014, 04:18:40 PM
Post by: Bean Counter on March 01, 2014, 04:44:40 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 02, 2014, 05:00:22 PM
Out of state big game combo $1002.00 this year >:(
Dear lord. Brutal but still going for it. :tup:
Post by: Wea300mag on March 02, 2014, 05:30:10 PM
Post by: 3nails on March 02, 2014, 05:33:58 PM
Post by: ShaneTyTrey on March 02, 2014, 06:59:00 PM
Post by: dscubame on March 02, 2014, 08:31:03 PM
That price, along with decreasing deer populations, are going to bite MT in the backside this year.
Just like Idaho a few or more years ago.....
Post by: vandeman17 on March 10, 2014, 11:59:41 AM
Post by: JLS on March 10, 2014, 04:10:37 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 10, 2014, 04:19:38 PM
If you did it online it is the "convenience fee" or whatever they call it. Typical 3% transaction fee for credit card sales.
Wow what a joke! Yes I did it online. I can see like a couple dollar charge but this was like $25
Post by: dvolmer on March 12, 2014, 12:57:45 PM
Post by: deerslyr on March 12, 2014, 07:35:16 PM
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 13, 2014, 04:11:41 PM
Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: ok now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
Post by: vandeman17 on March 13, 2014, 04:15:25 PM
Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: ok now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
That's what made me mad was even on my receipt, it just showed tag price, $5 fee for something then mysteriously the total was an extra $26. Just don't hide it from me
Post by: MtnMuley on March 13, 2014, 04:18:40 PM
Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: ok now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
If you put in for the combo, you will either draw both deer and elk or not draw both deer and elk, so there's no need worrying about getting stuck with a $730 deer tag. PS, if you applied for the combo like you said you did, congrats on going hunting in Montana this year. :twocents: ;)
Post by: vandeman17 on March 13, 2014, 04:25:06 PM
Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: ok now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
If you put in for the combo, you will either draw both deer and elk or not draw both deer and elk, so there's no need worrying about getting stuck with a $730 deer tag. PS, if you applied for the combo like you said you did, congrats on going hunting in Montana this year. :twocents: ;)
Actually he is talking about what we did. We put in for a special permit elk tag and then picked the option that if we don't draw the special permit, we want to return our general elk tag and keep our deer tag. They refund you $300 if you go this route.
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 13, 2014, 04:37:18 PM
Incorrect. If you draw the big game combo but not the special elk permit then you can return your elk tag for a $300 refund. Therefore you end up paying $150 extra for just a deer tag. I thought about applying for just the elk and then if I didn't draw I would get a refund and turn around and buy a surplus deer tag, but come to find out they only give an 80% refund for the elk combo if unsuccessful in the special permit draws. I would lose $170 that way so I just did the big game combo.Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: OK now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
If you put in for the combo, you will either draw both deer and elk or not draw both deer and elk, so there's no need worrying about getting stuck with a $730 deer tag. PS, if you applied for the combo like you said you did, congrats on going hunting in Montana this year. :twocents: ;)
I hunt Montana every year for deer but the constant price increases, mystery fee's and the blatant money snatching from the non residents is getting old! If I pull my elk permit this year I am dumping Montana. Colorado is quickly becoming my new favorite state!
Post by: vandeman17 on March 13, 2014, 04:44:03 PM
Incorrect. If you draw the big game combo but not the special elk permit then you can return your elk tag for a $300 refund. Therefore you end up paying $150 extra for just a deer tag. I thought about applying for just the elk and then if I didn't draw I would get a refund and turn around and buy a surplus deer tag, but come to find out they only give an 80% refund for the elk combo if unsuccessful in the special permit draws. I would lose $170 that way so I just did the big game combo.Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: OK now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
If you put in for the combo, you will either draw both deer and elk or not draw both deer and elk, so there's no need worrying about getting stuck with a $730 deer tag. PS, if you applied for the combo like you said you did, congrats on going hunting in Montana this year. :twocents: ;)
I hunt Montana every year for deer but the constant price increases, mystery fee's and the blatant money snatching from the non residents is getting old! If I pull my elk permit this year I am dumping Montana. Colorado is quickly becoming my new favorite state!
