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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Timothy on April 22, 2015, 08:11:11 PM

Title: Licensing Fees
Post by: Timothy on April 22, 2015, 08:11:11 PM
Just bought my hunting and fishing license with the new tax for saltwater fishing included.

$40.00 - Sportsman Hunting/Freshwater fishing - small game, two (2) antlered deer tags
$10.00 - Saltwater recreational fishing fee (tax)
$ 5.00 - Waterfowl Stamp
$ 5.00 - other

60 bucks...

What are the rest of you paying these days?
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: MikeBjerum on April 22, 2015, 08:52:27 PM
$110.50

$52.00 - Combo Sportsman (fishing for me and bride, and small game for me)
$20.00 - Trout stamps for both ($10.00 x 2)
$ 7.50 - Waterfowl
$17.00 - Federal Duck
$ 7.50 - Pheasant
$ 2.50 - Spring white goose
$ 4.00 - Special fall goose

I could add deer and trapping, but they are not a part of this fishing package.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: les snyder on April 22, 2015, 10:08:52 PM
State of Florida for 65+ is free for hunting and fishing  :)
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: Big Frank on April 22, 2015, 10:29:50 PM
I don't hunt anymore but Michigan made things way more complicated since I quit. I bought a small game license for years after I quit hunting but don't anymore. Small game is now covered by the base license.

Base License

    Junior - ^$6.00
    Resident - ^$11.00
    Nonresident - ^$151.00
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - ^$5.00

Antlerless Deer/Junior Antlerless Deer License   

    $20.00
    Nonresident, second license or more - $170 each

Antlerless Deer Managed Area Hunts   

    $20.00

*Applications   

    $5.00

Bear License   

    $25.00
    Bear Participation (No-Kill-Tag Bear License) - $15.00

Hunt/Fish Combo License (includes base, deer combo and annual all-species fishing)

    Resident - ^$76.00
    Nonresident - ^$266.00
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - ^$43.00

Deer License

    Resident - $20
    Nonresident - $20
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - $8

Deer Combo License

    Resident - $40 (two deer licenses: $20 regular, $20 restricted)
    Nonresident - $190 (two deer licenses: $20 regular, $170 restricted)
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - $28 (two deer licenses: $8 regular, $20 restricted)

*Deer Management Assistance Permits   

    $10.00

Elk License (Michigan residents only)

    $100.00

Fur Harvester License

    $15.00
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - $6.00

*Mentored Youth Hunting License   

    $7.50

Military Licenses (active-duty and 100-percent disabled veterans)

    +$0

*Small Game 7-Day Nonresident License   

    $80.00

*Sportcard   

    $1.00

Turkey License - Fall   

    $15.00
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - $6.00

Turkey License - Spring   

    $15.00
    Senior (Michigan residents only) - $6.00

Waterfowl License   

    $12.00

More information at http://michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10363_14518_65243-305249--,00.html
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: tombogan03884 on April 23, 2015, 06:08:31 AM
"Salt water" license ?  WTF ?
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: lhprop1 on April 23, 2015, 08:28:55 AM
Mine is similar to M58 because we're both in MN.

$39.00 resident sportsman (fishing & small game)
$27.00 spring turkey
$17.00 federal waterfowl
$7.50 state waterfowl
$7.50 pheasant
$4.00 early goose
$20.00 (I think) deer

$122.00 total

I also get a WI nonresident 4-day fishing license, which is around $25.00.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: tombogan03884 on April 23, 2015, 12:55:15 PM
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Licensing/license_prices.htm

Hunting/Freshwater Fishing Combination*
   

$46.00
   
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: Timothy on April 23, 2015, 01:22:14 PM

"Salt water" license ?  WTF ?

Yea, Tom!  It's now Federal law...
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: tombogan03884 on April 23, 2015, 02:03:52 PM
F*ck that.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: Timothy on April 23, 2015, 02:53:02 PM
Ten bucks here is good for all NE states.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: tombogan03884 on April 24, 2015, 06:07:16 AM
I still think it's BS but I'm only b!tching in principle since I haven't done any  fishing in 40 years, maybe more.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: Timothy on April 24, 2015, 06:11:31 AM
I still think it's BS but I'm only b!tching in principle since I haven't done any  fishing in 40 years, maybe more.

No argument here..unlike state licences for hunting and fishing who's fees actually go to protecting the resource, the saltwater license is purely a money grab!
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: billt on April 24, 2015, 07:39:37 AM
State of Florida for 65+ is free for hunting and fishing  :)

More states should align themselves with this. They would make far more for their economy overall by attracting outdoor oriented retiree's. With many on a limited retirement budget this would be a persuasive tool to attract them to the state that is offering it.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: Timothy on April 24, 2015, 11:20:27 AM
Free @ 70+ here.  Hunting, fishing and CCW permits...all free after 70.
Title: Re: Licensing Fees
Post by: PegLeg45 on April 24, 2015, 11:36:36 AM
The $55 Sportsman Combo serves for anything I might want to do here in GA......and the package saves a buck or two over the individual license fees....and you can do a two-year package to save a few more bucks. There is a lifetime sportsman deal for $500 (for those between 16-60), $95 for ages 60-65, and free for 65+...... but it has a different application process to go through.


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SPORTSMAN’S LICENSE is a license that covers all hunting and fishing privileges excluding: Dog Deer License, Alligator License, and Federal Duck Stamp. This license specifically includes Hunting, Big Game, WMA, Georgia Waterfowl Conservation, Fishing and Trout Licenses.

The migratory bird (HIP) is free, and so is the salt water (SIP) and the license to hunt deer using dogs is an additional $5.

If you hunt ducks, you have to buy the federal stamp separate.

65 and older is free, and they have several other discounts and freebies for military and disabled.

All in all, GA is a pretty cheap place to hunt.


http://www.georgiawildlife.com/licenses-permits-passes#Recreational_Licenses_and_Passes