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At the rate that Idaho's winter range is filling in with houses and other development, this thread will be a moot point in a decade or so, at least for much of that state. Pains me to say it.
Quote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 02:03:12 PMQuote from: huntnnw on January 24, 2025, 01:11:30 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 12:40:45 PMQuote from: Broomd on January 24, 2025, 12:11:23 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.Agree. I was shocked when I joined this forum to see how much Idaho was referenced here. Hate to say it wasn’t surprised when I saw the pie chart for license sales that pointed to 15% of Idaho tags being sold to Washington residents. I genuinely feel bad for Washington residents that have seen their hunting and fishing ruined in the last few decades. I don’t mean this personally, I am sure Washington hunters are great guys, but my new saying since moving here is that the biggest threat to Idaho and Montana hunting, is Washington residents.Myself and a ton of others I know have been buying Idaho tags for decades that live on the Idaho border, you have almost a million people in Spokane county and if you like to hunt it’s easier to hunt Idaho and better.I totally understand, and am sure I would likely do something similar given the circumstances. I suppose the question I pose is, why not just move over the line? I’m sure some circumstances can’t be changed (career/kids/family/school). Surely you can see the frustration though right? I don’t know of many northwest Idaho guys hopping into Washington to hunt. You could move over the line, support the state you prefer to recreate in as a resident, and just as easily commute to Washington :yeah:in a sense. I’m sure this analogy isn’t perfect, but it’s like neighbors. It would frustrate the piss out of you if the neighbors yard was a mess, and he constantly came over to your yard to hang out and take things from your yard without giving anything of true value back.The irony here is moving to Idaho to hunt it as a resident is putting more strain on the system than hunting it as a non-resident from WA.
Quote from: huntnnw on January 24, 2025, 01:11:30 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 12:40:45 PMQuote from: Broomd on January 24, 2025, 12:11:23 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.Agree. I was shocked when I joined this forum to see how much Idaho was referenced here. Hate to say it wasn’t surprised when I saw the pie chart for license sales that pointed to 15% of Idaho tags being sold to Washington residents. I genuinely feel bad for Washington residents that have seen their hunting and fishing ruined in the last few decades. I don’t mean this personally, I am sure Washington hunters are great guys, but my new saying since moving here is that the biggest threat to Idaho and Montana hunting, is Washington residents.Myself and a ton of others I know have been buying Idaho tags for decades that live on the Idaho border, you have almost a million people in Spokane county and if you like to hunt it’s easier to hunt Idaho and better.I totally understand, and am sure I would likely do something similar given the circumstances. I suppose the question I pose is, why not just move over the line? I’m sure some circumstances can’t be changed (career/kids/family/school). Surely you can see the frustration though right? I don’t know of many northwest Idaho guys hopping into Washington to hunt. You could move over the line, support the state you prefer to recreate in as a resident, and just as easily commute to Washington :yeah:in a sense. I’m sure this analogy isn’t perfect, but it’s like neighbors. It would frustrate the piss out of you if the neighbors yard was a mess, and he constantly came over to your yard to hang out and take things from your yard without giving anything of true value back.
Quote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 12:40:45 PMQuote from: Broomd on January 24, 2025, 12:11:23 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.Agree. I was shocked when I joined this forum to see how much Idaho was referenced here. Hate to say it wasn’t surprised when I saw the pie chart for license sales that pointed to 15% of Idaho tags being sold to Washington residents. I genuinely feel bad for Washington residents that have seen their hunting and fishing ruined in the last few decades. I don’t mean this personally, I am sure Washington hunters are great guys, but my new saying since moving here is that the biggest threat to Idaho and Montana hunting, is Washington residents.Myself and a ton of others I know have been buying Idaho tags for decades that live on the Idaho border, you have almost a million people in Spokane county and if you like to hunt it’s easier to hunt Idaho and better.
Quote from: Broomd on January 24, 2025, 12:11:23 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.Agree. I was shocked when I joined this forum to see how much Idaho was referenced here. Hate to say it wasn’t surprised when I saw the pie chart for license sales that pointed to 15% of Idaho tags being sold to Washington residents. I genuinely feel bad for Washington residents that have seen their hunting and fishing ruined in the last few decades. I don’t mean this personally, I am sure Washington hunters are great guys, but my new saying since moving here is that the biggest threat to Idaho and Montana hunting, is Washington residents.
Quote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.