Remember that part of your total went towards putting your name in the draw and getting your bonus point plus the convenience fee so your deer tag isn't quite as much as your are saying but it is still nuts! That means I am nuts as well because I did the same as you. :DOH:
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 13, 2014, 05:40:10 PM
OK I am off by $24 :chuckle: still an outrageous deer tag but if you wanna play you gotta pay!Incorrect. If you draw the big game combo but not the special elk permit then you can return your elk tag for a $300 refund. Therefore you end up paying $150 extra for just a deer tag. I thought about applying for just the elk and then if I didn't draw I would get a refund and turn around and buy a surplus deer tag, but come to find out they only give an 80% refund for the elk combo if unsuccessful in the special permit draws. I would lose $170 that way so I just did the big game combo.Just put in for my combo license last night so that I can put in for an elk tag, hopefully not draw and get the bonus point, then just hunt deer. My question is this, The general big game license is $971 and there is a $5 app fee yet the total is $1002. Is that tax or where does the extra $25 come from?I did mine a few days ago and it came up 1031.90!
elk permit-$4
bonus point fee-$20
big game combo-$971
application fee-$10
Total-$1005
Oh wait! I forgot to add the "extra fee with no explanation"-$26.90
New total-$1031.90! :bash: :bash: :bash:
The best part is that if you don't draw an elk tag you only get $300 back, which makes your deer tag the bargain price of $730!!!! Rant over.................wait no its not! :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: OK now I'm done!
the "just because with no explanation fee-$
If you put in for the combo, you will either draw both deer and elk or not draw both deer and elk, so there's no need worrying about getting stuck with a $730 deer tag. PS, if you applied for the combo like you said you did, congrats on going hunting in Montana this year. :twocents: ;)
I hunt Montana every year for deer but the constant price increases, mystery fee's and the blatant money snatching from the non residents is getting old! If I pull my elk permit this year I am dumping Montana. Colorado is quickly becoming my new favorite state!
Remember that part of your total went towards putting your name in the draw and getting your bonus point plus the convenience fee so your deer tag isn't quite as much as your are saying but it is still nuts! That means I am nuts as well because I did the same as you. :DOH:
Post by: 3nails on March 13, 2014, 06:18:12 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 13, 2014, 07:09:41 PM
Couldn't the extra fees be avoided by just buying the tags without applying? They never sell out anymore.
Yes but if you go that route you can't apply for special tags
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 13, 2014, 08:06:22 PM
:yeah: I would love to OTC montana elk this year but my dad is dying to go back to Colorado this year so Montana deer, Colorado deer, and if by some amazing luck I draw something good like a breaks elk permit or Nevada deer, or NM elk, then the Colorado tag gets returned........................I need more vacation time! :chuckle:Couldn't the extra fees be avoided by just buying the tags without applying? They never sell out anymore.
Yes but if you go that route you can't apply for special tags
Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 14, 2014, 09:39:13 AM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 14, 2014, 09:43:16 AM
Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 14, 2014, 10:32:37 AM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 14, 2014, 10:35:23 AM
Well that was the plan really, just wanted to get points unless i draw a hell of an elk tag. What I was trying to figure out though is if I dont draw my elk tag but draw my deer tag how does that work? Do I loose my special deer tag because i did not draw my elk tag?
Oh gotcha. I am not sure how that works because we only put in for an elk permit so if we don't draw, getting $300 back and keeping deer.
Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 14, 2014, 10:49:55 AM
Well that was the plan really, just wanted to get points unless i draw a hell of an elk tag. What I was trying to figure out though is if I dont draw my elk tag but draw my deer tag how does that work? Do I loose my special deer tag because i did not draw my elk tag?
Oh gotcha. I am not sure how that works because we only put in for an elk permit so if we don't draw, getting $300 back and keeping deer.
Me either :dunno:, I tried finding that out but couldnt find any info on it.
Post by: vandeman17 on March 14, 2014, 10:59:47 AM
Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 14, 2014, 11:38:15 AM
The way they have it worded is the 80% return means returning both tags but if you drew a permit maybe it would just revert to the $300 return for elk. I would hope it would work that way.
Me to! kinda defeats the purpose of applying for the deer tag if your not able to draw it :dunno:
Post by: YoterHunter on March 16, 2014, 08:26:29 AM
Post by: 180-GRAIN on March 16, 2014, 09:19:22 AM
If you put in for deer elk combo and don't get drawn for your elk . You still can get drawn for your deer special permit. My son and I did that in 2012. Didn't get drawn for the elk we wanted declined the elk and got the deer permit that we wanted.
Right on thanks for the info :tup: