The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department gets either no or very little "general funds" money from the state. Thus, they fiance their department through license fees. Its been a while since I've bought a big game license through their "limited draw" system, although in the case of archery deer, its generally like an over-the-counter type of buying in other states.

The place where I have my most of my "farmers market" produce growing is just south of a piece of non-private land that allows no hunting and thus is a deer and turkey refuge. The farmer I work with had half of a standing corn field on his property last winter and some nights there were 50 or more deer from the "refuge" eating in that area. My paratroop kid got one with a muzzle loader last Christmas time so I decided I should get back into archery hunting and try to nail some myself.

Anyway, last night I bought an "any archery East River deer" tag and a "any anterless whitetail archery East River deer" tag. My total was $60 for 2 possible deer. The buck potential archery deer tag was $40 and the anterless whitetail archery deer tag was $20.

I think I had already spent north of $100 to hunt small game, fish, and trap in South Dakota. At least we can now buy neat little credit card looking licenses for the year instead of hauling around a folded up paper one. This "credit card" style ones are $5 to get.

I better trying sticking a deer for sure this fall...

The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Department gets either no or very little "general funds" money from the state. Thus, they fiance their department through license fees.

Anyway, last night I bought an "any archery East River deer" tag and a "any anterless whitetail archery East River deer" tag. My total was $60 for 2 possible deer. The buck potential archery deer tag was $40 and the anterless whitetail archery deer tag was $20.

I think I had already spent north of $100 to hunt small game, fish, and trap in South Dakota. At least we can now buy neat little credit card looking licenses for the year instead of hauling around a folded up paper one. This "credit card" style ones are $5 to get.

I better trying sticking a deer for sure this fall...

Lifetime license for me. I'll buy them for my sons at 16. $775 for hunting, fishing and trapping.

It was $400 in 1990. Not too bad of a price increase in over 30 years.

In Idaho the Sportsman package(hunting and fishing license,deer,elk,turkey,bear,wolf and mountain lion tags,archery,muzzleloader,salmon and steelhead permits is $124.25. We can buy an extra bear or lion tag for 11.50, four extra turkey for 5.00 each,unlimited wolf tags for 11.50 each. Bear baiting,hound hunting,sharptail grouse are all extra. Trapping is 26.75. I spend around $200.00 each year and another $200.00 for my wife. It is well worth it as all of this is what we do for fun year round.

The meat pays for the tag.

You ain't wrong.

It's goofy that farmers and landowners provide shelter and food for the deer yet the State claims ownership of all wildlife. In NE even landowners have to buy a permit from the Lords. I'm on the police/ sheriff's hotline for roadkill deer in winter.