I don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂
Quote from: Mtnwalker on January 24, 2025, 02:08:02 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 02:03:12 PMQuote from: huntnnw on January 24, 2025, 01:11:30 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 12:40:45 PMQuote from: Broomd on January 24, 2025, 12:11:23 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.Agree. I was shocked when I joined this forum to see how much Idaho was referenced here. Hate to say it wasn’t surprised when I saw the pie chart for license sales that pointed to 15% of Idaho tags being sold to Washington residents. I genuinely feel bad for Washington residents that have seen their hunting and fishing ruined in the last few decades. I don’t mean this personally, I am sure Washington hunters are great guys, but my new saying since moving here is that the biggest threat to Idaho and Montana hunting, is Washington residents.Myself and a ton of others I know have been buying Idaho tags for decades that live on the Idaho border, you have almost a million people in Spokane county and if you like to hunt it’s easier to hunt Idaho and better.I totally understand, and am sure I would likely do something similar given the circumstances. I suppose the question I pose is, why not just move over the line? I’m sure some circumstances can’t be changed (career/kids/family/school). Surely you can see the frustration though right? I don’t know of many northwest Idaho guys hopping into Washington to hunt. You could move over the line, support the state you prefer to recreate in as a resident, and just as easily commute to Washington :yeah:in a sense. I’m sure this analogy isn’t perfect, but it’s like neighbors. It would frustrate the piss out of you if the neighbors yard was a mess, and he constantly came over to your yard to hang out and take things from your yard without giving anything of true value back.The irony here is moving to Idaho to hunt it as a resident is putting more strain on the system than hunting it as a non-resident from WA. This is the problem! New residents are responsible for ALL of the increased hunting pressure. Non residents have remained the same number
If you are speaking about ID specifically, the only time they haven’t sold all or almost of their non-resident tags were the couple of years after they jacked the prices and sticker shock scared some folks away for a bit. And there are a lot more tags now that they’ve put a cap on that they didn’t use to (like late whitetail tags).
Quote from: idaho guy on January 24, 2025, 05:37:29 PMQuote from: Mtnwalker on January 24, 2025, 02:08:02 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 02:03:12 PMQuote from: huntnnw on January 24, 2025, 01:11:30 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 12:40:45 PMQuote from: Broomd on January 24, 2025, 12:11:23 PMQuote from: Feathernfurr on January 24, 2025, 11:56:10 AMI don’t blame Idaho residents for feeling the way they do. I also guarantee most of them know the cost of non resident tags, most of them buy second tags when they go back on sale for residents at the non resident rate. I’d bet the majority of them would be willing to pay double their current rates to not see non residents at the trailhead. I think a draw solves most people’s complaints of the online system crashing or of residents buying up all the non residents tags for friends at in person sales locations. If that doesn’t satisfy non residents then move and become residents. With that being said, don’t move, Idaho is better off the way it was without all the people that have moved there since covid 😂'Yep' to much of this...states that haven't completely destroyed their own resources with stupidity and woke nonsense are ultimately going to get paid for their diligence. It's a unique opportunity in the era we live in.Just seeing the word "Idaho" in so many of the threads on this page is stunning--this on the "Hunt Washington" forum. Unbelievable.Agree. I was shocked when I joined this forum to see how much Idaho was referenced here. Hate to say it wasn’t surprised when I saw the pie chart for license sales that pointed to 15% of Idaho tags being sold to Washington residents. I genuinely feel bad for Washington residents that have seen their hunting and fishing ruined in the last few decades. I don’t mean this personally, I am sure Washington hunters are great guys, but my new saying since moving here is that the biggest threat to Idaho and Montana hunting, is Washington residents.Myself and a ton of others I know have been buying Idaho tags for decades that live on the Idaho border, you have almost a million people in Spokane county and if you like to hunt it’s easier to hunt Idaho and better.I totally understand, and am sure I would likely do something similar given the circumstances. I suppose the question I pose is, why not just move over the line? I’m sure some circumstances can’t be changed (career/kids/family/school). Surely you can see the frustration though right? I don’t know of many northwest Idaho guys hopping into Washington to hunt. You could move over the line, support the state you prefer to recreate in as a resident, and just as easily commute to Washington :yeah:in a sense. I’m sure this analogy isn’t perfect, but it’s like neighbors. It would frustrate the piss out of you if the neighbors yard was a mess, and he constantly came over to your yard to hang out and take things from your yard without giving anything of true value back.The irony here is moving to Idaho to hunt it as a resident is putting more strain on the system than hunting it as a non-resident from WA. This is the problem! New residents are responsible for ALL of the increased hunting pressure. Non residents have remained the same numberIdk that I’d agree it’s ALL new residents. Consider even as recently as 5 years ago it took popular tags months to sell out at times, and many less desirable tags never sold out. Nowadays just about everything sells out for non resident. So although it may still be the same number of tags, I would argue more of them are being hunted. Sure not as impactful as new residents, but still impactful.
Live in Idaho and work in Wa?What will that cost you in taxes?
Quote from: 2MANY on January 24, 2025, 10:01:21 PMLive in Idaho and work in Wa?What will that cost you in taxes?I did it for a few months, if I remember correctly it was an extra 7% off the top
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