Michigan Licences Doubling in price across the board

[gd357]

Niteowl,

last fall nonresident fees were $138 for a single buck permit, and $100 for a doe tag. We were able to use block permits for several of the farms we hunt, but you still have to have a nonresident tag in order to use block permits. After looking at the proposal, they are wanting to raise the rates on the buck permits to $165. In Virginia, for example, I can get 4 deer tags, 3 turkey tags, and a bear permit with a nonresident hunting license(required) for the cost of one deer permit in Michigan. I'm losing incentive really quick to keep hunting our usual spots. To make matter worse, deer numbers are down significantly because they've had several early doe seasons in the county we hunt, and decimated the population(it needed thinned out, but they may have went a bit too far). I never thought I'd go up there, and come home empty-handed, but I did that this past fall. If I'm gonna spend that kind of money on tags, I'd better be able to put some meat in the freezer.

gd